Art
A Playful and Prurient Performance About Pornography
In Prurience, Christopher Green asks his audience to "consider if society is in the grip of an actual addiction or a moral panic."
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Art
A New Showcase for Art Books Will Launch in Los Angeles
The three-day event takes place in May and is organized by members from all walks of the Los Angeles art community.
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A Showcase of Strange and Striking Hairdos at MoMA PS1
The event is inspired by the Hair Wars showcase, which began in Detroit's nightclubs in the mid-1980s.
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Culinary Delights and Other Fine Finds at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair
From a book about a cat's ghost to vintage French recipes, there are plenty of unusual — and expensive — finds at this fair.
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An Artist Lays Bare the Obsessive Process of Translating Her Father's Novel
As a translator myself, I found Asuka Goto's installation of annotated pages profoundly satisfying and, at times, anxiety-inducing.
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The Return of an "Indecent" Fritz Lang Film About a Painter and a Gold-Digger
Artist Amy Sillman will introduce Lang's previously censored film Scarlet Street (1945) at Metrograph.
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Seeking Poetic Justice with Sonia Sanchez at the Brooklyn Museum
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women is hosting a reading in celebration of the acclaimed poet at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Video Activism from the 1960s to the Present
Author Chris Robé, who documents this rich history in his new book, will screen rare and recent footage at the Interference Archive.
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A Variety Show Takes Inspiration from a Forgotten Book on a French Painter
Each month, the Necromancers of the Public Domain stages performances based on a little-known book from the New York Society Library.
News
Airline Turns Away Artist and Her Emotional Support Peacock
On Sunday, the photographer and performance artist Ventiko attempted to bring her peacock on a flight to Los Angeles. The airline said no.
Art
Agnès Varda's Golden State Documentaries, from the Black Panthers to LA Muralists
Two films by Varda, made in California 12 years apart, are screening this Friday at the Anthology Film Archives.
In Brief
Trumps Wanted a van Gogh for the White House But Were Offered a Gold Toilet
When Donald and Melania Trump requested a Vincent van Gogh painting from the Guggenheim, the museum responded with a counteroffer.