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How 18th-Century Artists Pieced Together Pastel Portraits
In order to make large portraits of European elites, artists had to literally piece together pieces of paper, circumventing the limitations of their medium.
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The Curving Concrete Poetry of a Daring Experimental Architect
In Mexico, the architecture of Félix Candela punctuates landscapes like giant flowers, folded umbrellas, and cresting waves.
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A Bright Neon Uterus Fights for Attention on the Sunset Strip
In Los Angeles, a 9-foot uterus capped with boxing glove ovaries rotates on a three-story pole outside The Standard hotel.
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An Evening of Experimental Films Focused on the Black Experience
Black Radical Imagination aims to expand the boundaries that have historically limited people of color in cinema.
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Six Houses of Worship Where Artists and Musicians Can Borrow the Basement
In these churches and synagogues, the underground art scene thrives — literally.
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An Egg-Shaped Tiny House Built for Off-the-Grid Living
The Ecocapsule includes details designed to boost its efficiency, from a water filtration system to a roof outfitted with solar panels and a wind turbine.
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The Return of an "Indecent" Fritz Lang Film About a Painter and a Gold-Digger
Artist Amy Sillman will introduce Lang's previously censored film Scarlet Street (1945) at Metrograph.
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An Annual Feminist Editing Session Takes on Wikipedia’s Gender Problem
For the past five years, a room full of laptop-lugging feminists has staged an “Edit-a-thon" to broaden the Free Encyclopedia.
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In East New York, Historic Preservation Empowers a Community
Preserving East New York was founded by Zulmilena Then to advocate for historic preservation in one of New York City's most vulnerable neighborhoods.
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Glass Birds Perched in a Berlin Museum as a Metaphor for Migration
Intricate glass sparrows serve as an apt metaphor for millions of refugees who can’t go home.
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The Hushed Brilliance of James Castle's Mysterious Drawings
An exhibition at the New York Studio School gathers about 50 of Castle's strangely poetic drawings and cardboard constructions.
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An Artist and Anthropologist Reinterpret Stone Age Tools as Sculpture
A curious and provocative show considers an age-old tension between form and function, treating the tools of early humans as a kind of art.