"A lot has changed since the last time I popped up in your inbox - a little Christmas snow (or close enough) for the first time in a very long time. And we swore in a new mayor in the bowels of an abandoned subway station. (If you didn't get an invite to that ceremony, here's a tip: Stay on the downtown 6 after the last stop, and you'll loop around that gorgeous station.)"
"It means the opening up from the tight circle of family and friends to the strange and sometimes jarring realities of the world. This feeling is even more pronounced in New York, which always seems to intersect with world events in some way - like President Trump's move to kidnap a sitting president of a sovereign nation and drop him into a prison in Brooklyn in clear violation of international law."
New York enters 2026 with small local changes such as a light Christmas snow and the inauguration of a new mayor held in an abandoned subway station. The city carries the transition from private holiday circles into public, sometimes jarring, global realities. A high-profile international incident is cited as intersecting with the city’s experience. The cultural calendar is active, with major gallery openings featuring artists like Bruce Conner, Dona Nelson, and James Castle. A notable exhibition revisits the late quilter Faith Ringgold, whose story quilts and prints evoke history, poetry, and nostalgia.
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