Nina Katchadourian remixes on-hold music for a dance party at the Fridman Gallery.
Deena ElGenaidi
Deena ElGenaidi is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University-Camden in 2016, and her work has appeared in Longreads, Electric Literature, and the Brooklyn Rail, among other publications. She is currently at work on a novel. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @deenaelg
A Celebration of Women at the Apollo Theater
The Women of the World Festival comes to Harlem next week, focusing on activism and the empowerment of women.
Van Gogh Museum Acquires 91 Pissarro Prints, and National Gallery Gifted Lucas Cranach the Elder Painting
Plus, the MoMA has acquired a Tarsila do Amaral painting, and Julie Mehretu sells at auction.
The Trickery and Silly Kitsch of a Supposedly Haunted Museum in Las Vegas
Zak Bagans’s Haunted Museum serves up one offensive gimmick after another.
Drawing in the Computer Age At the Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum explores the intersection of drawing and technology with a talk by Rachel Federman.
“Movement-generated Theory Magazine” Anemones Launches at Hyperallergic HQ on March 14
Hyperallergic to host the launch of Anemones, a new magazine that will cover stories of liberation and anti-colonialism in the United States, Palestine, and India.
Podcast Tapings at Wythe Hotel Feature Roxane Gay, Jad Abumrad, and Others
This weekend, On Air Fest comes to Brooklyn for three days of art, music, podcasts, readings, discussions and more.
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Belgium, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Quebec.
Ivory Queen Nabbed by Tanzanian Authorities
Ivory Queen is sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling $5.6 million-worth of ivory from Tanzania to China.
Metropolitan Museum Acquires Peter Doig Painting, and a Meteorite Sells at Auction
Plus, the Saint Louise Art Museums acquires a Kehinde Wiley painting, and the V&A acquires Ivan Kyncl’s theatre photography archive.
In Brooklyn, a Symphony Plays Some of Frida Kahlo’s Favorite Songs
This weekend at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra will perform a series of pieces in celebration of the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving.
A Conversation on the Power and Misuse of Language
Katha Pollitt and Richard Friedman sit down to discuss the power of words to shape our world.