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Considering the Digital and Networked Future of Museums
The Museum Computer Network conference in New Orleans focused on "The Human-Centered Museum" and tackled some ambitious questions.
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Why the Art World Must Not Normalize Donald Trump’s Presidency
Since the election, many people have called for a return to business as usual and pledged their support for the president-elect, but these attitudes are dangerous for artists, arts workers, and many, many others.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, cultural events continue to help you process the election, from a discussion with Black Panther party members at the Queens Museum to a night of performances in the former Pfizer factory in Brooklyn.
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The Origins of Manhattan’s Tiny Plot of Precolonial Terrain
Alden Projects on the Lower East Side is marking 50 years since Alan Sonfist proposed reclaiming land in New York City for memorials to lost nature.
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A New Bookstore in Philly Offers Much More than Books
The Ulises bookshop, which opened this past weekend in Philadelphia, focuses on books as a lens onto contemporary art.
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Searching for a Global New Feminism
An exhibition attempts to find the new feminism in work by artists from around the world. It falls short of its task but raises some questions worth asking.
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An Artist’s Sticky-Note Project Spreads Post-Election Solidarity
Thousands of sticky-note messages have accumulated in the New York City subway, a moment of post-election solidarity evolved from artist Matthew Chavez's Subway Therapy project.
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The Enduring Power of Experimental Paintings from 1975
Working during a period when it was proclaimed from every quarter that painting was dead, Reed and a sizable New York cohort of like-minded artists carried on below the fray.
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Required Reading
This week, it's mostly photos and visual reactions to the Trump presidency because sometimes words just don't work.
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Weekend Words: Forward
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."
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Seeking Community: Memories of 'The Poetry Project'
I think a conversation about community is important for many reasons, not the least being the rather utopian idea that there is someplace you can go where you feel safe.
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An Artist Who Is Not a Capitalist Minimalist
Nahum Tevet's premise is straightforward: What do you need to temporarily preserve and mount a drawing on the wall?