Notes related to United States

Art fairs and biennials inhabit the same artistic universe but serve distinct purposes. The former primarily functions as commercial hubs where artworks are bought and sold, whereas biennials act as global stages, celebrating the rich diversity of contemporary art.

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) presented Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: The Awake Volcanoes, the first solo show in a U.S. Museum for the Chilean artist, known for her participation at the 2022 Venice Biennale and being the recipient of the prestigious Käthe Kollwitz Prize for 2023.

ICA Boston presents Firelei Báez’s exhibition, the first North American show dedicated to the artist’s work.

Organized by Curator María Elena Ortiz, Surrealism and Us at Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth is inspired by the history of Surrealism in the Caribbean with connections to notions of the Afrosurreal in the United States. Representing a global perspective, this exhibition is the first intergenerational show dedicated to Caribbean and African diasporic art presented at the Modern.

Spirit in the Land at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is a contemporary art exhibition that examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presented Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940.

The artist-in-residence program from the Alex Brown Foundation aims to provide emerging and established artists a space to create their work at Des Moines, Iowa. Deadline to apply: March 15^th, 2024.

Fondazione Prada presents Miranda July: New Society, the first solo museum exhibition of Miranda July’s work from March 7 to October 14, 2024 at the Osservatorio, located at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.

The SOM Foundation and the MAK Center for Art and Architecture announce a new Los Angeles-based residency program. Deadline to apply: March 8^th, 2024.

Raven Chacon: A Worm’s Eye View from a Bird’s Beak at Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York is the artist first major institutional solo exhibition, organized in partnership with Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum.

TRANSFER Download: Sea Change at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), together with TRANSFER is an immersive exhibition that reflects on the accelerating changes across climate, culture, and time.

Carlos Rosales-Silva is the Spring 2024’s Artist-in-Residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art.

Mattress Factory announces the 2024 International Open Call for artists-in-residence. Each artist will produce a solo exhibition of new work at the museum. Deadline to apply: February 8, 2024.

The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston presented the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of Cuban conceptual artist Reynier Leyva Novo.

North-American artist Melissa Cody featured at MASP the exhibition Webbed Skies, with curatorship of Isabella Rjeille and Ruba Katrib.

KADIST San Francisco and Delfina Foundation presented iterations of de montañas submarinas el fuego hace islas (from the underwater mountains fire makes islands).

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To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions al Espacio 23 celebrates numerous textile-based works from the Pérez collection –many of which have never been publicly exhibited before – and engages these acquisitions as focal points from which to structure creative dialogues with artworks presented in other mediums.

Argentina Performance Art (APA), with the support of LATEA Theater and Grace Exhibition Space, will curate a three-night series to address critical and essential South American issues through the power of performance art.

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The American Denim is a celebration of heritage and artistry, exemplifying the synergy of tradition and creativity.

Muriel Hasbun: Tracing Terruño is the first comprehensive career survey in New York City of multidisciplinary artist, educator, and advocate for Central American culture and history, Muriel Hasbun.

The Museum of Modern Art announced Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism, an exhibition dedicated to both realized and unrealized projects that address ecological and environmental concerns by architects who practiced in the United States from the 1930s through the 1990s.

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Aglaé Bassens: Emptiful is the debut solo museum presentation for the Brooklyn-based painter at Institute of Contemporary Art Miami.

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Coming to Fruition is the first solo exhibition in the United States by Miami-based artist Jason Seife.

The55project announced the opening of the Collective Show, curated by Josué Mattos at Fundación Pablo Atchugarry.

The artist’s first solo museum exhibition presents selected works from throughout her 30-year career and explores the history of migration between the Caribbean and the United States, gender, race, and the representation of the female body.

The Brooklyn Museum and the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund Launch the Brooklyn Arts Leadership Collaborative. The Collaborative aims to boost Brooklyn’s arts and culture ecosystem by supporting programs and leadership development in eight BIPOC-led organizations.

The MacArthur Fellowship program announced the 2023 participants selection.

Interference Patterns is a solo exhibition of new and recent work by multidisciplinary Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist Nicholas Galanin at SITE Santa Fe. Rooted in his relationship to Land, Indigenous visual language, and thought, Galanin merges conceptual and material practices in his expansive creative approach.

US Pavilion selected queer and indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson for the Venice Biennale 2024. Presented by Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe. 

Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of living is the sixth iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition highlighting the practices of artists working throughout the greater Los Angeles area.