Art
Bringing New York City's Underpasses Out of the Shadows and into Public Space
Over 700 miles of underdeveloped space are in the shadows of New York City's elevated highways and rails.
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News
MoMA Workers Vote to Approve New Contract
On Monday evening, employees of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) who are members of the United Autoworkers Local 2110 voted to approve a new three-year contract that was offered by the museum's administration on Friday.
Performance
A Holocaust Survivor's Story in Postmodern Dance
Taking testimony from a Holocaust survivor and turning it into a dance is an intriguing but risky proposition, especially if you're not a Jew.
Art
Remembering Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015)
The American artist Miriam Schapiro died on Saturday. Her death brings up enormous issues about feminism, legacy, and about the role an artist plays in how she enters a history she helped to create.
Art
At the Havana Biennial, a Project Reflects on the Legacy of US Sanctions
French artist Didier Faustino offers a poetic reflection at this year's Havana Biennial on how five decades of sanctions have impacted Cuban youth.
Art
The Leaflets Dropped Before the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima on the morning of August 6, 1945, was bright, sunny, and perhaps a little uncomfortably warm.
Announcement
Celebrate Retro TV and Modern Art with Music and Dancing at the Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum invites you to The Wind Up, an after-hours event featuring art, live music, activities, and an open bar, on Thursday, June 25, from 8–11pm.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NjY1NzksImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyNjI5NjksImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjciI6OTA3MTMyLCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjk1MTkzNSwiZmwi
Art
The Madcap Masonry of Clinker Bricks
With twisted, charred shapes distended in chaotic lines, clinker brick looks like the deranged work of a madman.
Art
Personal but Highly Political Highlights from the 2015 Venice Biennale
VENICE — As I feel my way through a curtain and into a pitch-black, cavernous space, a white square shimmers in the distance.
Comics
Let's Not Talk About Art
I used to dream of having a group of friends that just sat around, drinkin', and talkin' about art all the time.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Malevich's "Black Square," paying comic artists, sexism in club culture, Egyptian photo archive goes Creative Commons, Irish slaves, encyclopedia of pasta, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Change
Last week, the world lost Ornette Coleman, whose 1959 releases The Shape of Jazz to Come and Change of the Century marked the advent of free jazz and changed the face of music forever.