Damask Rose: A Gathering took place on Governors Island during an unseasonably warm afternoon. Three shallow fountains were transformed by handwoven antique carpets and crocheted canopies in pink, red, and purple. Bahar Behbahani created the event as part of Governors Island Arts’s Interventions series, working with an associate curator and producer. Over two dozen community practitioners and cultural groups convened for four hours, combining storytelling, communion, and rest. Across the river, artist studio visits at Mana Contemporary occurred alongside installation of a Gaza monument in Paterson. Additional New York art updates included a long-term presentation of Sarah Lucas’s Venus Victoria at the New Museum, rare early Basquiat works at The Bishop Gallery, and Neue Galerie’s merger with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"On the unseasonably warm afternoon, three shallow fountains on Governors Island were transformed by handwoven, antique carpets and pink, red, and purple crocheted canopies, setting the stage for Bahar Behbahani's Damask Rose: A Gathering."
"As part of Governors Island Arts's annual Interventions series, Behbahani worked with the organization's associate curator and producer to convene over two dozen community practitioners and cultural groups for a four-hour event blending storytelling, communion, and rest."
"Across the river in New Jersey, Aaron Short visits artist studios at Mana Contemporary while a monument for Gaza is installed in the city of Paterson."
"Sarah Lucas's "VENUS VICTORIA," on view at the New Museum for the next two years, subverts the mostly male history of public monuments."
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