Art
An Unsentimental Sculptor Confronts Mortality
Daisy Youngblood is a portrait sculptor whose themes include the embracing of one’s mortality.
New York
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for October 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
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Kludge, Curated by Laurie Anderson, Arrives at Joe’s Pub This October
The lineup, which changes every evening, includes Anne Carson, Arto Lindsay, Lafcadio Cass, and Rubin Kodheli.
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University at Buffalo Art Galleries Presents Heather Hart: Afrotecture (Re)Collection
On view through May 21, 2022, Hart’s new work "Sweet Lorraine" re-creates the historic motel balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
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Philip Guston’s Unblinking Eye
I cannot think of another American artist who went as far as Guston did without a safety net.
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A Lock of Beethoven’s Hair and Maya Angelou’s Papers Are Among NYPL’s Treasures
The exhibition, on view for the next 75 years, features 250 rare items from the library's collection.
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What Might a New, 21,000-square-foot Art Space Bring to Brooklyn?
With the opening of the new, $40 million structure in East Williamsburg, it poses the question of its role in the local arts community — one of collaboration or conquest?
News
Two Nepalese Antiquities in the Rubin Museum Identified as Looted
One researcher, Jürgen Schick, estimated that over half of the region’s historical artworks have been stolen.
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NYC Gives $26 Million for Major Queens Museum Expansion
The visual arts institution and educational center is located in the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.
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The Morgan Library & Museum Presents Another Tradition: Drawings by Black Artists from the American South
This exhibition celebrates the Morgan’s recent acquisition of drawings by Thornton Dial, Nellie Mae Rowe, Henry Speller, Luster Willis, and Purvis Young.
Film
With The Gaze, Barry Jenkins Asks Us to Reflect on Black Trauma Narratives
Jenkins’s new short film, the centerpiece of a MoMI exhibit on The Underground Railroad, uses his signature techniques to confront the viewer.
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Katherine Bradford Mosaic Murals Make a Manhattan Subway Station Shine
You don't need a train ticket to see the five glass mosaic murals by Bradford at the L train 1 Avenue stop.