News
Catch the Latest (and Greatest) in French Animation
French Institute Alliance Française’s essential festival returns with a surplus of US premieres and a series paying tribute to Paul Grimault, one of France’s most accomplished animators.
New York
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for February 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
Art
The Contours of Black American Life, According to Gordon Parks
Viewing Parks’s photographs in 2021 offers stark, graceful reminders of the ongoing fight for civil rights.
Film
Anarchism on Film, From the Paris Commune to Emma Goldman
Anthology Film Archives delves into the oft-misunderstood political philosophy in a new online screening series.
Books
“We Are Advocating for Us”: A New Book Centers BIPOC Artists and Educators
Jasmin Hernandez, author of We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World, says her work is all about collective effort.
Announcement
Apply for Rent-free Studio Space in Brooklyn Through the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
The program awards rent-free studios to 17 visual artists for year-long residencies in Brooklyn, New York. Applications are due February 15.
Art
Drawings of Migration and Pandemic
In her dozens of pastels on handmade paper, Mie Yim seems to start each one over, never attempting to make a variation on a theme.
Art
Altoon Sultan’s Powerful Challenge
Sultan’s works implicitly reject the corporate scale of the Minimalists in favor of a domestic and intimate space
Film
Martin Scorsese’s Portrait of New York With the Ultimate New Yorker
In the docuseries Pretend It's a City, cultural commentator Fran Lebowitz leads a talking tour of the city.
Art
Rashaad Newsome and Kiyan Williams Talk Art, Inspiration, and Black Magic
As part of Newsome’s new multi-part project with Leslie-Lohman Museum, the pair will discuss their “relationships to soil and earth, WEB Du Bois, and the lie of the American experiment.”
Art
Imagining the Future Amid Alejandro Cardenas’s Profound, Brooding Canvases
In ALEXANDRIA, bright stripes and zigzags pop against sprawling environments, telegraphing both impressive depth and intense seclusion.
News
MoMA Chairman Leon Black Steps Down as CEO of Equity Firm Following Review of Jeffrey Epstein Ties
A company report determined that Epstein had provided “legitimate advice” to Black related to the billionaire’s vast art collection.