News
Artists and Activists Propose a "People’s Cultural Plan" for New York City
As the Department of Cultural Affairs works on the official NYC cultural plan, a group of activists has advanced its own ambitious vision.
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Artist Projects Image of Jeff Sessions as Klansman on Department of Justice
Robin Bell lit up the DOJ and FBI façades with phrases such as "#RefusaltoRecuse" and comically sinister portraits of members of the Trump administration.
Performance
A New Play Celebrates the Lesbian Kiss that Scandalized Broadway in 1923
Indecent, by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman, presents Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance as a triumphant, defiant showcase of queer love far ahead of its time.
Art
When Ritual Performances Slip Dangerously into the Real
Cameron Jamie's three short films currently on view at Gladstone Gallery blur the boundary between documentation of ritualized performances and something more sinister.
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Basquiat Painting Sells for $110.5 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Work by US Artist at Auction
The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezaw who bought the 1982 painting last night at Sotheby's New York posted multiple images of himself posing with his treasure on Twitter and Instagram.
In Brief
Katy Perry Serves Up Bland Performance Art Prank at the Whitney Museum
The pop superstar’s half-baked viral stunt turned out flatter than a botched soufflé.
Art
Mourning eBay’s Days as the Internet’s Kitschiest, Most Surreal Mall
The passing of the old eBay is the last nail in the cyberflâneur’s coffin.
Books
The Graphic Persuasiveness of 20th-Century Communist Posters
The first major survey of communist poster art considers the visual legacy of propaganda graphic design in nations around the world.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Gagosian agreed to pay a $4.28-million tax settlement, an arrest warrant was issued for Russian dissident artist Oleg Vorotnikov, and John Singer Sargent’s "Gassed" travelled to New York for the first time.
Art
Tracing the Lasting Influence of Black Power
The Schomburg Center examines the importance of the political and social movement, from its poetry and music to its inspiring of marginalized groups around the world.
Art
What Did Precolonial Manhattan Sound Like?
An immersive audio experience transports listeners four centuries into the past, when New York was undeveloped and ecologically diverse.
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Crowdsourcing Home Videos from Detroit in 1967, the Year of an Uprising
The Detroit Institute of Arts' year-long project builds a crowd-sourced archive of everyday life during a year when the city was embroiled in a dramatic conflict.