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Shifting /\ Gazes Defines Space

IMPULSE Magazine, Katya Borkov
March 15, 2025

At NARS Foundation, a residency show constructs an experiential meditation.

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Frank WANG Yefeng: Failing Toward Liberation

IMPULSE Magazine, Natasha Chuk
November 15, 2024

Interdisciplinary artist Frank WANG Yefeng’s multicomponent conceptual work Avatopology results from a philosophical and playful journey of research, collaboration, and worldbuilding. At NARS Foundation, Wang’s solo exhibition explored digital nomadism, the creative potential of archives, and the satisfaction of unknowability. In an interview with curator Natasha Chuk, Wang shares how he grapples with perceived failure, the philosophies and wordplay that guide his thinking, Soviet hauntology, and in-betweenness.

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Over 300 Sunset Park Artists Bring Community Into the Studio

Hyperallergic, Isa Farfan
October 22, 2024

Fluorescent ’90s vagina art, looped films, and tender papier-mâché sculptures were on display as part of the South Brooklyn neighborhood’s annual open studios.

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A Quick Guide to Open Studio Events in New York This Fall

Hyperallergic
August 28, 2024

Don’t pass up the chance to visit artist studios in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, one of the latest emerging hotspots for creative practices across mediums and disciplines.

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Marina Kassianidou: A Partial History

Art Spiel, Mary Annunziata
May 14, 2024

A Partial History by Marina Kassianidou is on view at NARS Foundation through May 15, 2024. An artist talk with Mary Annunziata and catalogue launch will take place on Wednesday, May 15, from 6-8pm. About the writer: Mary Annunziata is an interdisciplinary writer who focuses on art’s intersections with conflict, migration, diasporic identity, and emerging technologies. She holds an MA in Critical & Curatorial Studies from Columbia University and has worked for arts and nonprofit institutions including the Royal Ontario Museum, the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, the Artist Protection Fund, and Access Now. Mary is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Using Old Cypriot Schoolbooks, Marina Kassianidou Reveals ‘A Partial History’

Cultbytes, Mary Annunziata
May 9, 2024

Kassianidou’s books are not facsimiles or translations, rather the artist “re-reads” each text as a material object, focusing on the thousands of marks made by usage and time: notes, folds, creases, tears, stains, discolorations, and wormholes. She then traces around each mark by hand, one page at a time, and scans, prints, and binds her drawings into a series of simple black artist’s books, true to the original texts’ dimensions.

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Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care at BioBAT Art Space

Art Spiel
February 16, 2024

Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care at BioBAT Curated by: Elena Soterakis & Eve Barro Exhibiting Artists: Aradhita Ajaykumar Parasrampuria, Katie Hubbell, Elaine Young, Karen Ingram, Laura Kung, Juyon Lee, Lolo Ostia, John Roach, Iz Nettere, Shihori Yamamoto, Suzanne HeadClosing Reception & Artist Panel Saturday, March 16, 2024. Artist Panel at 2 pm, followed by a closing reception.

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The Immigrant Artist Biennial – In Dialogue

Art Spiel, Anna Mikaela Ekstrand
January 8, 2024

Portraiture, Archives, and Representation: Golnar Adili, Erika DeFreitas, and Jonathan Ojekunle

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The Immigrant Artist Biennial – In Dialogue

Art Spiel, Xuezhu Jenny Wang
December 27, 2023

Images and Art: In and Out of Politics with Carlos Franco and Keren Anavy

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The Immigrant Artist Biennial – In Dialogue

Art Spiel, Xuezhu Jenny Wang
December 7, 2023

Maya Hayuk and Kathie Halfin Discuss Ukrainian Heritage and Identity

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