Art
A Survey of Art from Across Brooklyn
Today, the Brooklyn Museum held a preview for Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond, a survey of more than 100 artworks by 35 artists (or artist groups) who live or work in Brooklyn.
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In Brief
Gehry Gets Frank on Labor at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
As labor conditions on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island fall under ever-increasing scrutiny, Frank Gehry, the architect behind the Guggenheim's outpost there, has issued a statement regarding his firm's "substantial and on-going dialogue" on the issue.
News
Poet and Novelist Denied Entry to the United States
Amjad Nasser, a leading Jordanian poet, novelist, and journalist, was denied entry to the United States earlier this week, the Arab Lit blog reported.
Announcement
Nashville's Parthenon Museum Presents "Flex It! My Body. My Temple."
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Books
Picturing the Transfigurations of Fashion
“Fashion” can be characterized as many things: a business, a craft, a lifestyle. At its core, though, it’s a visual culture that embodies one very important quality: transfiguration.
Art
A Concussive Experiment in Metal Noise
Jamie Stewart, of the band Xiu Xiu, describes how he and artist Danh Vō started to collaborate as "amorphous," with Vō having incorporated some of Stewart's lyrics from "Fabulous Muscles" into his visual art.
Opinion
Has Gaudí's Sagrada Familia Grown Out of Touch?
You might say that Antoni Gaudí was an architect of the cloth. From 1883 until his death in 1926, the Catalonian master oversaw the construction of the Roman Catholic basilica Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain.
Art
Making Sense of a Biennial of "Makers"
NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial is the closest thing you’ll find to a crowd-sourced exhibition on view in New York right now — perhaps anywhere.
Art
A Coven of Art Convenes to Examine the Face of the Witch
Whether you imagine a witch as a monstrous Macbeth conjuror, or a more innocuous pointy-hatted character riding a broomstick, it's likely the visuals of art have something to do with it.
Announcement
apexart's Unsolicited Proposal Program, Open Call for Submissions
On October 1, apexart opens its NYC Unsolicited Proposal Program [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MzMzMywiYXQiOjIwLCJidCI6MCwiY20iOjE1NTc2MCwiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjo1Mzc5MTQsImRtIjo0LCJmYyI6NTQ1NjMxLCJmbCI6Mjg2ODMzLCJpcCI6IjU0LjIwNC4xMjkuMTQiLCJudyI6MjA3LCJwYyI6MCwicHIiOjE2NjYsInJ0IjoxLCJzdCI6MC
Opinion
What, Exactly, Is Censorship?
Last week, the controversial production "Exhibit B" was canceled by the City of London's Barbican Centre, which issued a statement decrying the "profoundly troubling" protests that "silence artists and performers."
Art
Martin Scorsese Celebrates a New York Literary Institution
The 50 Year Argument, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about The New York Review of Books, uses the same opening-sequence footage as another film about life in the Big Apple: West Side Story.