The DART Board: 03.25.2026
Paul Klee | Other Possible Worlds at The Jewish Museum
Paul Klee, who was not Jewish, was one of the first artists the Nazis declared “degenerate,” a descriptor applied to the abstract artists, who often were Jewish, that the regime sought to smear as sick, immoral and corrupting to the idea of German culture that Hitler promoted, As noted in the Forward, 17 of his works were featured in the infamous Degenerate Art exhibition organized by Nazi leaders in 1937, which compared the artworks to the drawings of the insane. In another Nazi publication, Volksparole, he was accused of advancing “the Bolshevist ideals in art of communists and Jews.” Klee, together with his wife Lily and son Felix, fled to Switzerland. But before he left Dusseldorf, where he taught at the Bauhaus, he made hundreds of drawings and paintings satirizing Nazi ideology, evoking the distress of the era.
For the first time, some 100 pieces from this period are presented in Other Possible Worlds,together with select works from Klee’s earlier practice. Seen together, the collection “reveals Klee’s enduring commitment to creative freedom—to making deeply personal work that engages with multiple perspectives, including aesthetics, philosophy, and spirituality,” noted Mason Klein, Senior Curator Emeritus and curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition traces the progression of the artist’s work as he experienced the rise of fascism during the final decade of his life, illuminating his relentless search for new methods of expressing social critique, non-conformism, mythopoetic thinking, and an evolving approach to developing a new vocabulary for confronting the horrors of political persecution and violence.
In addition to the exceptional catalogue, there is a full range of public programs starting April 12 with Paper Weaving
Through July 26 at The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY Info
Wednesday, March 25, 5-8pm: Reflections on Progress with NYSWA
Reflections on Progress – Courting Challenges, the centennial exhibition of NYSWAthe New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA) will showcase 39 contemporary works across diverse media, each illuminating the intersections of human rights, environmental stewardship, and social justice. From painting and sculpture to installation and mixed media, the exhibition underscores a shared pursuit of visibility, equality, and acceptance. Above, left to right: art by Pamela Casper, Jacquline Lorieo and Karen Kirschner
Lori Horowitz, President of NYSWA says, “Our mission as artists is to relate these views and reach our audience and communities to spark understanding and awareness. Together, this collaboration exemplifies the enduring capacity of art to confront complexity, inspire dialogue, and envision progress.”
Exhibiting Artists are: Anna Kuchel Rabinowitz, Anne Stanner, Audrey Frank Anastasi, Diana Freedman-Shea, Ellen Alt, Jacqueline Lorieo, Janya Barlow, Julia Rogge, Karen Kirshner, Lauren Gohara, Leah Poller, Linda Butti, Lori Horowitz, Lucinda Wilner, Michele Bonelli, Nancy Bueti-Randall, Natalie Giugni, Natsuki Takauji, Pam Brown, Pamela Casper, Pin Hsin Chu, Rose Deler, Sandra Cavanagh, Siena Gillann Porta, Stephanie Lee, Sueim Koo, Suejin Jo, Susan Markowitz Meredith, Yumie Kusuda, and Yupin Pramotepipop.
Charles P. Sifton Gallery, Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY Info
Saturday, March 28: Filling the Gap | Scholastic Artists and Writers at The Met
This special exhibition features 316 original works of teen art and 300 original works of teen writing, which were selected from nearly 14,500 submissions by more than 2,500 teens in grades 7–12, from over 250 schools in NYCs five boroughs. This exhibition at will display original works in the Painting, Printmaking, and Drawing and Illustration categories. All writing works can be accessed virtually, while printed reproductions and projected visuals of all other artworks will be prominently showcased. Above: lla Cassidy, Ellenville. Gold Key, Painting, 2026. Grade 12, The High School of Art & Design, New York, NY. Educator: James Harrington.
All works featured in the exhibition received top regional awards—the Gold Key—by New York City–based participants in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the country's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative teens. Gold Key–winning works are eligible to receive national honors through a second round of judging, which can provide additional opportunities for exhibition and publication as well as access to scholarships.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,1000 Fifth Avenue, Carson Family, street level, enter at 81st Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Inf
Sunday, March 29, 1-3pm: Winter Workspace Artsts at Wave Hill
Each season, Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery transforms into workspace studios as artists-in-residence move in and make the spaces their own. The 2026 season is officially underway, and the second group of artists is already diving deep into the park’s landscapes, wildlife, and history. The public is invited to meet the artists working across a vast range of media from painting to puppetry. Above: Mark Dorf, "Late Pastoral 04" (detail), 2024 Info
Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY Directions
Continuing: Elizabeth Peyton | mountains in my heart (the death of sarpedon) at David Zwirner
Curiously, the gallery website offers no information about this, the first show of the artists work since the gallery’s representation of her work. Following is an excerpt from the artist’s bio. To find out more about the exhibition, please visit Scott Orr’s BSCENEZINE
Elizabeth Peyton (b. 1965) attended the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1984 to 1987. The artist had her first solo exhibition in 1987 at Althea Viafora Gallery in New York. In the early 1990s, Peyton proceeded to have solo exhibitions at nontraditional sites, such as the washroom at Novecento, a former restaurant in downtown New York (1992); Room 828 at the Hotel Chelsea, New York (organized by Gavin Brown; 1993); and at the Prince Albert Pub in London (1995). Above: Elizabeth Peyton, Simone (Attention), 2025 (detail)
In 2008, the New Museum, New York, organized the mid-career retrospective, Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, which later traveled to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitechapel Gallery, London; and Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, the Netherlands. …Peyton is the recipient of several awards, including the Larry Aldrich Award, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2006), and she was an honoree at the 2018 New Museum Gala.
David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, New York, NY Info
Saturday, March 28, 2) pm: No Kings NYC
I feel as if I’ve been carryng the same protest sign since the ERA was defeated back in 1972—I can still picture my vivid green ERA T-shirt. So I was thrilled to see that Hyperallergic enlisted comics artist Steven Weinberg to draw out the views of fellow artists for a post today. Above: Helen Toomer, founder of Upstate Art Weekend. Text in her speech bubble reads, in part, “So I’m not a big sign maker. I love that other people do and that it is an art form in itself. For me, I like to wear badges, pins, earrings, necklaces, small and subtle that pack a punch….”
Meet at 7th Avenue and Central Park South, New York, NY Info If you would like to join the Climate Museum’s contingent, please go here for info.