New Museum Hosts Mid-Career Retrospective and Triennial

The New Museum in New York is presenting a mid-career retrospective of a painter and sculptor of recent renown, surveying five decades of work that delves into culture, politics, economics, and infrastructure. The exhibition, which runs through September 10, explores themes of youth, struggle, and exuberant joy in the face of anguish. The figure painter confounds gender roles expected of her subjects. Additionally, the New Museum is hosting its Triennial, while the American Academy of Arts and Letters holds its Invitational. A masterful exhibition is closing this weekend, and Camille Henrot's ambitious display showcases her roles as archivist, anthropologist, and artist. Asymmetry, illusion, and odd numbers feature in another artist's latest exhibition. A famed New Yorker critic spoke on the humanity in Diane Arbus's work.