Art
Getting to Know an Overlooked Pioneer of Bay Area Abstraction
The art world has paid attention to other artists from the same era, but we have not done the same with Sonia Gechtoff, and it is time that we did.
New York
Art
Not Quite the Wifredo Lam Show That's Needed Now
Wifredo Lam developed a style that dances between figuration and abstraction, but the selected compositions at Pace gallery tend to repeat.
Art
Love, Art, And Politics Intertwined
These four artists dig into the cultural and geologic history of the enclave of Staten Island to produce work that resonates with the core of bell hooks 's commendation to love.
Film
The Complete Works of Influential Experimental Filmmaker Michael Snow Come to New York
Anthology Film Archives’ complete retrospective of the influential Canadian experimental filmmaker includes many exceptionally rare titles.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for December 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
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Announcement
Sculpture Space Opens Applications for 2023 Artist Residencies
Located in a historic industrial manufacturing facility in Utica, New York, this sculpture-centric program is accepting applications through January 15, 2022.
Art
The Queer Feminist Agenda of Wilder Alison’s Abstract Wool Paintings
Since 2014, Alison has been visually dissecting Monique Wittig’s novel The Lesbian Body, which theorizes the split subjectivity women experience in language, an inherently patriarchal structure.
News
Activists Speak Out Against Plan to Relocate NYC’s Controversial Roosevelt Statue to North Dakota
The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation says tribal leaders were not consulted regarding the relocation of the statue.
Art
Catherine Murphy's Observational Paintings Find the Uncanny in the Ordinary
There is nothing extraordinary about Murphy’s subjects and yet there is something inexplicably disturbing about her paintings and drawings.
Art
Geometry in a State of Collapse
Westfall stays true to his love of planar geometry, while finding ways to undermine all traces of predictability and stability.
Art
Rosalind Fox Solomon Captures the Humanity of Everyday Lives
In a way, Solomon's photo series The Forgotten harks back to a time when viewers believed that pictures told it all.
News
Brooklyn Museum Gets Historic $50 Million Capital Infusion From New York City
The funds will support gallery renovations, energy-efficient updates, and the creation of a new permanent space dedicated to Brooklyn history.