Art
Art Rx
This week, sound and street art, surrealist and queer Chinese short films, dance outdoors, and more.
Jillian Steinhauer
News
Vermeer the Movie, Coming Soon
The painter Johannes Vermeer is known for his incredible treatment of light and the almost photographic realism of his 17th-century scenes. How did he do it without the use of a camera, which was invented some 150 years later? That was the question driving Texas man Tim Jenison when he went on a que
Art
"Picasso Baby," One More Time
Jay Z's "performance art film" may be debuting on HBO tonight, but if you weren't cool enough to be invited to missed his live performance at Pace and are craving something a little more real, there's Michael Mahalchick. He's currently performing "Picasso Baby" for six hours straight at Louis B. Jam
Opinion
See the NYC Subway in 1905
A silent, black-and-white video released by the Library of Congress captures a snippet of the first NYC subway line in 1905, trailing a train from 14th Street to Grand Central just a year after the subway opened.
News
Artists Protest Federalization of Brazilian Museum
A month and a half ago, Brazil lit up with protests as a million people took to the streets. The country is due to host the World Cup in less than a year (and the Olympics in less than three), but many Brazilians are increasingly unhappy with their government in the face of the impending soccer tour
Art
Art Rx
Summer continues in New York, and it's time to make the best of it! There's tons of good stuff to do this week, from the soft reopening of Postmasters gallery to a show of webcats comics to art books on sale.
Books
Inside David Wojnarowicz's Comic Book
Many people know that David Wojnarowicz was an excellent artist, but fewer probably know that he was also an excellent writer. 7 Miles a Second, originally put out by DC Comics in 1996 and recently republished by Fantagraphics Books, is a memoir comprised of personal stories mixed with dreams, hallu
News
Jay Z's "Performance Art Film" to Debut on HBO
Earlier this month, Jay-Z set up a daylong operation at Pace Gallery in Chelsea, where he rapped at members of the art world for six hours. Participants included Lawrence Weiner, Mickalene Thomas, Klaus Biesenbach, and the grandmother of performance art, Marina Abramović, among many others. The resu
News
House Committee Seeks to Gut the NEA
In April, President Obama proposed his 2014 fiscal year budget, which, happily for us culture lovers, includes increases of some $15 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. But Obama's proposal was just the first step in a long, winding budget process, and now the Republ
Opinion
Things You Could Do Instead of Waiting in Line for the Rain Room
Sure, the Rain Room at the Museum of Modern Art sounds cool — but is it really worth waiting in line for 13 hours to see it? That's apparently what some people did this past weekend, says Gothamist, topping the previous high of 12 hours in London.
Art
Art Rx
This week, New York is fabulous and eclectic as always. There's public art at City Hall, South Korean film at Socrates Sculpture Park, an animation block party all over Brooklyn, and the end of two summertime series.
Opinion
Do We Still Need to Defend Outsider Art?
Apparently we do. From an art critic, of all people. In last week's Village Voice, critic Christian Viveros-Faune wrote what would have been a great review of the current Llyn Foulkes retrospective at the New Museum — if he hadn't started the piece with an inexplicable three-paragraph screed against