Live guided talk with Selma Feriani, Valerie Kabov, Thameur Mejri, and Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude about African Galleries Now. The artists and gallerist will be discussing their work as part of the African Galleries Now, through June 27 2021.

Live guided talk with Jeffrey Augustine Songco discussing his art practice. Songco will be discussing his work currently on show at Mattress Factory, through November 14 2021.

Live guided talk with La’Vender Freddy discussing their practice.

Live guided talk with Katarra LaRae Peterson discussing her practice.

Live guided talk with Shellyne Rodriguez discussing her art and activism. Rodriguez will be discussing her work currently on show at CURRENT | UNDERCURRENT at Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst, through May 14th 2021.

In this age of virtual exhibitions and buzzword art reviews, galleries increasingly rely on the marketing potential of the works they choose to show. For many, to be a contemporary artist is to develop products for sale—Eckhaus Latta broke the fourth wall in 2018 by installing a functional clothing store in the Whitney, for example. In the New York art world, those who intentionally agitate the easy consumption of art help to pick away at the unseen forces of colonialism and economic exploitation. Brings Good Horses, a solo show by multimedia artist Wendy Red Star at Sargent’s Daughters, seems more like a museum show or a presentation of a personal collection than a commercial gallery exhibition. The result is a demonstration of historical power and subversive artmaking that stands against the pandering art market.