Weekend openings: Isaac Escoto in New York, plus LA and Chicago

Isaac Escoto opens at Jeffrey Deitch on Saturday. A smaller New York gallery, two Los Angeles galleries and a Chicago ceramics exhibition round out the weekend. All times below are local to the gallery.

Isaac Escoto, Strawberry Switchblade Live at Iglesia Bautista, 2026: two musicians surrounded by a congregation — Isaac Escoto, Strawberry Switchblade Live at Iglesia Bautista, 2026. Image from Jeffrey Deitch's exhibition page.

New York

Isaac Escoto: 3AM Eternal

Jeffrey Deitch, 76 Grand Street, New York
November 14, 2026 to January 16, 2027

Escoto, also known as SICKID, draws on cartoons, graffiti and video-game imagery. Strawberry Switchblade Live at Iglesia Bautista places two musicians at the center of a congregation, turning the room around them into a ring.

Exhibition details at Jeffrey Deitch

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New York

Hiromi Mizugai Moneyhun: Bound and Unbound

Eli Klein Gallery, 398 West Street, New York
November 14, 2026 to January 23, 2027
Opening reception: Saturday, November 14, 6 to 8pm

Moneyhun builds sculptural forms from cut paper. Shadow and negative space become part of the work, extending the Japanese paper-cutting tradition of kirie.

Exhibition details at Eli Klein Gallery

Los Angeles

Asuka Anastacia Ogawa: Yume

Perrotin, 5036 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles
November 13, 2026 to January 23, 2027

A new solo exhibition by Ogawa at Perrotin's Los Angeles gallery.

Exhibition details at Perrotin

Los Angeles

Jiha Moon: The Berries, the Wanderers, and the Beasts

Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 5247 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
November 14, 2026 to January 16, 2027
Opening reception: Saturday, November 14, noon to 6pm

Fruit, fire, flowers and guardian figures meet in Moon's ceramic sculptures. The exhibition also introduces pulp paintings made with Dieu Donné.

Exhibition details at Shoshana Wayne Gallery

Chicago

Material Bodies: Identities in Clay

Oliva Gallery, 3816 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago
November 13 to December 19, 2026
Opening reception: Friday, November 13, 5 to 9pm

Nineteen artists approach the body through clay, from direct figuration to abstraction. The second annual Midwest ceramic exhibition is juried by Nancy Pirri and Lauralynn White.

Exhibition details at Oliva Gallery

Sources checked November 13, 2026. A source-based ICA America weekend guide, not an in-person review. Check each gallery's page before traveling.

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