Ed Pien: Memento at Birch Contemporary

by Alice Pelot

Pien’s engaging installation is not a devastating, vulnerability-inducing ride, but it is an effective metaphor, and an experience with a resonating narrative drawing attention to political crisis.

Baleful at Pari Nadimi Gallery

by Emily Lawrence

Baleful may evoke heavy themes, but the idea that inanimate objects can live, die, and experience reincarnation (or in this case, get repurposed into works of art) is a thoughtful and optimistic concept.

Marco Bertuzzo: Hidden

by Meghan O’Callaghan

Marco Bertuzzo has poignantly reminded us that art should be slowly digested, a process that allows one to absorb all it’s veiled meaning.