News
Philip Johnson’s First House Needs a New Owner
The owners of the concrete residence known as the Booth House in Bedford, New York, are now trying to sell Johnson's 1946 building within a month.
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In Brief
First of New Orleans's Confederate Monuments Comes Down
In the wee hours of Monday morning, the 1891 monument to the Battle of Liberty Place was disassembled and taken to a storage facility.
News
PETA Condemns Performance Artist Who Incubated Nine Chicks Himself
Abraham Poincheval hatched the chicks during his performance "Oeuf" at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, but it's "no cause for celebration," as the animal rights group wrote.
Art
Eleven Art Spaces Stay Open Late for Greenpoint Gallery Night
On April 28, there are 11 participating art spaces extending their hours late, with several launching exhibitions for the occasion.
Announcement
Taiwan Features Tehching Hsieh at the 2017 Venice Biennale
Taiwan’s exhibition for the 2017 Venice Biennale — Doing Time — opens at the Palazzo delle Prigioni on May 10.
Opinion
Artists Launch Initiative in Support of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike
#dignitystrike aims to amplify the hunger strike with daily contributions in the form of images, words, voices, and actions of all kinds.
Comics
Fake It ’Til You Make It
Sometimes where you end up is exactly where you belong.
Art
An Exhibition That Feels Like Sitting at Simone de Beauvoir’s Desk
From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir includes an informal archive of the great feminist philosopher’s works, as well as those of her inspirations and the people influenced by her.
Art
New York City's Museum of Trash Rescued by a Sanitation Worker
Tucked away on the second floor of an East Harlem garage, the Treasures in the Trash Museum features items saved from the landfill over three decades by Nelson Molina.
Art
Discovering Honoré Sharrer, an Eclipsed 20th-Century Surrealist Painter
A survey at the Columbus Museum of Art spotlights the remarkable work of the American artist, who was dogged in her convictions and a master of her medium.
Art
The New York Public Library Has a “Digital Time-Travel Service” for Its Historical Maps
The New York Public Library's NYC Space/Time Directory launched a project that plots 5,000 digitized street maps across the five boroughs, organized by decade from 1850 to 1950.
Art
Required Reading
This week, clear coffee, gender-variant Indigenous art, a drone's-eye view, Melania Trump's photographic eye, I.M. Pei at 100, critic Jerry Saltz's former life as an artist, and more.