Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, meet Haiti's first homegrown superhero, delve into a different kind of body utopia, celebrate Halloween with talks on Spiritualist photography and paranormal phenomena, and more.
Jillian Steinhauer
In Brief
Happy Little eClouds: First Episode of ‘Joy of Painting’ Goes on YouTube
Today is a good day. Not just because it's Friday, but because the very first episode of the very first season of Bob Ross's The Joy of Painting is now online.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, learn about the history of graphic design in the Philippines, celebrate Back to the Future Day, gear up for Halloween with a haunted house and Czech horror, and come to our first event at the Metropolitan Museum.
Art
Death Row Inmates Imagine Their Own Memorials
From a certain angle, the premise seems almost cruel: invite prisoners on death row to design their own memorials — ways for them to be remembered after they've been executed.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, pay tribute to Saint Death, take in performances considering a queer Black future, put on your walking shoes — for visiting artists' studios in Gowanus or architectural gems all over the city — and, as usual, much more.
Art
ArtPrize Is Made of People
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — All around me, swarms of people with faces caught between eagerness and beleaguerment are gravitating towards a giant paper blow-up of a detail of the American flag.
News
MoMA PS1 Will Be Free for All New Yorkers for a Year
Starting on October 11, MoMA PS1 will be free for all New Yorkers for a year.
News
New Gowanus Landlord Kicks Dozens of Artists Out of Their Studios
It’s two weeks before Gowanus Open Studios, an annual celebration of the artistic community in one of Brooklyn's foremost industrial neighborhoods. But instead of putting the finishing touches on paintings, many artists with Gowanus studios are busy scouring real estate listings.
In Brief
White House Hopeful Bernie Sanders Promises to Be an "Arts President"
First he picks up an endorsement from the rapper (and one half of Outkast) Big Boi, and now he's made a video promising to be an "arts president."
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week is filled with opportunities: to ponder the meaning of cat videos, to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of Latin American culture, to get help finding affordable artist housing, to watch contemporary performers fail, and more.
Interview
Finally, an Exhibition Devoted to the Women of Abstract Expressionism
The paradigm of the "overlooked female artist" is both a cliché and a truth.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week brings a whole lot of good stuff, from a conversation between two feminist artist icons to a celebration of the idiosyncrasies of contemporary painting.