"In this season of gold toilets selling for millions of dollars, it would be easy to miss that there were more good shows than you could shake a stick at in 2025. The Bronx Museum came alive with the first major exhibition of the Reverend Joyce McDonald, who showed the healing powers of art. Los Angeles-based provocateur Laura Owens commandeered every square inch of Matthew Marks with her interactive painting."
"Harkawick Gallery attached photos by over 200 artists to refrigerators that lined the gallery, while Maxwell Gallery showed works that had not sold the year before. Meanwhile, White Columns artist Elizabeth Klay did what most curators can't get right: Rather than coming up with an idea and then finding art to illustrate the idea, Klay picked work from various artists that together created meaning. That and much more made this a banner year."
2025 featured a rich array of contemporary art exhibitions that combined ambition, provocation, and inventive presentation. The Bronx Museum mounted the first major exhibition of the Reverend Joyce McDonald, emphasizing art's healing properties. Laura Owens executed a total takeover of Matthew Marks with an interactive, optically charged installation that resonated online. Harkawick Gallery mounted photographs by over 200 artists on refrigerators, while Maxwell Gallery recontextualized unsold works from the prior year. Elizabeth Klay at White Columns curated by assembling admired artists whose works collectively produced meaning. Additional highlights included shows by Katherine Bradford, Cady Noland, Steven Parrino, and a large Falcon Art Collective group exhibition.
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