Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective
2026-05-04 - 2026-06-12 | Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College/CUNY, 135 East 22nd Street, New York, NY, 10010
The Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College is proud to present Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective, the first major New York survey of artist Zhen Guo (b. 1955, Shandong Province, China).
The works on display span nearly sixty years, from Zhen Guo’s first embroidery (Chairman Mao, 1966) to her large-scale papier-mâché and sewn fabric breast sculptures and handmade tufted tapestries of 2012-2025. The show explores an artist’s journey from China to New York; themes include an immigrant’s identity, motherhood, and the violence embedded in patriarchal cultures. Guo’s large-scale “muted landscape” paintings protest environmental injustice. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated brochure with a new essay on Guo by curator Gail Levin.
Zhen Guo Video Works, 2011-2022
Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 5:30PM to 6:30PM

A special 50-minute program screening original video works consisting of:

Zhen Guo, Timeline of Movement, 2011 (5:44) – In her debut video art, Guo contrasts Western and Asian approaches to health through tranquil T’ai Chi and vigorous group exercise, illustrating their distinct yet engaging qualities.
Cleansing Moon, 2018 (7:24) – Gentle exploration of women’s renewal connects life, femininity, and the cosmos through the refreshing imagery of water. Accompanied by Guo’s poem, it contemplates the cleansing of emotional burdens.
Muted Landscapes, 2022 (7:36) – In this series, Guo reflects on the intimate connection between humanity and the Earth, emphasizing the overlooked significance of both women and nature.
Zhen Guo, My Heart is Red, 2022 (24:22) – Directed by Mia Chen for their final project at NYU Film School, this short documentary follows Zhen Guo’s art practice, working in her studio, art openings, and daily life through interviews with friends and family, highlighting Guo’s interest in art, the city, and martial arts.

Women Artists, Curators, and Activists: A Conversation
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30 PM

Moderator: Maika Pollack
Speakers: Gail Levin, Zhen Guo, Lori Horowitz, Susan Grabel & Christina Schlesinger

Closing Event
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 4PM to 6PM

Exhibition: Ed Young’s Bright Worlds
2026-05-14 - 2026-09-13 | Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY, 10013
For over 60 years, Ed Young (1931–2023) invigorated the world of children’s books through intimate storytelling, inventive artistry, and potent emotionality. This first U.S. retrospective features original artwork from 15 of his most significant projects—focusing on works drawn from his personal story and Chinese folktales—alongside a selection of his sketchbooks, family photos, and personal effects.

Heart on Fire, Brain on Ice: Philippine Nonfiction since 2000
2026-05-22 - 2026-05-31 | Museum of the Moving Image, 30-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY, 11106
Direct and political in their aims, these documentaries, features and shorts mostly unreleased and unseen in the United States, take a clear-eyed view of the Philippines’ most exploited—landless peasant farmers, urban poor displaced by development, generations of indigenous families affected by toxic waste left behind by U.S. military bases—as well as those among them who are agitated to resist. The filmmakers are often intimately if not directly affected by the repression they capture, and the films are made by and with activists who have integrated with the communities they follow on the ground. Occasionally surreal, sometimes absurd, these films maintain a firm grip on the visceral reality that binds their struggles together.

Lucky FM 2
2026-05-27 - 2026-05-31 | The Club, 74A East 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Slant returns to The Club to dig deeper and wider into the liminal space between past and present with Lucky FM 2. Through the underground radio’s telethon portal….Slant journeys through AANHPI histories with bamboo flutes, drums, and guitars telling stories of the Japanese-American concentration camps, the International Hotel, Vincent Chin, and today. Performed viscerally through music, dance, and humor, Slant finds unity amidst chaos in a celebration of community.
Slant is the trio ensemble of Rick Ebihara, Wayland Quintero, and Perry Yung. In 1995, Slant premiered Big Dicks, Asian Men followed by other works through the 2000s that featured farcical themes punctuated by outlandish and poignant moments that audiences flocked to see at La MaMa and across the USA.

Virtual: Backtalkers Academy: Critical Race Theory, historical memory, feminism, democracy, and education
2026-05-27 - 2026-06-24
Since 2020, AAPF’s summer schools have served as foundational platforms for learning about the forbidden histories and knowledge that make collective advocacy and activation possible.

Theater: Dragoness and Art Exhibit: Misalignment
2026-05-28 19:00 - 2026-06-07 20:30 (America/New_York) | Inspiration Point Center for the Arts, 710 Tiffany St, Bronx, NY, 10474, United States
A high-octane, satirical commentary on race and creating art under capitalism, Dragoness interrogates the ethics of reinventing identity in order to satisfy the expectations of those in power.

Movie: Forge (starring Kelly Marie Tran)
2026-05-29 - 2026-06-10 | Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th Street, New York, NY, 10011
In this thriller, In Miami, the resourceful Zhang siblings—Raymond and Coco—sell forged paintings to unsuspecting parties. Despite their thriving underground operation, the siblings are still short on cash when they cross paths with disgraced millionaire Holden Beaumont. Sensing an opportunity to make a fortune, Holden convinces the Zhangs to forge long lost masterpieces as a front for his family’s collection. Meanwhile, FBI Art Crimes agent Emily Lee moves from New York to Miami, discovering a plethora of forgeries cropping up in the South Florida art market. As Emily continues to investigate the Zhang siblings’ work, their lives converge to devastating effect in the Zhang family dim sum restaurant. In English, Spanish and Cantonese with English subtitles.

Conversation with Joan Chen: Memory, Identity, Cinema, and Beyond
2026-05-29 17:30 - 19:00 | China Institute of America, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
China Institute invites you to an evening conversation with acclaimed actor, filmmaker, and writer Joan Chen on her Chinese nonfiction work Catfish 《猫鱼》. Through family stories, the culture memory of Shanghai, behind-the-scenes stories from her film career, and reflections on love, pain, migration, and womanhood, Chen offers an intimate portrait of an artist’s life across China and America.
The conversation will be moderated by Susan Yuqing Feng, Director of Programs at China Institute, and followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
This event will be conducted in Chinese. Copies of the book (in Chinese language) will be available for purchase on site and pre-signed by the author.

2026 CUNY Asian American Film Festival
2026-05-29 18:00 - 20:00 | CUNY Graduate Center (Martin Segal Theatre), 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016
The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.

MOCA PERFORMS – Dialogues with Composers Now
2026-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY, 10013
In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, MOCA continues its commitment as a vital platform for timely and resonant live arts, uplifting Asian American artists working across time-based disciplines, including music, theater, dance, and film.
The Museum of Chinese in America is proud to partner with Composers Now to present Dialogues, a special program exploring the voices and visions of contemporary composers. Hosted by Composers Now Founder and Artistic Director Tania León, this town hall–style conversation brings together Chinese and Chinese American composers Jing Zhou, Weiyang Ding, and Sophia Kunxu Dou.
