Installation view of the exhibition

Installation view of Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos. (Photo: Arturo Sanchez)

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Hyperallergic Highlights AS Event on Its Spring Art Fairs and Events in NYC List

By Rhea Nayyar

Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza will discuss their art practices in the context of their exhibition at Americas Society on May 6, says the magazine.

The early-blooming daffodils may bow their trumpets in defeat amid the frosty trickery following Fool’s Spring, but no amount of rain and dreary weather can thwart the annual blossoming of New York City’s spring art fair season. Over the next few weeks, over a dozen art fairs will simultaneously sprout across NYC, each consisting of their own ecosystem of thematic presentations and desired audiences. 

So without further ado, we present Hyperallergic’s annual spring art fair field guide for 2025 — a quick and easy lowdown on what to expect at each show, plus a few events and programs coinciding with the fair frenzy. [...]

Earth and Cosmos Conversation and Video Screening 

May 6, 6–8pm | as-coa.org Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan

Surrounding the ongoing Earth and Cosmos exhibition spotlighting Los Angeles-based artists Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza at the Americas Society, this discussion will provide additional insights into their art practices, centering the survival of ancient Indigenous cosmologies and relationships with the physical and spiritual world. The artists will be in conversation with Vera List Center for Art and Politics Director and Chief Curator Carin Kuoni and Museum of Modern Art Curatorial Assistant Rachel Remick. The program also includes a premiere screening of two videos the artists created followed by a reception.

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