Art
The Artists Resisting the Gentrification of New York’s Chinatown
Chinatown Art Brigade’s largest show to date examines the history of anti-displacement organizing.
New York
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The Gap Between Things and Their Names
A deep sense of loss, of being cut off or isolated from communication, runs through Elsa Gramcko’s works, imbuing them with inchoate feelings that precede language.
Art
Shalom and Pass the Joint
A new exhibition reveals how Jewish people throughout history have embraced marijuana both spiritually and politically.
Art
Judy Ledgerwood's Playfully Subversive Patterns
What distinguishes Ledgerwood’s work from the earlier generation of women artists working in the domain of Pattern and Decoration is its bluntness and humor.
News
Rijksmuseum’s Slavery Exhibition Is Coming to New York
The extensive exhibition confronts the Netherlands’s often-forgotten colonialist legacy.
News
Met Acquires Rare Portrait of Medici Nemesis Bindo Altoviti
The Renaissance work by Francesco Salviati is the museum’s first painting on marble.
Art
Hans Hartung, No Matter What They Say
Hartung’s work most likely didn’t go over well in the heyday of conceptualism, earth art, and the literal use of materials.
Art
What Do New Yorkers Think of Anish Kapoor’s “Mini-Bean”?
Manhattan now has its own, downscaled version of the artist's famous Chicago sculpture, oddly squished under a luxury condo tower.
Art
Susan Philipsz Evokes the Holocaust Through Absence
Philipsz's haunting sound and video artworks serve as a poignant witness to the lives and artistry of victims of the Holocaust.
Art
Traditional Korean Painting for Modern Times
In Seongmin Ahn's paintings, it is not our past we are looking at but our possible future.
News
Oops! NYC Train Station Gets Georgia O’Keeffe’s Name Wrong
“We clearly f-ed this one up,” said a Metropolitan Transit Authority rep, adding that the error in the artist’s last name is being fixed.
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Cooper Union Criticized for Halting Soviet Architecture Show
Over 500 scholars signed an open letter to reinstate the exhibition, which was postponed in consideration of the ongoing war in Ukraine.