News
An Artist Is Painting a 20,000-Square-Foot Mural for Healthcare Workers at the Queens Museum
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada’s massive painting of a masked medical professional, “Somos La Luz” (“We Are the Light”), will be visible to satellites.
New York
Art
Artist Guadalupe Maravilla Is Centering Mutual Aid and Indigenous Medicinal Practices
Maravilla’s efforts, which include raising money and distributing groceries to undocumented communities, are one example of efforts directly addressing communities of color disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
News
New USPS Stamps Commemorate Four Harlem Renaissance Figures
Stylized in soft hues, new stamps bear the likenesses of novelist Nella Larsen, philosopher Alaine Locke, historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and poet Anne Spencer.
News
At This Museum, Reopening Plans Include a Wearable Buzzing Device to Remind You to Social Distance
Future visitors to Magazzino Italian Art in Hudson Valley will be expected to do more than frequent hand sanitizer stations.
Art
¡Felicidades Carmen Herrera! Celebrating a Living Legend
Ahead of the artist’s 105th birthday, El Museo is gathering friends, artist-colleagues, and curators to reflect on Herrera’s legacy, her recent public art commissions, and more.
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Protesters Demand NYPD Drop Graffiti Charges Against 67-Year-Old Journalist
The protesters demand the NYPD expunge Jill Nelson's record and to cancel her summons for a court appearance in August. Last month, she was arrested and detained for hours after writing “Trump=Plague” in washable pink chalk in uptown Manhattan.
Interview
Meet the NYC Art Community: Kenneth Tam on Scrutinizing Masculinity
An interview series spotlighting New York’s creative community. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
News
Metropolitan Museum Will Not Reopen Until Mid-August or Later
The Met, which is known as a bellwether for decision-making in the museum world, has also canceled all tours, talks, concerts, and events through 2020.
Art
Gerhard Richter’s Slippery Mystique
Richter is undoubtedly an impressive painter, one who exhibits a mastery of practice but confusion of tone. His latest retrospective, Painting After All, doesn’t quite connect the dots.
Art
Enter Meriem Bennani’s World, Where Sly Humor Meets Dystopia
This week, Rhizome presents an earlier, satisfyingly bizarre film from one of the artists behind the recent Two Lizards sensation.
News
In IRS Complaint, Attorney Accuses Whitney Museum of “Smear Campaign” Against Warren Kanders
Neal Sher accuses the Whitney’s leadership of being complicit in “unlawful conduct, harassment, threats and intimidation” against Kanders. He was disbarred by the District of Columbia in 2003 but practices in New York after a period of disciplinary suspension.
Art
Raging in the Pandemic’s Grip
Sanja Latinović's "Abandoned" pierces our self-protective veil with a glimpse of COVID’s raw truth.