Art

How the Cooper Hewitt Museum Reconciles the Old and New

Upon visiting the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, I wonder how it feels both antiquated and technologically advanced at the same time.

Art

At Coaxial Arts, an Undocumented Artist Logs 40 Hours of His Labor

Miko Revereza will explore his identity as an "illegal alien" during a weeklong residency.

Art

From Interference Paint to Prompt-Driven Portraits, a Trip to Dumbo Open Studios

Standouts from some of the artists' studios open to the public last weekend in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

Art

The First Edition of the Brooklyn Art Book Fair

Taking place on May 19–20, the event will feature 43 exhibitors, including publishing houses, artists, and curatorial collectives.

Film

The Macabre Painter Behind the Alien Movies

With Ridley Scott's prequel Alien: Covenant being released this week, it's worth revisiting the documentary on the painter H.R. Giger, who inspired the series' aesthetic.

Art

From a Depression-Era Mural to Modern-Day Devices, Charting the Rise of Radio

The centerpiece of the Cooper Hewitt's The World of Radio exhibition is a rarely seen, 16-foot-long mural that broadcasts moments from the medium's early history.

Art

Photos of the Capitalistic Imagery that Overwhelms Beirut’s Landscape

Manal Abu-Shaheen records a city in the midst of being overtaken by billboards but still, for now, showing its history.

Art

The Wonder of Precarious Fabric Sculptures

This one-room exhibition is most interesting when it walks around the intersection of many worlds.

Art

After Surviving a Fire, St. John the Divine’s 17th-Century Tapestries Return

After a catastrophic 2001 fire, the 17th-century Barberini tapestries have returned to view at Manhattan's Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine.

Art

Watching Human Dreams Disintegrate in Photos of the Ultra-Rich

Lauren Greenfield's Generation Wealth, a book and exhibition of the same name at the Annenberg Space for Photography, documents the out-of-control growth of the one percent.

Books

E.E. Cummings’s Long-Forgotten Artist’s Book

Published in 1931, CIOPW includes 99 examples of Cummings's visual art in charcoal, ink, oil, pencil, and watercolor.

Art

Divulging the Erotic Secrets of Self-Taught Artists

An exhibition at the Museum of Sex is the first to bring together sexually charged works by outsider artists.