Interview
Raven Chacon, Loud and Clear
The acclaimed composer and noise artist talks to Hyperallergic about his Pulitzer Prize-winning composition “Voiceless Mass.”
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Art
Woomin Kim Quilts the Nomadic Side of Global Capitalism
Her works, depicting objects from Korean markets, invite viewers to marvel at what can be achieved with fabric.
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Anja Salonen’s Surrealist Paintings of Existential Unease
Salonen’s paintings point to a location in which reality is slippery, ill-defined — a dream or place of play.
News
Could This Be the First Recorded Gay Couple in History?
The Ancient Egyptian tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, one of the most intricate in the Saqqara necropolis, shows the pair holding hands and embracing.
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Climate Activists Glue Themselves to a Van Gogh at London Gallery
In another action yesterday, five members of the group were arrested after they glued themselves to a landscape painting in Scotland.
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NYC’s Leslie-Lohman Museum Gets $3.6M for Major Expansion
The New Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance also received capital allocations in a “historic” round of funding from the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for July 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including Lee Lozano, Cindy Sherman, Tokuko Ushioda, Anas Albraehe, and more.
Art
How Jean-Michel Basquiat Rose to Be King of the Art World
The art establishment was never quite sure what to do with a self-taught artist like Basquiat, who owed as much to bebop and William S. Burroughs’s cut-up technique as he did to African influences.
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Reuben Kadish's Enduring Portraits of Human Anguish
Kadish’s fossil-like heads, forms, and figures remind us that every civilization, including our own, eventually collapses.
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Remembering Margaret Rose Vendryes, Creator of the African Diva Project
In every role she held, Vendryes advocated for marginalized people and celebrated the cultural contributions of the Black and queer communities.
Books
The Lost New York of Larry Stanton
Stanton, who died of AIDS complications in 1984, left behind an engaging body of work, a moving tribute to a bygone generation of creative minds.
Film
New Biopics of Elvis and the Sex Pistols Share Weaknesses
Baz Luhrmann’s film Elvis and Danny Boyle’s miniseries Pistol are both overly fixated on the influence their respective musicians’ managers had on them.