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Diana Berg: The Alchemy of Memories and Traumas

Pop-Up Exhibition GCAC Artist-in-Residence Storefront Studio Saturday, November 1, 2025 Opening Reception from 7 – 10PM This pop-up exhibition, The Alchemy of Memories and Traumas—the result of a one-month residency at the Grand Central Art Center—is a ritualistic journey through loss, memory, and healing, where Ukraine-based artist Diana Berg, originally from Mariupol and now living […]

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Acrylic tubes leaning against the corners of a wall with blue and red light projected upon them and the walls.

Roger Reyes: I See Them Run and Hide, Every Time

image credit: Roger Reyes, I See Them Run and Hide, Every Time, Installation detail,, 2025.  Courtesy of the artist and Grand Central Art Center. October 4, 2025 – January 11, 2026 OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, October 4 from 7 – 10PM I See Them Run and Hide, Every Time is a site-specific installation composed of three interrelated works that […]

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Cartoon image of Skeleton sitting at a table decorating a cake

Ulu Braun: St. Mickeyland

image credit: Still from Ulu Braun’s St.Mickey,, 2023.  Courtesy of the artist. September 6 – December 14, 2025 OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, September 6 from 7-10PM Welcome to St. Mickeyland! In painting-like tableaus, a landscape inhabited by cartoon and media icons is displayed. The assembled characters are in search of meaning in life, reflecting on their creation in the honeypot […]

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Image Description: Six cartoony smiley faces are lined up in two rows against a blue background. They may be familiar to those who have seen a pain scale pictogram. Each face has a different color, making a gradient that goes from deep green to deep red, with yellow and orange faces in the middle. The first face is smiling widely and the last face is frowning in crying. Each face in between shows the smile progressively going from a smile, to a so-so expression, to the frown. On top of these faces, is a woman's outline in black. Her long curly hair resembles the artist's. The body is repeated 3 times. The entire image has a wavy, distorted effect that blurs the lines and shapes.

Renee Reizman: Disability Drawing Club – Magic Eye

July 5 – Ongoing DISABILITY DRAWING CLUB SESSION Saturday, August 2 starting at 7:30PM (during Art Walk) Part hangout, part drawing workshop, DDC is a safe space that allows people with disabilities, chronic illness, and mental illness to be unapologetic about their bodies. It also broadens representation of the disabled experience within one’s community. DDC’s […]

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Image of shirtless tan man with dark hair in front of yellowish background with text that read "The Lebanese Sunbathing Championship" as subtitles.

Mounira Al Sohl: The Sea is a Stereo, Paris Without a Sea

image credit: Still from Mounira Al Solh’s The Sea is a Stereo, Paris Without a Sea, 2007-08.  Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg. June 7 – August 24, 2025 OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, June 7 from 7-10PM The Sea is a Stereo is an ongoing series of reflections by artist Mounira Al Solh on a […]

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A series of five monitors all showing an image of writer James Baldwin

Hank Willis Thomas: A person is more important than anything else…

June 7 – September 14, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7 from 7-10PM A person is more important than anything else…, a five-channel video installation, is a profound social commentary created by artist Hank Willis Thomas. This compelling work, lasting 28.5 minutes, is driven by the powerful cadence and intonation of James Baldwin’s voice, weaving together […]

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tan colored fabric with words in brown color that read to be among friends

Joshua-Michele Ross and Hope Meng: To Be Among Friends

April 5 – extended through September During the virtual performance The Adjacent Possible, which ran at the height of the pandemic, artist Joshua Michele Ross opened by collecting participants’ desires. Ross then recited them back at the end of the show, closing with a sense of community and hope. These desires—representing over 900 statements from […]

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Women in front of solid grey background, brown hair with hand on right ear and mouth open

Jennifer Reeder: Nevermind

March 1 – May 11, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 1 from 7 – 10PM Nevermind is a non-narrative post-punk aria, one in Jennifer Reeder’s three-part video series significantly inspired by Steina and Woody Vasulka’s Let it Be (video, 1970). This project is about the manifestation of gender and rebellion in media culture. It threatens the power of the hero […]

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A large painting of a street scene with people and cars walking along a building lined street

Rachel Hakimian Emenaker: Deep Roots Among Fallen Trees

March 1 – May 11, 2025 Artist Gallery Talk / Exhibition Walkthrough Saturday, May 3 at 6PM At the intersection of globalization, migration, and memory, Deep Roots Among Fallen Trees offers a reflection on architecture as a space where loss and regeneration coexist, where memory is both preserved and erased. This installation delves into how diasporic communities continue to develop […]

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