Film
New York Stories That Play With Connection and Form
Among the shorts playing the 2020 New York Film Festival, those in the New York Stories block embody the spirit of a city erroneously declared dead, offering studies in movement and character.
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Art
Rosie Lee Tompkins’s Textiles Offer Windows Into Other Worlds
Tompkins’s quilts are at turns abstract beauties, political statements, faith-based texts, and textile craft.
Art
How the Wedding Cake House, a Feminist Architectural Project, is Bigger on the Inside
The current renovation of the Wedding Cake House in Providence, Rhode Island, provides an opportunity to consider the beneficial impacts of feminist architecture projects in the US.
News
An Artist Turned a Subway Station Into a Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Artist Adrian Wilson renamed Manhattan's 50th Street station to read "Ruth St." this weekend.
Film
What Not to Miss at the 2020 New York Film Festival
Get your popcorn ready. This year’s program includes highlights like Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, ruminative queer romances, and incisive documentaries about US politics and Helen Keller’s activism.
Interview
Meet the NYC Art Community: Arcmanoro Niles Is Reveling in Uncertainty
An interview series spotlighting New York’s creative community. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
In Brief
Four Participants Withdraw From a Tel Aviv Documentary Festival in Solidarity With BDS
Several filmmakers and international guests canceled their participation in this year’s edition of the Docaviv festival.
In Brief
Maurizio Cattelan’s Notorious Banana Sculpture Donated to Guggenheim Museum
The controversial sculpture has been donated anonymously to the New York institution.
News
New York Will Honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg With a Statue in Brooklyn
The governor will appoint a commission to select an artist and choose a location for the statue of the Brooklyn-born Supreme Court justice.
Film
Where Does Independent Documentary Go From Here?
Leading filmmakers Cecilia Aldarondo and Robert Greene discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their field, and what the future might hold.
Opinion
Let’s Preserve Acts of History, Not Racist Monuments
We do not need to physically preserve these objects to preserve history. The Toppled Monuments Archive seeks to reroute the impulse to preserve these objects altogether.
Film
Lucrecia Martel's Feminine Monsters
Three of the Argentine director's films are now on the Criterion Channel, and they demonstrate how she complicates ideas of female agency and power.