Cultured: Olivia Springberg Must-See Exhibition

From cryptic creatures to cyanotype rituals—here’s what to see in the city this season.

By Stephanie Wong
April 14, 2025

Olivia Springberg, Songs of Songs (After Tobiasse), 2025. Image courtesy of the artist and Storage Art Gallery.

“You Abnormal” by Olivia Springberg
Where: Storage APT
When: Through May 17
Why It’s Worth a Look: In her debut solo exhibition, Olivia Springberg weaves together folklore, geometry, and mysticism into luminous paintings. Drawing from Jewish tradition, dream logic, and archaeological forms, her canvases—some fan-shaped, others menorah-like—resemble relics from rituals that never quite existed, yet somehow feel familiar.
Know Before You Go: The show’s title is borrowed from a ghost story, where shouting “You abnormal!” makes the spirit vanish. That same charged mix of confrontation and revelation runs through Springberg’s work, where figures peer out with wary eyes and myth bleeds into memory.