Art
The Luminous Blues of Ficre Ghebreyesus’s Painterly World
Foregrounding narratives of oceanic migration, Ghebreyesus’s paintings radiate power and serenity in vibrant shades of blue.
New York
Art
After Viral Racist Encounter, Central Park Birder Shares Experience in Comic Form
A semi-fictionalized account of Christian Cooper’s own experiences, It’s a Bird takes on racist dog whistles with necessary straightforwardness.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for October 2020
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
Art
Rivane Neuenschwander's Sensuous Reflections of a Harrowing World
Fear — so pervasive these days — has long been an important theme for Neuenschwander.
Art
An Abstract Painter Defines a Space of His Own
In his clashing compositions and use of artificial colors and materials Odita generates something very different from artists associated with geometric abstraction and Minimalism.
Art
How the Invisible Power of Protocol Regulates the Day-to-day
This year’s Vera List Center Forum will turn attention to the systems, structures, and language that undergird every aspect of our lives.
In Brief
The Whitney Biennial Has Been Postponed to 2022
The next biennial, previously slated for the spring of 2021, has now been delayed by a year due to the pandemic.
News
Museum of Chinese in America Should Reject “Jail Money,” Says Artist-Activist Group
The letter, penned by Chinatown Art Brigade, condemns the “actions of MOCA leadership to sell out to mass incarceration in exchange for financial gain.”
News
Guggenheim Union Greets Museum Members at Reopening With Protest
Upon their first return to the museum after its six-month closure, Guggenheim members were welcomed by a digital screen reading pro-union messages.
News
In NYC, a Latinx Arts Center Dissolves Its Membership Program for a New Start
For nearly two decades, the Clemente Center has been divided about control over the building’s 42 subsidized artist studios, four theaters, and two galleries.
News
The Laundromat Project Is Moving to Brooklyn for Its 15th Anniversary
Relocating from its two locations in Harlem and the South Bronx, the arts nonprofit will soon open its doors in Bed-Stuy.
News
Honoring Motherhood and the Mundane
Wings of Change, the forthcoming New York debut of Billie Zangewa, will bring together a selection of the artist’s tender silk collages, which revel in Black domestic intimacy.