Estella Loomis McCandless Assistant Professor of Art Sharmistha Ray’s practice was showcased at two prominent centers earlier this month, with their Hilma’s Ghost collective leading an event at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and exhibiting new works at Z_^ⓈONAMACO in Mexico City.

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Guggenheim Museum

In New York, Ray co-led Late Shift: Chromatic Altar at the Guggenheim Museum on February 13, in collaboration with artist Eve Biddle. The immersive performance activated the museum’s iconic architecture and explored themes of color, gender, and mysticism, aligning with the ongoing exhibition Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930. The event paid tribute to the Guggenheim’s feminist legacy, referencing its co-founder Hilla Rebay and 2018’s Hilma af Klint exhibition, featuring a performance by 18 dancers and a somatic color meditation led by Ray and their Hilma’s Ghost collaborator, artist Dannielle Tegeder. Read more about the night in an interview with Hilma’s Ghost in art currently.

Z_ⓈONAMACO

Earlier this month, Hilma’s Ghos debuted eight new works exhibited by Galeria RGR at the 21st edition of Z_ⓈONAMACO México Arte Contemporáneo, held February 5-9 in Mexico City. Each of the pieces explore the cardinal directions of a witch’s circle, combining mysticism and geometry and were presented alongside work by artists from 29 countries. Art & Object spotlighted Hilma’s Ghost in its Z_ⓈONAMACO roundup highlighting Mexico City as one of today’s most dynamic art and design centers.

_{Images: Whitney Browne Photography}

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