Art
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.
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Books
Gaudy Gore and Artful Architecture in a Gaudí Graphic Novel
The book follows a fictional murderer through the iconic architectural creations of Antoni Gaudí.
Art
Visions of Heaven in a Gallery Below Ground
In Hayley Silverman’s new show, shadow-objects and supernatural beings drift through a papaya and strawberry-pink mist.
News
Impasto Imposter Smears Paint Around Lower East Side Gallery
The gallery's director reportedly threw the culprit out after catching him or her many color-handed.
Art
Two Artists Envision the Future by Traveling into Their Pasts
The artists Skawennati and Antonio Serna will present video series exploring their histories and heritages at TSA New York on Thursday.
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Mead Art Museum Presents HOUSE: Selections from the College of John and Sue Wieland
The exhibition marks a $3 million gift from collectors John and Sue Wieland to endow the museum's directorship and support contemporary art acquisitions.
Art
Michelangelo Traces the States of Being and Non-being
Michelangelo's sensitive phantasmagorical drawings are riveting because they are fierce and fragile; strength and tenderness, like figure and ground, are tied together, neither one complete without the other.
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This Artist Will Build You a Lego Model of Your House
Shari Austrian uses photographs and architectural plans to create Lego houses based on customers' homes.
Art
An Art Festival Inspired by 100 Films About Los Angeles
The two-week performance, video, and music festival features 19 artists and collectives from France and the US and reflects a complex vision of the city.
Art
The Elegant and Affordable Prefab Architecture of Jean Prouvé
An exhibition at the LUMA Foundation in Arles features 12 of the socially-minded architects buildings made from easily assembled prefabricated parts.
Art
The Anti-Fascist Tapestries of Hannah Ryggen
Ryggen's massive allegorical tapestries attest to the artist’s strong condemnation of violence as the world burned through World War II, and later, the Vietnam War.
Art
The Lesser-Known Photos of Gordon Parks, from Fashion to Artists' Portraits
A two-part exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery sheds light on relatively obscure works by the master photographer, from colorful fashion imagery to portraits of Muhammad Ali, Helen Frankenthaler, and others.