Native American And African American History Unfold Through Art Across New York

By Chadd Scott, Forbes
May 15, 2026

If provocative contemporary art centering Black History is your thing, make additional time for Fly in the Sugar Bowl, a solo exhibition of new and recent works by Julian V.L. Gaines at Cristin Tierney Gallery. Spanning painting, sculpture, and assemblage, Gaines’s work examines the tensions between Black experience and the structures of systemic inequality in the United States.