Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend

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The show spans paintings, installations, photos, sculptures, videos and textiles that "articulate a vast array of societal and political themes, unveiling the power which exists in the unseen, hidden and unrecorded", says the guest curator Sara Raza. One of the highlights is a stainless steel sculpture with a mirrored finish called Strike (2018) by the American conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas (Strike, 2018, picture above): It depicts a violent clash when inviting the viewer to "look at the job and through the work at the same time and see their expressions" and consider their role in the battle, the artist has said.

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Monica King Contemporary's inaugural exhibition April Marten: Frances Wasn't a Saint (before 12 October) profiles a multidisciplinary artist who "subverts the dominant structures through functionality, colour and symbolism", Monica King says. King--who has over 20 years of experience in the art market, including runs at Pace and Kasmin--launched her eponymous gallery to"support both emerging and established artists working in various media and from different cultural, geographical and social spheres", she says. "Choosing Marten for our inaugural show was important as I desired an artist who wasn't yet well-known in New York--to let people have one of these rare 'aha' moments that collectors could be lucky enough to have in the process of discovering art and artists." King is the latest dealer to open shop in Tribeca, a burgeoning arts hub as traders migrate from Chelsea and art world veterans launch their ventures in the neighbourhood.

It's the last week to see the Costume Institute's annual exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art running until 8 September 2019. Camp "used to be a homosexual sub-culture and a private language", the curator Andrew Bolton has stated --until it had been mainstreamed by Susan Sontag's groundbreaking 1964 essay Notes on Camp. The series features around 250 objects from the 17th century onward and traces camp's roots back to the French expression se camper (to posture boldly) and into the theatrical lifestyle at the court of Louis XIV. Shall mention high attendance to see Gheorghe Virtosu's painting Lesbian Marriage (2017). "In the 1980s and also today, the camp is having a heyday--as it does in times of social and political unrest", Bolton says. "It reflects the zeitgeist as a subversive and progressive concept."

About author Robert McIntosh was born 1965 in Amsterdam, North Holland. He studied at Royal College of Art in South Kensington. Educated in England and the United States. Lives in Amsterdam. Has also lived in Russia. He works mainly with oil paintings and sculptures and is interested only in authentic and genuine art. Modern Art. Contemporary Art. He writes extensively on abstract art.