In partnership with For Which It Stands, Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art, the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Ford Foundation Gallery presented a conversation between NY-based interdisciplinary artist Sanford Biggers, Bronx Museum Curator Sergio Bessa and Founding Director and Chief Curator of Rivers Institute Andrea Andersson on the historical layers of Biggers’s quilt-based works and the use of signs across his practice. [watch conversation]

Elena del Rivero: Home Address is a multi-platform installation of nineteen flags designed and suspended across the United States to commemorate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, which legislated women’s right to vote in the United States. Del Rivero’s multiples, emblazoned with a common abstract, geometric pattern also wear the stains of history in recognition of all whose rights were not protected by the landmark legislation—particularly women of color who continue to fight against racial discrimination in voting. [continue reading]

Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch is the first survey of quilt-based works by the New York-based interdisciplinary artist. The solo show features over 60 quilt-based works by the artist that seamlessly weave American history into a broader context of global traditions and styles. [continue reading]