Curator Naz Cuguoğlu Advocates for Rave Culture in Museums, Mexico Reroutes Train to Protect Rock Art

Curator Naz Cuguoğlu argues in an opinion essay that museums should embrace rave culture to foster new forms of belonging, describing raves as temporary homelands where connection is experienced rather than stated. Mexico has diverted a high-speed passenger line after archaeologists discovered 16 pre-Hispanic drawings and petroglyphs along the planned route. A selection of Genesis P-Orridge's mail art from approximately 50 years ago is now on view in a focused exhibition at Art Metropole in Toronto, drawn from the National Gallery of Canada's collection. Critic Jonah Goldman Kay reviews Leonardo Madriz's sculptures as metaphors for the fragile equilibrium of American life. John Yau examines Jule Korneffel's paintings that compress Roman mythology, Italian Renaissance references, and color relationships. Artist Jean Shin has created a living memorial to trees at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York, inspired by Korean funerary practices. The article also mentions a dance performance by TCS commissioned in response to Yasmine Nasser Diaz's work "For Your Eyes Only," a sponsored feature about Graphic Rewilding's installations at Brookfield Place in New York City, and a conversation with MacArthur Fellowship winner Jeremy Frey scheduled for April 29. A member comment by Jozanne Rabyor expresses admiration for Genesis P-Orridge's courage. An archive piece notes Genesis Breyer P-Orridge's memoir written while living with leukemia.