Art Review
Saya Woolfalk Toys With Future Worlds
The hybridized energy of Woolfalk's art is infectious; it permeates everything we see, while prodding us to question what we imagine the future might look like.
Museum of Arts & Design
Art
Taylor Swift’s Most Fabulous Outfits Go on View in NYC
At New York’s Museum of Arts and Design, Taylor Swift: Storyteller features dresses, guitars, and props from the singer’s nearly two-decade-long career.
Opinion
How Miami's Museum of Art and Design Censored Forensic Architecture and Retreated From Social Justice
In hiring me to curate Forensic Architecture's first US survey exhibition, the museum mouthed the words of social justice but with the realization that those words would preface consequences, it began to choke.
News
Homeland Security Banned Forensic Architecture’s Director From Entry to US
Set to attend the opening of his exhibition at Miami’s Museum of Art and Design, Eyal Weizman was told by an officer at the US Embassy in London that his visa was revoked for triggering a “security algorithm.”
Announcement
Apply for the Museum of Arts and Design’s $50,000 Burke Prize
The Burke Prize recipient will receive an unrestricted $50,000 award and an exhibition alongside a select group of prize finalists.
Announcement
Apply to the Artist Studios Program at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design
Artists and designers in the six-month residency program receive a studio space and a stipend. Applications are due April 16, 2018, for the August 2018 - January 2019 session.
Art
From a Testosterone Candle to Impossible Shoes, Meditations on Transitioning Between Genders
By warping the perceived roles and aesthetics of everyday objects, Jes Fan makes space for marginalized identities and conversations.
Art
The Art of Nightlife, or Debauchery as Social Practice
“One point of art is that it’s forming something we don’t have the language for yet,” observes Jake Yuzna, Director of Public Programs at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), in discussing the FUN Conference on Nightlife as Social Practice.
News
Whitney and Foursquare Create Ticket-Discount Badge
Unlike MoMA's Marina Abramovic check-in badge, the Whitney's new Foursquare collaboration is no joke. After using your smart phone to check in to the museum twice, plus once at a site pulled from the Whitney museum's history, users will receive the “Whitneyphile” badge, which also grants holders a $
Art
Global Africa Project Dissects the Idea of Africa
The Museum of Art and Design, New York's The Global Africa Project makes an audacious claim: to present the art, design, architecture, and craft of the contemporary African diaspora. Given that Africa is the world’s second largest continent, with a population of over one billion dispersed among 54 d
News
Museum of Arts & Design Lifts Photo Ban, Will Others Follow?
Another New York museum has removed its photography ban in galleries. This time the Museum of Arts and Design (aka MAD) is the latest institutions to join the ranks of MoMA and other major art institutions that welcome photography in their galleries, though some restrictions may apply to specific wo
News
In the Museums: Fall 2010 in New York
This fall is a great time to be in New York. The always interesting Teri Tynes over at Walking Off the Big Apple has compiled a select (but extensive) list of New York museum shows this fall. There’s a lot to see and do and here are some we’re really looking forward to …