Shana Nys Dambrot

Nevertheless, These Two Artists Persisted

Sawyer Rose and Fleur Spolidor’s canceled show at the United Nations found a new home in Brooklyn — but this is not a feel-good story.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

March 20, 2025

Olafur Eliasson’s Phenomenological Prismatics Shimmer on Both Coasts

The Danish-Icelandic artist opens up about his relationship to time and place.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

November 25, 2024

Artist/Musician Terry Allen’s Life Story, Adapted for the Page

‘Truckload of Art’ indeed: A boundary-smashing talent gets the genre-defying biography he deserves.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

August 6, 2024

Painter Enrique Martínez Celaya and the Hero’s Journey

The Hispanic Society’s current show taps art history, architecture, and the power of a good origin story.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

July 1, 2024

Review: The New Documentary ‘Taking Venice’ Combines ‘Combines’ and Cold War Conspiracies

In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg did Venice “American Style” — 60 years later, Jeffery Gibson finds new ground to stand on.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

May 17, 2024

An Inventive New Documentary Gives Us Frida In Her Own Words

‘Frida’ travels from the artist’s Mexican roots through a global treasure map of fascinating archival materials.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

March 11, 2024

Ecology-Minded Artist Brandon Ballengée Pictures What We’ve Lost

Both subtle and dramatic, these haunting works give form to the void of extinction.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

January 22, 2024

A Festival of Black Culture From Almost Half a Century Ago Comes Back to the Fore

For one month in 1977, Lagos was the epicenter of global Black culture.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

December 27, 2023

Meet Interdisciplinary Archivist Guadalupe Rosales

“I am a high school dropout but was fortunate to really push myself and meet people who saw me. When I moved to NYC that is where I realized I could call myself an artist and take it seriously.”

by Shana Nys Dambrot

December 11, 2023

Visual Storytelling for a Season of Reflection

Some intriguing tomes for your most discerning giftees.

by Shana Nys Dambrot

November 29, 2023