Contents for August 10th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Jesus Benavente, FF Alumn, at DiverseWorks, Houston, TX, opening Aug. 13 2. Carlos Martiel, FF Alumn, at The 8th Floor, Manhattan, opening Sept. 17 3. Linda Montano, FF Alumn, at The  Grove, Woodstock NY, Aug. 16 4. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumn, online Aug. 12 & 15, and more 5. Helen Oji, Yoko Oji Kikuchi, FF Alumns, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, opening…

Contents for August 03rd, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Simone Forti, FF Alumn, In Memoriam Weekly Spotlight: Nada Tshibwabwa FF FUND 2026-26 recipient performance livestreamed from Kinshasa, watch party at New York Society for Ethical Culture, Manhattan, August 9 Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Kabir Carter, Leila Christine Nadir, Jayoung Yoon, FF Alumns, receive 2026 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships  2. David Cale, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, August 11 3. Cheri Gaulke, FF Alumn, at Fairfax Film Festival, Glendale, CA, Aug. 5 4. Babs…

Contents for July 27th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel Atrib, FF Alumn, at University of California Santa Cruz, CA, Aug. 9 2. Jenny Holzer, Coreen Simpson, FF Alumns, now online at Wallpaper.com 3. Cassils, FF Alumn, in new publication 4. Candace Hill Montgomery, David Hammons, Pope.L, Luke Roberts, FF Alumns, now online at NewLeftReview.org 5. Julie Harrison, FF Alumn, at Garrison Art Center, NY, opening Aug. 15 and more 6. Benoît…

Contents for July 20th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Pat Oleszko, FF Alumn, receives the 2026 Bucksbaum Award 2. Ana Mendieta, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com 3. Linda Sibio, FF Alumn, now online at crackedeggsmovie.com 4. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at ArtSpace, Richmond, VA, opening July 24 and more 5. Helen Oji, FF Alumn, at Frosch&Co, Manhattan, opening July 16 6. Eddie Falconer, FF Alumn, at Resistancia Teknochat Festival, online thru Aug. 2 7. Buzz…

Contents for July 13th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel Atrib, Arantxa Araujo, Sara Kostić, Ed Woodham, FF Alumns, at Siren Arts, Asbury Park, NJ, July 14-Aug. 21 2. Elly Clarke, FF Alumn, at The Exchange Birmingham, UK, opening July 15 3. Christy Rupp, David Wojnarowicz, FF Alumns, now online at TheCollector.com 4. Petah Coyne & Kathy Grove, Yoko Ono, Martha Rosler, Nancy Spero, FF Alumns, at Galerie Lelong, Manhattan, thru…

Contents for July 7th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Ana Mendieta, FF Alumn, now online at TheGuardian.com 2. Chloë Bass, FF Alumn, in 2026 Sharjah Architecture Triennial, UAE, opening Nov. 14 3. Sherman Fleming, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LzWQnsno2c 4. Willie Cole, FF Alumn, at Sargent's Daughters Gallery, Manhattan, thru July 10 5. Crystal Z. Campbell, FF Alumn, now online with University of Buffalo Library 6. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumn, at…

Contents for June 29th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Arantxa Araujo, Alicia Grullon, Ariel Kleinberg, Ayana Evans, Day de Dada Performance Art Collective, GOODW.Y.N., Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Martha Wilso, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel Atrib, Nima Nikakhlagh, Raquel Du Toit, Sara Kostic, Yali Romagoza, Ed Woodham, FF Alumns, at Art in Odd Places, 14th Street, Manhattan, Sept. 26-27 2. Xandra Ibarra, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, FF Alumns, at Fort Mason Center for the Arts, San…

Contents for June 22nd, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Laurie Anderson, FF Alumn, receives Kyoto Prize 2026 2. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful, FF Alumn, appointed to New York State Trauma Informed Network and Resource Center Advisory Council 3. Chin Chih Yang, FF Alumn, at 42nd Street & 8th Avenue, Manhattan, thru Aug. 1 4. Asia Stewart, FF Alumn, named to Smack Mellon 2026-27 Artist Studio cohort 5. Sarah Schulman, FF Alumn, now online at Hyperallergic.com 6. Julie…

Contents for June 15th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frayda Feldman, FF Alumn, In Memoriam Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Chloë Bass, FF Alumn, free singing workshops, June 23-24 2. Fiona Templeton, FF Alumn, at 42nd Street, Manhattan, June 16 3. Nicolás Dumit Estévez, and Irina Danilova, FF Alumns, now online at IrinaDanilova.net 4. Paul McMahon, Linda Mary Montano, Michael Smith, William Wegman, FF Alumns, at Mothership Gallery, Woodstock, NY, thru June 21 5. G. H. Hovagimyan, FF Alumn, now online at…

Contents for June 8th, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Weekly Spotlight: **FIRST FIFTY VOICES** 1. Malcom-x Betts, FF Alumn, at Domino Park, Brooklyn, June 24-25 2. Willie Cole, FF Alumn, at Sargent's Daughters, Manhattan, thru  July 10 3. Nao Bustamante, FF Alumn, at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, CA, June 20 4. Marisa Morán Jahn, FF Alumn, June news 5. Yoko Ono, FF Alumn, at Sakip Sabanci Museum, Emirgan, Turkey, opening June 24 6. John Baldessari, Gilbert & George, Joseph Kosuth, FF Alumns,…