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Agosto Machado, Downtown (Altar), 2024. Pins, matchbooks, mirror, and papier-mâché; plastic and metal objects; book (Theater of the Ridiculous), photograph, jewelry, bananaflavored straw packets, New York City subway tokens; and original artworks by Arch Connelly, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, and Gilda Pervin. Collection of Jane Hait. © Agosto Machado. Image courtesy the artist and Gordon Robichaux, NY. Photography by Greg Carideo
Agosto Machado, Downtown (Altar), 2024. Pins, matchbooks, mirror, and papier-mâché; plastic and metal objects; book (Theater of the Ridiculous), photograph, jewelry, bananaflavored straw packets, New York City subway tokens; and original artworks by Arch Connelly, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, and Gilda Pervin. Collection of Jane Hait. © Agosto Machado. Image courtesy the artist and Gordon Robichaux, NY. Photography by Greg Carideo
Art
Before the Whitney Biennial closes, don’t miss the shrines of street queen Agosto Machado
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Aug 1, 2026 0

Agosto Machado spent decades building altars to a vanished queer New York. Find his tribute inside the Whitney Biennial before…

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Firelei Báez’s untitled (“Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic”).
Firelei Báez’s untitled (“Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic”).
Art
Objects may be closer than they appear
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Jan 14, 2025 0

A cherub siting at the Whitney thanks to artist Firelei Beaez.

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Agosto Machado, Downtown (Altar), 2024. Pins, matchbooks, mirror, and papier-mâché; plastic and metal objects; book (Theater of the Ridiculous), photograph, jewelry, bananaflavored straw packets, New York City subway tokens; and original artworks by Arch Connelly, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, and Gilda Pervin. Collection of Jane Hait. © Agosto Machado. Image courtesy the artist and Gordon Robichaux, NY. Photography by Greg Carideo
Art
Before the Whitney Biennial closes, don’t miss the shrines of street queen Agosto Machado
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Aug 1, 2026
The shadow of two men staring off into the sunset
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I went to ‘Les Misérables’ at Radio City and came home a singing student revolutionary
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Prince. Photo by by Steven Parke.
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