News
The History of Anti-racist Protests in Brooklyn, From Abolition to Black Lives Matter
Launching on Juneteenth, the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest initiative examines six decades of Black-led activism in the borough.
New York
Art
Working With Tobacco, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill Offers Decolonial Possibilities
In her first US solo museum show, Hill invites reflection on tobacco’s mass consumption while underscoring its long Indigenous history.
Art
Juneteenth Performances, Art-making Workshops, and More at Creative Time’s Red Stage
“The Red Stage has been a beautiful site for holding our shared grief and finding joy together through it all,” explains co-organizer Diya Vij.
Art
Radical, Feminist Futures Blaze at the Bronx Museum
Born in Flames conjures entire worlds that respond to wounds inflicted by both capitalism and patriarchy.
Opinion
Why We Can't Abandon Our Efforts to Revitalize NYC Culture
In my work for the CreateNYC Cultural Plan, a set of recommendations and action plans for the sector, one lesson rises to the top: Don’t abandon the process.
News
Artist and Iron Worker for NYC Department of Sanitation Unveils a COVID-19 Memorial
“Forever Strongest” by Bernard Klevickas is slated to tour department garages throughout the summer before being permanently installed on Spring Street.
News
An Artist Repurposed a Corrections Vehicle to Encourage New Yorkers to Vote
Yazmany Arboleda, the NYC Civic Engagement Commission artist in residence, launched “The People’s Bus” this weekend.
News
Hundreds March Through Midtown for Final Week of “Strike MoMA”
Activists unfurled a “Strike MoMA” banner at a courtyard in the museum and projected protest messages on the museum’s facade after dark.
News
The Met Will Repatriate Two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Critics note that the Met has failed to address the hundreds of other works from Benin that remain in its collection.
Art
Terry Winters’s Allegiance to Science and Abstraction
Winters’s art is about decisions, choices, quality of attention, the shaping of one’s existence in time.
Art
Photographer Captures the Unexpected, Everyday Choreography of NYC’s Streets
Elizabeth Bick’s images inject a sense of theatricality and intention into the randomness of everyday life.
News
Exhibiting MoMA Artist Withdraws From Museum Events in Solidarity With Protesters
Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill is the first MoMA artist to withdraw from activities at the museum since the weekly Strike MoMA protests began on April 9.