Performance
When the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theater (then the BAM Majestic Theater) opened in 1987, lauded director Peter Brook staged his production of Jean-Claude Carrière’s Le Mahabharata, itself based on the gargantuan Indian epic.
Announcement
The exhibition, Tomorrow Never Happens, explores queer futurity and the aesthetics of utopia. This group exhibition features work by contemporary artists Ugo Rondinone, Jordan Eagles, Deborah Kass, Harmony Hammond, Chitrah Ganesh, Zanele Muholi, Jacolby Satterwhite, Caroline Wells Chandler, and more
Comics
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Art
The Chinatown Art Brigade is fighting against the displacement of local Asian Americans who are being pushed out by gentrification led by luxury condos, art galleries, and other high-end businesses.
Announcement
Focused on the first half of the 20th century, the 90 pieces in Branding the American West reveal the multiple and changing brands of the American West during a complicated time of modernization, war and racial unrest.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6ODc1NDEsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjo0ODk3MDM
News
This week in art news: Florida's museums braced for Hurricane Matthew, Sotheby's declared a purported Frans Hals painting fake, and a restitution claim was filed against the Metropolitan Museum over Picasso's "The Actor."
Art
Istanbul unveiled a tribute to its local beloved feline this week, but it's hardly the first time a cat has been immortalized in bronze.
Art
In the age of social media, most have at least dabbled in public self-documentation of their personal lives, though few dare to be as openly unflattering — and deeply revealing — as Kyung Me.
In Brief
In Istanbul last week, supporters of Turkish President Recep Erdoğan stormed an art gallery opening, threatening attendees and complaining about women and men drinking alcohol together, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
News
The institution announced an expansion project named after one of the most famous postwar American artists: Mark Rothko.
Art
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces its 2016 list of America's Most Endangered Places.
In Brief
The leap of 5.5% marks the greatest increase in government financial support for the arts since 2010.