Art
Artists Tinker with Tech at an E-Waste Warehouse
For a one-night exhibition at the Lower East Side Ecology Center's e-waste warehouse in Gowanus, artists transformed outdated and damaged devices into interactive installations and sculptures.
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Paintings that Expose the Spirit Within the Body
In Jenny Morgan's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, death lurks in her compositions.
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How Philip Guston Found Salvation in Poetry
Philip Guston and the Poets, currently at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, shows the significant influence of poetry on Guston's work, especially after he retreated from the art world.
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Five Decades of Courtroom Artists Capturing What Cameras Can’t
The Library of Congress selected examples from its collection of 10,000 courtroom drawings to show how artists are essential to public understanding of American trials.
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Watch a Modern Opera About a Witch Hunt at the Day of Music Festival
Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser, an opera made specifically for TV and online, features over 350 musicians, including the opera star Deborah Voigt.
Art
Mel Bochner's Linguistic Trickery
The artist’s paintings at Peter Freeman, Inc. move language from mere representation to lived experience.
News
BP Sponsorship Violates UK National Portrait Gallery's Ethics Policy, Report Claims
Culture Unstained is calling on the museum to cut ties with BP because of its connections to foreign regimes that violate human rights.
Art
Learn About the History of Housing Works and a Project Devoted to Trans Voices
Tonight at Housing Works' bookstore and café, discover a project that's been documenting the organization's 25 years of advocacy work, as well as the NYC Trans Oral History Project.
Performance
When We Crave the Story More than the Artist
The play Master invents an artist and reveals him to the audience through voicemail messages, eulogies, artifacts, and pieces of his magnum opus.
Film
Exposing the Struggles of Artists on Strike Against Life
James N. Kienitz Wilkins's experimental documentary Common Carrier finds artists balancing creative pursuits and the demands of life in New York City.
Interview
Dismantling Colonial Fantasies About Puerto Rico
In Shey Rivera Ríos’s new installation, the island “miracle” that’s marketed to mainland American consumers is simulated and détourned.
Books
The Idiosyncratic Writings of Leonora Carrington, a Reluctant Surrealist
Three books by Leonora Carrington, including her memoir of her time at an insane asylum, reveal the artist's specific vision of the world, which strayed from and defied Surrealism.