News
Ford Foundation Invests $50M in the Power That Art and Narrative Can Change Ideas
Several members of the 2021 cohort identify as artists and storytellers, utilizing the power that art and narrative have on changing ideas of power.
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Laundromat Project "Pays it Forward" With $50K Award to Five POC-Led Organizations
Made possible by a donation from Amazon stakeholder MacKenzie Scott, the award is the single largest in the Bedstuy-based organization's history.
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NYU Acquires 200 Works by Prominent Downtown Artists, From Mapplethorpe to Basquiat
A donation of two hundred works includes Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, and Donald Baechler.
Art
Diane Simpson's Sculpture Finds Beauty of a Different Kind
In a world delighted and entertained by displays of material excess, Diane Simpson shows that there is another possibility.
Art
Tamara Kostianovsky Envisions a Whimsical Slaughterhouse
The animal carcass sculptures are gruesome yet their materials — the artist’s own discarded clothing — lend them some gentleness.
Opinion
An Open Letter to Piotr Bernatowicz, the Director of the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Art
Mr. Bernatowicz, in your introductory text you talk about the need for honesty, the disease of hypocrisy, overreaching governments. You do not fulfill a single one of your own ideals.
Film
Dune Is Impressive but Incomplete
The biggest problem with turning Dune into a film is that the book appears increasingly derivative of generic sci-fi tropes.
Books
The Mythology of the Cross-Country Motorcycle Trip in Ed Roberson's Early Poems
Ed Roberson's motorcycle ride from Pittsburgh to the Pacific is a quest-romance, an exploration of American culture and American mythology.
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The Flowers that Blossom in Artistic Masterpieces
Gardening company Michigan Bulb analyzed 30 famous artworks depicting plants and the value of the painted blossoms in the high-end market.
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An Enthralling Collection of Magical Curiosities Heads to Sotheby’s
The legendary performer Ricky Jay amassed a collection of about 10,000 rare books, posters, and artwork about all things esoteric.
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Photographers Auction Works to Benefit Community-Focused Bronx Documentary Center
The proceeds will benefit the BDC's community-centered initiatives and exhibitions.
Announcement
Americas Society Presents This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975
View work by over 40 experimental artists and collectives from throughout the Americas who contributed to New York’s art scene during the 1960s and ’70s.