At Management Gallery, Grotesque Art Evolves for the Doomscroll Era

ARTnews reviews “The New Grotesque,” an exhibition at New York’s Management Gallery curated by director Anton Svyatsky that examines how grotesque imagery is evolving in an era of constant screen-based spectacle. The article frames the show against contemporary pop culture, citing Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay,” which was nominated for 19 Emmys, as an example of horror and humor blending into a single sensibility. Works highlighted include an eight-piece gouache sequence by Polish artist Aleksandra Waliszewska and David Altmejd’s “Smoking with Oneself” (2021–26), a bust featuring a decapitated fairy smoking from a throat-like opening. The exhibition also includes two untitled pencil drawings by Miriam Cahn, referenced in connection with her 2023 censorship controversy in Paris.

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