Art
The Historic Painted Panels That Exposed the Hell of Hiroshima
After the atomic bomb that led to the deaths of over 100,000 people exploded in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, artists Iri and Toshi Maruki entered the destroyed city
Brooklyn
Art
Photos of Brooklyn's Waterfront Show a Century of Change
The Brooklyn waterfront is radically changing.
Announcement
Greenpoint Gallery Night Is Happening This Friday
Greenpoint Gallery Night returns to North Brooklyn this Friday. The neighborhood galleries will be open late on September 18, from 7 to 10pm.
Art
Dissecting and Detecting Stories in Found Objects and Remnants
Contemporary art's storytelling power has been the subject of numerous shows of late, from Gowanus to the Guggenheim, and Story of a Story at Brooklyn nonprofit Smack Mellon offers still more evidence of the novel forms narratives can take.
Art
Publicly Shaming the US’s Top Surveillance Officials with Street Art
New York-based artist Paolo Cirio is chastening key NSA, CIA, and FBI officials involved in the agencies' surveillance programs by finding and disseminating across the world snapshots of them in informal or intimate contexts.
Art
Queering Contemporary Portraiture with 19th-Century Photo Techniques
Robyn Renee Hasty is an artist who is drawn to the challenges presented by obsolete technologies.
Art
From Duchamp to Hipsters, the Art of Selling Air
Are you tired of your local air? If so, a bag of atmospheric gases from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, could be yours if you have thousands of dollars to burn.
Art
In Bushwick, an Exhibition Tears Down Walls Between Art and Craft
Neo-Craftivism, a group show at the Parlour Bushwick, brings together works by nine artists that dynamite the tired old boundaries separating craft and art.
Art
A Contemporary African Art Fair Arrives in New York
It may at first thought seem odd that the newest addition to Frieze Week in New York is a fair devoted to contemporary African art.
Interview
How Arts in Bushwick Has Stayed on Mission in a Rapidly Changing Neighborhood
The tenth edition of Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is just a month away, and it's hard to believe how much has changed in the Brooklyn neighborhood since 2006.
Art
When Abstract Sculptures Have Familiar Faces
While looking at Sophie Hirsch's solo show Autokorrekt at Brooklyn's Signal gallery last weekend, I got an acute pang of pareidolia from two pieces made from molds of peeled pomegranate fruit.
Art
Making Sense of Paintings That Tell Snippets of Stories
The narrative impulse in painting is nothing new.