Matthew Jensen’s Wonder Walks direct urban explorers to the fringes of New York City, to discover its hidden history and urban nature.
Daily Archives: November 10, 2016
A Utah Schoolteacher’s Exceptional Collection of Cat Art Is Meow for Sale
Patrick Eddington wrote to countless writers and artists, from Kiki Smith to Marcel Dzama to Ray Bradbury, asking them to send him cat-related works. They did.
Artists Respond with Devastation, Then Determination, to the Election of Donald Trump
The shock after Donald Trump’s election has turned to anger and determination, a galvanizing desire to fight for change and a better world than the one the President-elect plans to create.
A Theatrical Release Party for a Reimagined Golden Record
A Host of People’s new production reconceives the 1977 effort to create a phonograph record that would communicate the story of life on Earth to extraterrestrials.
Watching Election Results Roll In While Surrounded by Political Art
On Tuesday night at WhiteBox, artists used their work to sound a clarion call to political action.
Restoring a Tiffany Mosaic and Its Ethereal Light to a Bronx Cemetery
The Tiffany-designed 1914 Swan Memorial in the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery is being restored after over a century of deterioration in the open air.
Selfie-Seeking Tourist Topples 18th-Century Sculpture
Another museum has felt the sting of selfie culture, and this time it is in Portugal.
Searching for Oscar Murillo in a Small Town in Colombia
Even if Murillo poked fun at the art world’s oblivion and privilege, what a fool I was to think that my stint in Palenque would instantly morph into a sequel to his work.
Training for a Marathon String Quartet at the Cloisters
On Saturday, the Calder Quartet will perform Morton Feldman’s five-hour String Quartet No. 2 in the Fuentidueña Chapel at the Cloisters.
An Artist Who Survived the Paris Terrorist Attacks Draws His Experience
Artist Fred Dewilde was in the audience at the Bataclan the night of November 13, 2015, and he’s turned his ordeal and its aftermath into a comic book.
