This year On the scene series at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art focuses on the frictions that exist in a society shaped by race – and the transformative power of productive resistance.

Opening on April 6 On Stage: Friction features performances by three artists — Will Rawls, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE and Barak adé Soleil – which aim to challenge and explore conventional notions of blackness, queerness, movement and dance. Their works address themes of queer intimacy; disabled bodies in motion and at rest; and the relationship between animation, race and history.

Tickets are limited, reserve yours now! Save 20% when you book tickets for all three On Stage: Friction performances.

Performance Calendar

To learn more and get tickets, visit mcachicago.org/friction.

Curated by Jennifer Samet and Andrea Belag, this group exhibition in New York explores the feminine through aesthetics, as opposed to identity or gender.

The online resale market for the blockbuster Rijksmuseum exhibition is booming, with tickets selling on eBay for over $2,000.

Taking place at the 80WSE Gallery in New York’s Greenwich Village, Part I is on view from late March through April while Part II opens in May.

Through small-scale works, this exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art in New York examines Cornell’s prominent role in the lives and careers of Johnson and Kusama.

Nine other repatriated works were seized from Met Trustee Shelby White, whose collection was the subject of a criminal investigation.

This week, the lightest painting in the world, the Pakistani feminist movement, World Puppy Day, and were some of Vermeer’s paintings created by his daughter?

On March 28, join the New Bedford Whaling Museum online and in person for a symposium on global carving traditions from across the Pacific.

Indigenous activists say sacred remains and unearthed items from a Brickell construction site should remain there, but mega-developer Jorge Pérez is pushing back.

How do I recognize my shortcomings while taking into account dark histories and the exclusion of subordinate narratives in the landscape of fine art? A working checklist for curators.

The artist and researcher will explore the effects of soot on climate change and public health in this online conversation.

The Ecuadorian painter, a leading figure in Latin America’s Indigenismo art movement, has been both praised and despised for his depiction of indigenous peoples.

“I think of young children, teenagers, and I think being able to see yourself represented in art is so powerful,” says the artist.