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The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars
A solo exhibition by Mari Nagem (@mari_nagem)
July 11th – September 26th
7/29 + 8/5 walkthroughs
Details @ link below🔻
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🎟️ Introducing: Membership at CUE! CUE’s new membership program is an opportunity to connect with an emerging and experimental arts community—and to receive meaningful benefits while sustaining our artist-centered mission. Membership offers access to special gatherings, artwork and editions, studio visits, and more—including a level specifically for artists with portfolio reviews and written feedback. The ecosystem that supports the arts requires immense and dedicated labor. Membership directly supports the people who make this work possible—artists, mentors, curators, educators, art handlers, designers, and more—and helps CUE remain a vital alternative to traditional institutional models. Become part of this generative network. Link in bio for details 🔗 —— Images from recent CUE program offerings (listed in order of appearance): Join as a member to receive special access to events like these. 📸 @hatnimlee: 💃🏽 Performance by @iyannathemodel and @c0c0villa for “Vendah” by @corneliustulloch, 2023. 📸 @ng.nyc: 🐡 Procession of grilled fish by @chefoscarriquelme for “Luma” by @catalina.tuca, 2024. 🌾 Kamayan dinner by chefs @woldykusina and @ljalmendras for “Sometimes My Accent Slips Out” by @bhen_alan, 2024. 🎶 Improvisational bass set by @bantlopez for “worried notes” by @kelisafiamaksud, 2024. 🥀 Closing performance for “This Fire That Warms You” by @tsohilbhatia, 2024. 🥣 Performative dinner by @afimoh__ and @bazm.nyc for “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers” curated by @just.lila, 2025. —— www.cueartfoundation.org/support-cue #cueart #artistled #alternativeartspaces #emergingartists #experimentalart #contemporaryart #independentart #supportartists #artmembership #artmatters #artsworkers #supportthearts #artscommunity #artnonprofit #newyorkart taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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☄️ANNOUNCING: “The Tropics, The Moon and Mars,” a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based Brazilian artist Mari Nagem. Join us at CUE next Saturday, July 11th, 3–6 pm, for the opening reception, presented as part of West Side Fest, with music by Fernanda Steinmann, bites by Brigadeiro Bakery, and a custom cocktail supported by Cappelletti. 🏖️ In a new immersive installation, Nagem constructs a post-natural tropical environment in which heat reorganizes relationships between bodies, technologies, geological formations, and living systems. The tropics appear as climate, home, and projection: a lived geography shaped by extraction, ecological transformation, and a long history of being imagined from elsewhere. “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars” resists imagining the future as either dystopian inevitability or technological salvation. Instead, Nagem considers how scientific research, traditional knowledge, artistic speculation, and material transformation might generate new ways of inhabiting worlds already undergoing profound ecological change. The exhibition asks where we are going next, and how different forms of life might continue together within altered conditions of heat, time, and planetary belonging. Read more and RSVP for the opening at links in bio. 🖋️ Graphic design: Jasmine Buckley 📸 Photos: Details of works in progress courtesy the artist, 2026 —— About West Side Fest: Organized by the West Side Cultural Network from July 10–12, this annual event brings together arts and culture organizations on the west side of Manhattan. Throughout the weekend, visitors are invited to participating museums and cultural institutions for performances, artmaking, exhibition tours, open studios, music, and more. —— The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars July 11–September 26, 2026 Gallery Hours: Wed–Sat, 12–6 pm Artist: @mari_nagem Sound Commission: @brisaflow Technical Consulting: @thiagohersan Technology Development: Mau Jabur, Philip Avetisov Architectural Support: @bia_bcb0, Matthew Saacke Exhibition Text and Curatorial Guidance: @jinnykk Opening DJ: @fernandasteinmann Bites: @brigadeironyc Drinks: @cappelletti_aperitivo taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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Levon Kafafian (@visionsoftransition) will be debuting a new character, Qohar-i-Nour at Harvest Hantes! Learn about the speculative world of Azadistan and join us on Friday Oct 16 to be immersed in it ❤️‍🔥 Tickets at the door ($10-$30 sliding scale); advance RSVPs via link in bio is encouraged. Special thank you as always to our collaborators @cueart and @hyefrequencies by @cueart
