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How Armenians Helped Develop Photography in the Ottoman Empire and Beyond
Armenian photographers played a prominent role in the early development and spread of photography throughout the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East.
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A Playful and Prurient Performance About Pornography
In Prurience, Christopher Green asks his audience to "consider if society is in the grip of an actual addiction or a moral panic."
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Remembering James Luna, Who Gave His Voice and His Body to Native American Art
Luna’s unexpected passing at the age of 68 interrupted a steady flow of thoughtful and provocative performance art.
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The Beauty and Horror of Medusa, an Enduring Symbol of Women’s Power
Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how the snake-haired Gorgon transformed from a hideous monster into a beautiful femme fatale.
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The Plight of Museum Guards in New York Museums
Security guards' annual salaries are less than half the state’s annual median income, hovering just above the equivalent of minimum wage.
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The Chicano Art of a Red-Blooded American
Sangre Colorado, an exhibition by Carlos Frésquez, reminds viewers that "American" is an abstract and malleable concept.
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The Difficult Work of Decolonizing Culture, from the Whitney Biennial to Gentrification
Anuradha Vikram will discuss her new book, Decolonizing Culture, with editor Bean Gilsdorf.
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A Book Fair Where Visitors Collaborate with Cartoonists
For those who can't draw to save their lives, have no fear — more than a dozen artists will be on hand to help.
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Two Surrealist WPA Murals Return to a Golf Course in the Bronx
After their removal a decade ago during renovations, two Surrealist murals by Allen Saalburg are conserved and back on view at the Split Rock Golf House in Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx.
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Required Reading
This week, National Geographic's racist past, reviewing Surrealism in Egypt, the best museum in the world, FBI surveillance of black bookstores, Portugal's role in introducing tempura to Japan, and more.
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A Minimalist Transformation of Minimalism
Otis Jones proves that painting’s parameters continue to be commodious — even reductive painting has not been used up.
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Deana Lawson’s Iconoclastic Portraits
Lawson confronts viewers with multifaceted visions of black identity, as embodied by strangers and neighbors alike, with whom she has established an intense rapport.