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Save this story for later. “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America,” which recently opened at the New Museum, is a terrific art show. I might have expected that, given a starry roster that includes Kerry James Marshall, Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Theaster Gates among its total of thirty-seven contemporary Black artists. But theme exhibitions normally repel me, shoehorning independent talents into curatorial agendas. What a difference in this case! “Grief and Grievance” is a brainchild of the Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor, who, notably with his curatio...

Black Artists Take Over New Museum In Stellar Exhibition On Racist Violence In America View all 27 The "grief" part of this stunning new exhibition is what hits you first, the devastation and mourning of Black lives lost to racist violence in America. The "grievance" component is a bit more subtle: those imagined injustices, often politically orchestrated, of white America terrified of losing its power, frequently manifested in white nationalism. The two are intertwined, of course, both in the nation right now and in the works of the 37 Black artists at this exceptional show...

Exhibition at The New Museum brings together works that address Black grief “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America,” 2021. Exhibition view: New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni. NEW YORK, NY .- The New Museum is proud to present “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America,” an exhibition originally conceived by Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019) for the New Museum, and presented with curatorial support from advisors Naomi Beckwith Massimiliano Gioni, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash. On view from February 17 to June 6, 2021, “Grief and Grievance” is an intergenerational exhibiti...

In what could be the exhibition of the year, Okwui Enwezor’s final show links African American mourning to music and abstraction.

The First Art Newspaper on the Net   NEW YORK, NY .- The New Museum is proud to present “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America,” an exhibition originally conceived by Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019) for the New Museum, and presented with curatorial support from advisors Naomi Beckwith Massimiliano Gioni, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash. On view from February 17 to June 6, 2021, “Grief and Grievance” is an intergenerational exhibition bringing together thirty seven artists working in a variety of mediums who have addressed the concept of mourning, commemoration, and loss as a direct respo...