New York City’s iconic Pace Gallery on West 25th street in Chelsea, founded by legendary art dealer Arne Glimcher, it is Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes’ moment. Marking her first solo show with the Pace Gallery, and her first solo show in New York City in 10 years, “Mistura Sagrada” exhibits the artist’s grand efforts in painting and sculpture. Roughly translated as “Holy Mixture,” Beatriz Milhazes’ talents span two floors of the monumental building. In a serene gallery on the second floor, Milhazes’ immense paintings (ranging from five to nine feet wide) brim with color and energy. Combining a sophisticated, almost Léger-esque interplay of shapes with deep pigments and textures which alternate between natural, artificial, and vernacular textures, the artist’s paintings are a feast for the eyes, whether from afar or up close (where the paintings exhibit a surprising chalkiness).

Fall is a colorful time of the year—you know, the changing leaves and all that—but in our neighborhood we have another reason why this season is always filled with some lovely hues. Every October, illustration students at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) create bold and inventive murals on their building facades on Seventh Avenue and West 27th and 28th Streets. This year, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the school’s founding, the panels depict ninety historic moments, events, and people from over the last 75 years as well as panels that look forward to the year 2032. Events illustrated include the 1945 V-Day celebrations, the 1956 Elvis performance on the Ed Sullivan show, the 1997 death of iconic rapper The Notorious B.I.G, the 2018 marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and, looking into the future, the impending destruction and alien invasion of New York City in 2032 (well, we hope this timeline isn’t accurate). We always enjoy seeing the student artists at work and the finished results. Alvin Sumigcay, a senior illustration major at FIT, explained to NY1 they often receive feedback about the artwork from pedestrians: “Someone passed by and said, ‘Oh, I was at that Elvis concert back there.’ So I think nostalgia plus something to look forward to, that’s why we have something for the future as well.”