Art
The Bewitching Geometry of the Moving Image Art Fair
Moving Image would be Emily Dickinson's favorite art fair.
Daniel Larkin
Art
When Women Fought Nukes with Anarchy and Won
Brooklyn's Interference Archive is showcasing the work of the women who occupied the area surrounding England's cruise missile installation, reshaping British public opinion and attracting international attention to the nuclear arms race.
Performance
In Rock Opera, Courtney Love Attains Nirvana
Courtney Love's rock opera duet with Todd Almond packed a small black box at the Here Art Center.
Art
Sculpting Soundscapes
Sound is not just for your ears, but something your hands can touch if you bring them to the right spot.
Art
Artists Redraw Their Own Books
Some unique artist books are currently on view at Christie's in New York.
Performance
The Queer Matter of Shakespeare's Sonnets
A not-so-minor detail was left out of a recent New York Times review of Robert Wilson's reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Sonnets at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM): The sonnets were the gayest thing the Bard ever wrote.
Art
Harlem Is the Place
Harlem, like the rest of New York, is changing. The exhibition Sense of Place at Tatiana Pagés Gallery — part of the Hyperplace Harlem arts festival, which ran October 4 to 6 — rightly explores place more as a conundrum than a settled concept.
Art
How Proust Would Explore the West Village
Elastic City is shaking up the idea of walking, and it doesn't involve tours. One of the organization's recent art walks, titled "Favorites," was a saunter through the West Village led by writer Sarah Schulman, performance artist and director Niegel Smith, and Elastic City founder Todd Shalom.
Art
Film Strips Shining Like Stained Glass
PORTLAND, Oregon — A cavernous room in an abandoned factory that once made window coverings is showcasing a different kind of window. Artist Jennifer West has installed a set of transparent plexiglass frames covered with strips of 35mm and 70mm film.
Performance
When Drag Queens Crowd Surf
PORTLAND, Oregon — Pepper Pepper went crowd surfing at her recent drag ball. Declaring to the crowd that it was all about collectivism, she dove out into the sea of hands with a large set of balloons attached to her back.
Performance
Machismo Ain't Just for Boys Anymore
PORTLAND, Oregon — "Macho doesn't prove mucho," socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor once punned.
Art
The Folly of Performance
Performance art doesn't have to be so heavy. It can be light, like diving head-first into the trash, in Tamar Ettun's case.