Art
Check Out Artists’ Studios in South Brooklyn, from Red Hook to Bay Ridge
Nine spaces will be open for this weekend's South Brooklyn Open Studios event.
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Books
In a Comic, Weegee Is a Fiend for Fresh Crime Scenes and Fame
Weegee: Serial Photographer dramatizes the life and work of Arthur Fellig, the prolific and unscrupulous photographer whose work once covered the pages of New York City newspapers.
Announcement
The Morgan Library & Museum Presents the First Survey of Wayne Thiebaud’s Drawings
Featuring subjects that range from deli counters and solitary figures to dramatic views of San Francisco’s plunging streets, Thiebaud’s drawings endow the most common objects and everyday scenes with a sense of poetry and nostalgia.
Art
An Art Rock Band Performs with Marionettes in the Nation’s Oldest Puppet Theater
Marnie Weber's art rock band F will perform at the theater before it closes for construction.
Books
Retracing the Steps of a Pioneering Seed Collector Who Starved in a Stalinist Prison
Mario Del Curto photographed the Saint Petersburg seed bank founded by Nikolai Vavilov, and the scientists who carry on his legacy of protecting plant diversity.
Poetry
One Poem by Lyn Hejinian
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected an excerpt from Lyn Hejinian's forthcoming Positions of the Sun for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
News
The Pit Gallery Responds to Outcry Over Its “Glendale Biennial,” Vowing to "Do Better"
But authors of an open letter criticized the gallery's response, concluding: "the boycott stands."
Art
Chatting Soutine, Still Life Painting, and Bravura Brushstrokes
The Jewish Museum hosts a conversation about Soutine's gestural painting and still lifes, moderated by Hyperallergic's John Yau.
Art
How Artists Can Support Small Businesses
A conversation at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space proposes "concrete, day-to-day actions" for artists and institutions to take.
Interview
A Veteran of the New York School on Mixing Abstract Art and Antiques in Her Gallery
Iconic gallerist Anita Shapolsky talks with contemporary painter, Denise Carvalho, about what makes a good exhibition.
Film
The Film Studio that Perfected Cheap Horror Movies in the 1950s
A two-part series at the Quad Cinema chronicles the cheaply made and formally rich horror movies that the UK's Hammer Films began producing in the 1950s.
Announcement
Line & Color: The Nature of Ellsworth Kelly, On View at the Norton Simon Museum
Ellsworth Kelly’s striking work in lithography from the mid-1960s is presented along with two monumental paintings from the Museum’s collection. Through October 29, 2018.