Art
Folly on the Roof of the Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently opened the second in a series of commissions for its rooftop garden overlooking Central Park.
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Chronicling Cottages on the Jersey Shore, Before and After Sandy
Photographer Douglas Ljungkvist first went to Ocean Beach, New Jersey, in 1993, reluctantly. But to please his girlfriend, he stayed, and then came vacation after summer vacation of growing more attached to the little homes in their faded pastel hues.
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Doing Battle with the Remains of Industrial America
SAN FRANCISCO — On a blustery, sunny Sunday afternoon, some 40 or 50 people gathered on a quiet road in nowheresville, 45 miles south of San Francisco in a quasi-industrial area of Fremont, to “celebrate the essence of NUMMI.”
Opinion
People Can't Stop Looking at Art
We may have moved from magnifying glasses and paper brochures to smartphones, but otherwise not much has changed about looking at art.
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Garis & Hahn Presents "Dreamland," a Group Exhibition of London Artists, Opens May 7
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Art School Animals
Viewing living anatomy is an essential component of many art educations, but rare are the classes where this extends beyond humans.
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Cornelius Gurlitt, Hoarder of Nazi-Era Art, Dies [UPDATED]
Just a month after reaching an agreement with the German government, Cornelius Gurlitt, the octogenarian who was hoarding one of the biggest caches of Nazi-era art discovered since World War II, has died.
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Art Rx: Your Concise Guide to Frieze NY Art Week
Art fair fever is about to hit NYC (again) and this year's Frieze New York Art Week promises to be the biggest yet.
Art
Still Life Mayhem
These days you can’t walk out of the house without tripping over an abstract painting.
Art
The Sounds of Greenland's Melting Glaciers
A carefully random scattering of chairs filled ISSUE Project Room’s Beaux-Arts style theater last Friday night. With the ability to sit facing any direction, choosing the optimal seat felt crucial, though there was no indication as to which way was best. The sole light source, a blue spotlight illum
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Nancy Cunard's 'Black Atlantic'
PARIS — The display for Black Atlantic by Nancy Cunard at the Musée du quai Branly evokes a period when the artistic and literary avant-garde became intertwined with the political and the glamorous.
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4 Long Island City Art Institutions Launch Free Shuttle Bus
It's no secret that Long Island City art institutions have long had problems drumming up foot traffic to their spaces in western Queens, but four of them have joined forces because they believe a shuttle bus may just help.