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The Sublimity of the Surveillance State
In 1867 Timothy O’Sullivan headed out West.
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ArtRx LA
This week curate.la celebrates its birthday, Grand Avenue has a block party, Richard Hawkins opens a two-venue exhibition based on Antonin Artaud, and more.
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From Giant Steel Angels to Titillating Collages, Favorites from Gowanus Open Studios 2015
As the neighborhood reeled from the news that hundreds of artists are being forced to leave one of its biggest studio complexes, Gowanus became a hotbed of activity this past weekend during Gowanus Open Studios.
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How One Artist Found Affordable Studio Space in New York
Among New York artists’ ongoing quest for affordable studio space within the city, one artist relates his story of having discovered a studio in the South Bronx that is first and foremost inexpensive.
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The Met and Hyperallergic Present 'In Our Time: Radical Design Geographies with Liam Young'
We're very excited to announce our new two-part fall collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Modern and Contemporary Art!
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In the Vale of Cashmere: Prospect Park’s Hidden World of Gay Cruising
“When I got there, I found the park filled with men in the same horny, hungry state of mind I was in … I can’t remember ever seeing so many gorgeous black men in any one place.”
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Minimalist Duets in Sculpture and Dance
During the summer of 1960, dance artists Simone Forti, Nancy Meehan and Yvonne Rainer rented rehearsal space at Dance Players on Sixth Avenue so they could improvise together.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, learn about the history of graphic design in the Philippines, celebrate Back to the Future Day, gear up for Halloween with a haunted house and Czech horror, and come to our first event at the Metropolitan Museum.
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Remembering Forgotten Female Printmakers from the 16th to 19th Centuries
In the 19th century, Henrietta Louisa Koenen, wife the Rijksmuseum Print Room's first director, took a prescient interest in acquiring prints by women artists.
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The Honeybee as Artistic Messenger
In 2013, artist Kelly Heaton had a vision of a magnificent bee appearing in the darkness, illuminated by an iridescent aura.
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The Pioneering 1960s Program that Paired Big-Name Artists with Tech Firms
LOS ANGELES — From the Archives: Art and Technology at LACMA, 1967–1971 is a look back at a pioneering program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which matched leading artists with aerospace and technology companies in the hopes of producing cutting-edge artworks.
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Forging Queer Identity with Abstraction
LOS ANGELES — Queerness is often expressed through figuration or performance, but Surface of Color, curated by artist Paul Pescador, challenges the notion that identity must be explicit by presenting works that elude easy definition.