Performance
Beloved Drag Artist Subverts Art School Dogma
Brooklyn drag artist Untitled Queen performance on February 17 extracted the earnest out of art.
Elyssa Goodman
Elyssa Goodman is a writer and photographer based in New York. You can view more of her work at elyssamaxxgoodman.com and on her blog, miss-manhattan.com , where she writes about city living. She is on Twitter and Instagram at @MissManhattanNY.
Interview
A Performance Artist Chronicles the History of Pornography in the Public Sphere
In her new solo piece, Mette Ingvartsen unravels taboos onstage by reenacting key moments in the history of porn.
Art
The Work of a Fashion Photographer Who Despised the Fashion World
Deborah Turbeville’s photographs are dark, emotive landscapes that just happened to feature fine attire.
Art
The Offstage Art of Brooklyn Drag Queens
An exhibition at the Bureau of General Services — Queer Division highlights the non-drag art of more than a dozen members of the Brooklyn drag queen scene.
Art
Visiting the Museum of Modern Art at Sunrise
For those who wake up hungry for art, the Museum of Modern Art is opening its doors at 7:30am every Wednesday in October.
Art
Looking and Being Looked At in the New International Center of Photography
I expected to stare at many things at the International Center of Photography's new 250 Bowery location, but my own image was not one of them.
Art
A Touch of Autobiography in Cindy Sherman’s New Classic Hollywood Portraits
The beauty of walking into a Cindy Sherman exhibition is that there is always a new group of women there waiting for you on the wall, asking you to understand and explore their lives.
Art
At the AIPAD Photography Show, Training Your Eyes to See More
A photographer myself, I go to the Photography Show for the same reason I go to any exhibition: to learn.
Art
30 Years On, Nan Goldin’s Unflinching ‘Ballad’ Is Just as Powerful
When the slideshow of Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency flipped past pictures of her ex Brian, I finally understood why she had photographed him so much.