Two Stand-Out Solo Exhibitions in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
In this review for INES_Magazina, art critic D. Dominick Lombardi examines two solo exhibitions in Hunterdon County, New Jersey: African, American: The Art of Troy Jones at the Hunterdon Art Museum and Mom Bras: Cassie Arnold at ArtYard. Through painting and textile art, Troy Jones and Cassie Arnold explore racial identity, gender, bodily representation, and prevailing cultural ideals of beauty.
the braid – la trenza: Sorrow and Joy
Sorrow and Joy brings together Susan Salinger, Mary Mattingly, Monika Weiss, Cecile Chong, Lilia Ziamou, Esperanza Cortés, Sandra Eula Lee, Tatiana Istomina, and Yohanna M. Roa in a collective curatorial project at WhiteBox Portable @ Gallery MC.
the braid – la trenza: duelo y gozo
Notas sobre la segunda iteración de un proceso curatorial colectivo, WhiteBox Portable en la Galería MC, NYC. Por Yohanna M. Roa the braid – la trenza: Duelo y gozo, vista de la exposición, WhiteBox Portable en Gallery MC, Nueva York, 2026. ¿Qué ocurre cuando la práctica curatorial se desplaza de marcos establecidos desde una autoridad […]
Bodies and Souls
Art critic Dominick Lombardi interviews curator Robert Cozzolino about Bodies and Souls, the landmark exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. The conversation explores the extraordinary collection of Robert and Frances Coulborn Kohler, the resurgence of figurative art, collecting beyond the canon, representation, identity, and the enduring power of the human figure in contemporary American art.
Nancy Bowen at Nunu Fine Art Gallery, NY: Weaving Language, Exceeding Certainty
Yohanna Magdalene Roa reviews Nancy Bowen’s From A to Z and the Bodies In Between for Ines Magazine. Through collages made from vintage dictionaries and hybrid sculptures, Bowen explores language, memory, feminist histories of craft, systems of knowledge, and the relationship between materiality and thought.
Jerry Kearns: Complicit at Frosch & Co Gallery
Review of Jerry Kearns’s Complicit at Frosch & Co Gallery, examining authoritarianism, American consumer culture, ICE imagery, Pop aesthetics, and political painting in contemporary art.
無盡之衣：大西洋船廠篇
本文聚焦于纽约先锋艺术空间 Pioneer Works 举办的展览 The Endless Garment: Atlantic Basin，从批判视角分析亚洲离散语境下，劳动、迁移与纺织经济之间的复杂关联。文章进一步探讨策展框架如何影响作品的历史语境与意义生成，并揭示在全球化艺术体系中，文化身份与生产结构之间的张力与重构。
The Endless Garment: Atlantic Basin
A critical review of The Endless Garment: Atlantic Basin at Pioneer Works, For Ines Magazina, Wei Huang , examining how labor, migration, and textile economies intersect with diasporic identity—and how curatorial framing shapes their legibility.
Projecting Democracy: Michele Pred y la política feminista del objeto
Este ensayo de Yohanna Magdalene Roa analiza la exposición Projecting Democracy de Michele Pred presentada en Nancy Hoffman Gallery. A través de objetos cotidianos —carteras vintage, quilts, objetos confiscados en aeropuertos y proyecciones sobre arquitectura pública— la artista examina las tensiones entre lo doméstico y lo político. El texto aborda cómo estas obras activan debates sobre feminismo, autonomía corporal, derechos humanos y las formas en que los objetos ordinarios pueden convertirse en dispositivos críticos dentro del arte contemporáneo.
The Politics of the Object in Michele Pred’s Work
Projecting Democracy: Michele Pred and the Feminist Politics of the Object — Essay by Yohanna Magdalene Roa for INES_Magazina on Michele Pred’s exhibition at Nancy Hoffman Gallery. The article examines how Pred uses everyday objects—vintage purses, quilts, confiscated airport items, and architectural projections—to address feminism, human rights, bodily autonomy, and the intersection of domestic space and political power in contemporary art.