10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This July

Inspired by myths and muses of history and employing the Sphinx as her symbolic focus, Dana Sherwood’s exploration of classic iconography is pure rapture. With recent paintings and glazed porcelain works, her solo show pays homage to eminent figures, including Persephone and Alice in Wonderland, among other literary heroines. “Moons of Medusa” (2025) is a luscious re-imagining of the wrathful gorgon in glowing porcelain. With “Inside the Belly of the Fawn (odalisque)” (2025), we encounter a contemporary version of Ingres’s famous sitter, this time surrounded by sweet treats and lovingly nestled beside a fawn who steps carefully among snails in a pastoral environment. “Inside the Belly of the Horse (lagoon with pomegranates)” (2025) continues the theme of femme beauty in a rarified world, where one woman straddles a horse and another rests inside its body while the entire poetic landscape is lush with fruits, cakes, pomegranates, and lovely white birch trees.