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RSVP IN BIO • TICKETS AT THE DOOR ❤️‍🔥 Levon Kafafian (@visionsoftransition) will be debuting a new drag performance art piece from their series set in Azadistan, a speculative future society in Southwest Asia replete with magic and spirits. To mark our transition into the season of darkness, Kafafian brings the radiant Qohar-i-Nour to life offering counterpoint with the spirit of fire itself. Expect some participatory shourchbar or line dancing 😉. @hyefrequencies keeps the festive spirit going with DJ sets for the modern Armenian dancer~ 🗓️ Friday October 16th ⏰ 7pm-12am 📍@cueart (137 W 25th St, New York) 🌀Sliding scale tickets at the door $10-30 | Drinks by donation Want to volunteer for free entry? DM @garod_collective! by @cueart
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💚 SAVE THE DATE 💚 We’re cooking up something exciting with @visionsoftransition and @hyefrequencies at @cueart on Friday, October 16th. More details soon. Turn your notifications ON if you want to be the first to know. by @cueart
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It’s been a busy week of closing events, but in case you missed them, Mari Nagem’s (@mari_nagem) solo show, “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars,” has been extended until October 10th! Thank you to all who joined us last Saturday for a day of curated selects with Interspecies Library (@interspecieslibrary) founder Oscar Salguero. This selection of artists books, made by Salguero in response to Nagem’s exhibition, explored speculative geological, oceanic, vegetal, and animal relationships that align with the themes and concepts of the show. Check out Interspecies Library’s profile for more info about upcoming projects. The one-day activation utilized Nagem’s adaptable work “space analog” as a display surface for the books. The work is informed by research on human travel to space conducted at Biosphere 2. Throughout the exhibition, it has served as a platform for discussion, making, and collective gathering. Learn more and see additional photos at 🔗 in bio. Stop by during gallery hours (Wed–Sat, 12–6 pm) through October 10th to see the exhibition in person! 📸: @ng.nyc taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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☄️ TOMORROW (Saturday, 9/19): Celebrate the launch of the new catalogue for Mari Nagem’s “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars”! The catalogue features texts by CUE, artist Mari Nagem (@mari_nagem), and essayist Juntao Yang (@knowledgeairalin), edited by Jinny Khanduja (@jinnykk) as part of the Art Critic Mentorship Program. It also features graphic design by Jasmine Buckey (@jazz.ivett) and photographs of Nagem’s work by Leo Ng (@ng.nyc). Join us *tomorrow* to pick up a FREE print copy of the catalogue, available exclusively to attendees, and spend the day browsing a special selection of artists’ books with @interspecies.library. At 5 pm, library founder Oscar Salguero (@softcoreny) will give a presentation accompanied by happy hour. 📚 Curated Selects with Interspecies Library Saturday, September 19th 12–6 pm (presentation + happy hour at 5 pm) 📕 Free exhibition catalogue with attendance! Learn more and view digital catalogue at links in bio. taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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In “à deriva (adrift),” @mari_nagem presents a piece of found driftwood encrusted with two spherical stones that double as vigilant eyes of the forest. An offering from the ocean, the driftwood brings together material and living forms shaped across radically different timescales into contact. The work points to the longevity and potency of geological time, and the relative brevity of human existence. THIS WEEK + NEXT: join us for two programs presented in conversation with the exhibition: 📚 Curated Selects with @interspecieslibrary THIS Saturday, September 19th, 12–6 pm Browse a pop-up selection of artists’ books curated by Interspecies Library founder Oscar Salguero (@softcoreny) followed by a presentation and happy hour at 5 pm. 🍽️ Space Meal with @tessitanyc Tuesday, September 22nd, 6–9 pm Join us for a roving, multi-course vegetarian dinner developed in response to the exhibition, including seven food offerings + drinks. Tickets are $60–100 sliding scale and free for CUE members. Learn more, RSVP, and get tickets at the link in bio. Join us for these final activations of “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars” before it closes on September 26th! ☄️ “à deriva (adrift),” 2026 Driftwood, stone, enamel 18 × 10 × 12 inches 📸: @ng.nyc taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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“ruínas ninhos” (“ruin nests”) is a series of ceramic sculptures in @mari_nagem’s exhibition, “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars.” Created through a process of carefully folding and manipulating clay, the sculptures take inspiration from