Opinion
How We Decide What the Best Galleries Are
What makes a fine art gallery in New York City great is somewhat unsurprisingly not a matter of intense public debate.
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A Decade of Social Upheaval: Artistic Experiments in Mexico City, 1990–2000
Strange Currencies: Art & Action in Mexico City, 1990-2000 explores the emergence of experimental artistic practices in 1990s Mexico City, a decade defined by a catastrophic economic crisis, enormous social upheaval and poverty, widespread political corruption, chronic violence, and uncertainty due
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A Digital Excavation for the Tomb Guardians of Central Africa
Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art is the first exhibition to focus on Kota reliquaries in-depth, and involves a digital experience where visitors discover forgotten patterns and connections in the faded art.
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Beyond the Biennial, Three Artists Fight Isolation in Istanbul
With the opening of the 14th Istanbul Biennial this September, the galleries are at a clear disadvantage, and from the dozen or so shows open in the city at the moment, it is relatively difficult to find works that resonate beyond their local context. Still, there are some hidden gems outside the mo
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ArtRx NYC
This week, pay tribute to Saint Death, take in performances considering a queer Black future, put on your walking shoes — for visiting artists' studios in Gowanus or architectural gems all over the city — and, as usual, much more.
Books
Looking Back on 100 Years of Typewriter Art
Along with vinyl records and vintage synthesizers, typewriters have made a nostalgia-fueled resurgence in the digital age.
Art
Live Parakeets and Bullfrogs Amid the Wreckage of War
Amid the wreckage of rocks and concrete flit two dozen parakeets, and lurking in the subterranean marsh is a colony of bullfrogs, crouched on lily pads or breaking the surface of the six-inch-deep muddy water with their heads.
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A Woman Artist Who Turns Pornography into Painting
When I was coming of age, I did not have access to explicit images of female or male genitalia.
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Art in Odd Places Revisits a Decade of Fleeting Experiences
People who encountered a vending machine dispensing free compliments in the Meatpacking District or a group of women knitting and unraveling white aprons in Union Square over the weekend might have considered them part of New York City's continually anomalous street life, or felt an odd pang of déjà
Announcement
ICPNY’s Two-Day Print Fest Opens This Friday
International Print Center New York's Print Fest, a two-day print showcase featuring undergraduate and graduate art students from the New York area, begins this Friday, October 16.
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The Existential Experience of a Chardin Still Life
Does drawing define, and color merely decorate? Or is drawing just the menu, and color the meal?
In Brief
Secret Canine-Hater Wes Anderson Is Making a Stop-Motion Film About Dogs
Dogs in Wes Anderson films typically have a bad time.