SPRING/BREAK Art Show, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the current fair at 625 Madison Avenue through September 12, has seen many curators come and go throughout its decade-long history. While some have worked with the fair regularly since its inception, this iteration — “Naked Lunch” — has brought some new faces, new artworks, and new ideas to SPRING/BREAK. Ruben Natal-San Miguel photographed some of these newcomers at the fair’s opening on September 7.

Echoes of the Ancient, a group exhibition organized by the artists of PARADICE PALASE, presents works by thirteen members residing in the United States, and one artist member based in Serbia. Curated by Jacki Davis, Jolene Dosa and Ambrus Gero, featured participating artists include Adina Andrus, Kelly Boehmer, Lesley Bodzy, Grayson Cassels, Jacki Davis, Jolene Dosa, Ambrus Gero, Caroline Heffron, Ruth Jeyaveeran, Mike McGuire, Lidija Ristić, Kat Ryals, Elise Thompson, and Albert Abdul-Barr Wang.

Renowned photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel took to the streets this Pride month and focused his lens on the color and diversity of New York’s LGBTQIA+ community.

I joined photographer Ruben Natal - San Miguel at the Brooklyn Museum last Sunday for Honor Juneteenth —the annual holiday commemorating the end of legal slavery in the United States — with a full day of activities celebrating self-expression, community, and Black liberation and creativity. Ruben focused his lens on the Black women at the event.

Both artists in Sapovnela at 11 Newel Gallery – curated by Tessa Krieg – mobilize the unseen and uncontrollable in creating their work. Leila Spilman uses natural decay and supposedly supernatural electrophotography to make prints of great material and historical complexity. Ryan DaWalt harnesses magnetism and ultraviolet light, resulting in paintings that glow and wire sculptures held in tense equilibrium by unseen forces.

In addition to showcasing a variety of approaches to color in sculpture, I would argue that there is another undercurrent running through this exhibition. Much of the work either responds to or actively attempts to undermine classical and modern aesthetics' mathematical purity.