Art
Obama laid a wreath at the base of the former World Trade Towers right after Osama had been buried at sea. And, as if on cue the utopian “Festival of Ideas For the New City” launched, vowing to “harness the power of the creative community to imagine the future city and explore the ideas destined to
Art
Even with New York City's constantly-full calendar of art events, this weekend is packed with shows, activities and sights for the whole family to enjoy. Check out the Festival of New Ideas around the New Museum, plus their Condo show ending this weekend, and see a new public sculpture by sculptor J
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At a preview of the New Museum's George Condo retrospective, I was struck by the painter's relentless engagement with all sorts of art historical genres, from Baroque portraiture to abstract expressionism and back again. Here's a photo essay covering the entire Condo exhibition, from the salon style
Opinion
It's the New Year all over again, and aside from going out and partying, there's not much in the New Year to look forward to yet. I'm finding myself starting at empty calendar and wondering what to fill it up with. Why not schedule in some art? It's never to early to start that exhibition calendar g
Opinion
We've all been curious about what David Wojnarowicz' video looks like installed in the lobby of the New Museum. Well, check it out! Click through for more photos.
Interview
When the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery announced that it would be removing “A Fire in My Belly,” a David Wojnarowicz video work, from its Hide/Seek exhibition due to Republican political pressure, the art world rushed to the work's defense. Among the first art institutions to respond to th
Books
The New Museum's “Free [http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/429/free]” exhibition is based on the freedom of cultural exchange that has followed the advent of the internet and digital technology. Following up on that emphasis on online activity, the exhibition's catalogue is entirely digital as wel
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To see the New Museum’s Free exhibition [http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/429/], you'll have to fork over at least enough dough to make the $12 admission fee. For an exhibition that’s all about the limitless dispersion of culture quickly, easily and cheaply through the internet, the title presen
Opinion
As soon as we heard [http://hyperallergic.com/11464/hell-yes-isa-genzken-new-museum/] that Isa Genzken’s “Rose” will replace Ugo Rondinone’s “Hell,Yes” (2001) on the exterior of the New Museum … we immediately thought Photoshop! Our little digital collage experiments suggest that fiction is often mo
News
A little birdie told us at Hyperallergic HQ that Ugo Rondinone’s "Hell,Yes" (2001) will be removed from its perch on the facade of the New Museum. The same little birdie told us that it is slated to be replaced by Isa Genzken’s 30 foot (8 meter) tall "Rose" sculpture. What do we think of the newest
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If you didn’t catch the project’s announcement Tuesday on ArtFagCity, Ryan Trecartin (video artist extraordinaire, Youtube star) and David Karp (founder of Tumblr) have launched riverofthe.net, a crowd-sourced video project that strikes a balance between social media site, contemporary art piece, an
Interview
Lauren Cornell, Executive Director of Rhizome, gives us a taste of what we can expect from her exciting new exhibition, Free, at the New Museum this fall. Incorporating 23 artists, Free will reflect “artistic strategies that have emerged in a radically democratized landscape redefined by the impact