birds’ nests, enclosed structures with convoluted interiors that protect eggs from predators. Embedded with mineral inclusions and resting on luminous acrylic supports, the works suggest futuristic ruins shaped by ideas of mining and organic architecture. “Nagem’s investment in this process of form generation arises partly from the history of mineral extraction in her home country of Brazil and partly from ecological knowledge,” writes catalogue essayist Juntao Yang (@knowledgeairailin). “These forms, retaining the creases of softness while now fired and hardened, might also be ruins left by former mountains. The mountain was once vast; what remains is small, disordered, and residual. Yet protection and vigilance have not disappeared. Through understanding and negotiation, they acquire form once more, turning the ruin into a nest once again preparing itself for what has yet to hatch.” “ruínas ninhos,” 2026 Ceramic, minerals, acrylic 6 × 6 × 6 inches each 🪺 “ruínas ninhos” is available as a limited edition. See link in bio to learn more. —— Join us for two upcoming programs in conversation with the exhibition: 📚 Curated Selects with Interspecies Library Saturday, September 19th, 12–6 pm A pop-up selection of artists’ books curated by @interspecieslibrary founder Oscar Salguero Free, with presentation and happy hour at 5 pm 🍽️ Space Meal Tuesday, September 22nd, 6–9 pm A special dinner program with @tessitanyc, presented during Climate Week NYC $60–100 sliding scale tickets Learn more and RSVP/get tickets at links in bio. —— 📸: @ng.nyc taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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Join us at CUE on Saturday, 9/19, the eve of Climate Week NYC, for a day of curated selects with Interspecies Library (@interspecieslibrary). ✨ Founder Oscar Salguero (@softcoreny) will bring a selection of artists’ books to CUE, and visitors are invited to browse, chat, and hang out in the gallery. The selection explores speculative geological, oceanic, vegetal, and animal relationships, in conversation with the themes and concepts of Mari Nagem’s (@mari_nagem) solo show, “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars.” At 5 pm, join us for a presentation and happy hour, during which Salguero will share more about the library and the curated selection. Interspecies Library is the first archive dedicated to the curation and advancement of artists’ books focused on alternative interspecies futures. The growing collection aspires to reflect our changing attitudes toward and in acknowledgment of more-than-human worlds. All are welcome to come and go throughout the day. RSVP is appreciated but not required; see link in bio. (And come back on 9/22 for Space Meal with @tessitanyc during the final week of the show!) 📸: @ng.nyc taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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It’s the unofficial last weekend of summer, and temperatures in NYC are still hovering around 90. ☀️ Gift yourself The Tropics cap, for increasingly obvious reasons. The coordinates of the tropics are not fixed; as Earth’s axial tilt shifts over time, so do the lines that define the tropical zone. Embroidered with 23°26′16.8″ (the average 2026 N and S latitudes of the tropics) the cap is simultaneously style, sunshade, and geographic timestamp. This limited edition was designed and produced specifically for Mari Nagem’s solo exhibition, “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars,” at CUE. Order at the link in bio or pick one up in the gallery! 📸: @ng.nyc —— The Tropics Limited edition cap, 2026 Mari Nagem × CUE Art Edition of 50 taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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Join us on 9/22 for “Space Meal,” a roving multi-course dinner by artist and chef @tessitanyc, presented in conversation with @mari_nagem’s solo show, “The Tropics, The Moon, and Mars” during @climateweeknyc (and the last week of the show!) “Space Meal” does not propose a menu for outer space. Instead, it begins here on Earth, where changing environments, new technologies, and inherited knowledge continually shape and reshape what we consume. The menu draws from homegrown culinary traditions alongside ingredients and techniques that evoke changing landscapes, imagined ecosystems, geological time, and new and longstanding technologies. Each dish is situated in direct relationship to the spatial and conceptual environment of the exhibition, offering a sensory and embodied exploration of taste, texture, and place. “Space Meal” is ticketed on a sliding scale from $60-100 and includes seven vegetarian food offerings and drinks. All proceeds support expenses and labor that make the event possible. Members of CUE enter free. Capacity is limited! Learn more and grab tickets at links in bio. 🎟️ taken in CUE Art Foundation by @cueart
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