Art
Looking Anew at a Strange Matisse Masterpiece
In 1911 Matisse created "The Red Studio," a self-enclosed world in his studio, by showing 11 earlier works of art, without the presence of the artist.
New York
Art
How Softcore Porn Penetrated Mainstream Media
The exhibition Porno Chic to Sex Positivity at the Museum of Sex traces how once-verboten depictions of sex became gradually acceptable in pop culture.
Opinion
Visiting MoMA While Black
At the retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, I thought to myself: Am I crazy? I must be tripping, this is straight out of Africa!
Announcement
Art on Paper Returns to New York City’s Pier 36 This Fall
From September 8 to 11, the fair will showcase top modern and contemporary paper-based art from 95 galleries, including works from Bang Geul Han, Yuko Nishikawa, and more.
Art
The Hidden Truths of Lou Reed's Musical Poetry
Reed’s terse song-stories rely on humorous and torqued and poignant metaphors, and serve up pop cliches in order to turn them inside out and reveal hidden truths.
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Announcement
Choose From 200+ Online and On-Campus Fall Courses at SVA Continuing Education
Study fine arts, interior design, illustration and comics, visual narrative, and more at SVACE, either virtually or in person in NYC. Courses begin September 19.
News
Artists Chased Out of Manhattan Park by Police
Michael Alan Alien and Jadda Cat were performing their “Living Installation” at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park when officers accused them of soliciting on the premises.
Art
Celebrating William Klein’s Long, Multi-Hyphenated Career
William Klein: YES, a career retrospective at the International Center of Photography, is good for aficionados and neophytes alike.
Art
Who Gets to Enjoy Green Spaces in NYC?
Artist Mona Chalabi’s site-specific installation at the entrance to the Brooklyn Museum foregrounds the importance of urban vegetation and its inequities.
News
New Law Requires NY Museums to Label Nazi-Looted Art
Museums will have to install “prominently placed” placards alongside the works, according to a new suite of laws signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.
Art
Uncovering the Queer Histories of Workers' Movements
As bodily autonomy and workers’ rights remain under constant and often intertwined threat, The Work of Love, the Queer of Labor reminds us of what is still at stake.
Art
Ukrainian Women Artists Upend the Male-Centered War Narrative
Women at War exposes the struggles that women of Eastern Europe have been undergoing for the last 60 years, in addition to the annihilation of Ukrainian heritage.