Art
Albrecht Dürer, a Humanist Messiah
He believed, and demonstrated, that individuals could ascend to divine realms of knowledge.
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Prado Show Reveals the Hidden Artworks on the Backs of Masterpieces
On the Reverse tells an alternative history of Western art by drawing attention to the rears of paintings.
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Langston Hughes and Griff Davis’s History-Making Friendship
A new exhibition at the Schomburg Center presents decades of photographs, correspondence, and ephemera tracing the pair’s exchanges and collaborations.
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Women Chairmakers Get a Seat at the Table
Seating Assignment centers 15 female designers who are pushing the boundaries of the traditional furniture object.
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Can We Survive Without Reconnecting to the Earth?
Acts of Gathering challenges the disconnection between humans and the rhythms of the earth, interrogating the nature of food culture in a rapidly changing world.
Film
Onlookers Records the Lure of the Tourist Gaze
Kimi Takesue’s new documentary nudges us to consider whether we in the audience differ all that much from the tourists whipping out their iPhones.
News
Enigmatic Patagonia Cave Art Dates Back Over 8,000 Years
The findings shed light on how societies coped with the changing unpredictable climate at the time.
Art
Documenting Ridgewood's Abandoned Tree Beds
Alexa Hoyer captures the remnants of tree trunks in the Queens neighborhood in accidentally artistic tableaux.
News
Jewish Voice for Peace Channels Young Lords in "Dump AIPAC" March
Echoing the Puerto Rican youth group’s 1969 "Garbage Offensive," JVP urged NYC officials to cut ties with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Art
Required Reading
This week, tooth fairy troubles, viral “funny” trauma stories, Byzantine art, Frida Kahlo and indigeneity, and more.
Guide
Your Guide to NYC’s 2024 Spring Art Fairs
From affordable art to photography to art books and more, the usual suspects return for a packed season.
Art
Of Chairs and Pomeranians
What do Vincent van Gogh, Barbara Kruger, Prince Albert, and fluffy dogs have in common?