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Spotlighting Immigrant Artists Enduring the Arduous Process of Applying for an O-1 Visa
THE EXTRAORDINARY at Hunter East Harlem Gallery presents work by artists who've gone to extraordinary lengths to make their work in this country.
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The Central American Diaspora and Stories of Coming of Age
Artists reflect on migration, memory, and the cultural bonds that unite the first- and second-generation children of Central American immigrants who have fled civil wars, violence, and natural disasters.
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This Self-Described "Chinese Peasant" Has Become the Twitter God of Drinking
Liu Shichao, better known as Pangzai, has become a social media sensation with his oddly compelling videos of his everyday life.
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Remembering Basquiat Through the Keepsakes He Gave Intimates
Our Friend, Jean, an exhibition of ephemera left behind, given to, or swapped with people who knew Basquiat prior to his extraordinary fame, offers a tiny but intimate window into his life.
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Gabriela Ruiz Performs the Numerous Meanings of the Letter “X”
From the X chromosome to a symbol of death, “X” is filled with connotations in Gabriela Ruiz’s latest performance at Oxy Arts.
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Noah Davis's Delightfully Surreal Visions of the Black Mundane
About Black people, and made for Black people, Davis’s compositions — whether hazy, nostalgic, or sumptuously surreal — are of a world that is both familiar yet strange.
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An Arts Festival For NYC Teens Offers Free Workshops, Performances, and More
Organized by 92Y, Teen Arts Week will return with participation from institutions like the Metropolitan Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
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Gloriously Defiant Expressions of Cultures Perceived as Threatening to the West
At Southern Exposure in San Francisco, South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African artists evoke the challenges they face in celebrating their cultural origins.
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Women Saints Who Defied the Patriarchy
As tyranny surges in 2020, imagery of these holy ladies — on view in Gothic Spirit: Medieval Art — might offer more than first expected.
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A Maren Hassinger Installation Blossoms From a “Tree of Knowledge” Rooted in a Majority Black Florida Town
Hassinger worked collaboratively with the Pearl City community to create a version of their "Tree of Knowledge" at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, its "roots" composed of twisted, flowing rolls of newspaper.
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Suffering From Lower Back Pain While Visiting a Museum? You're Not Alone
Posture specialist Mark Josefsberg coined the term the "Museum Walk" to describe the unhealthy way in which we move in museums, along with a guide on posture improvements that can help you avoid it.
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The Untamed Jungles of Vivian Suter’s Abstract Paintings
While the ecological aspect of Suter’s work is particularly timely, her obvious enjoyment of pure color and form makes her artworks all the more enduring.