Art
Male Nudes, Exposed and Examined
In unabashedly sexual, but not necessarily erotic paintings and drawings, the artist Aaron Skolnick focuses on men — naked and intimate.
New York
Art
A Modern Trompe L'Oeil Painter
Kim Tschang-Yeul transformed the formal vocabulary of American abstraction into a symbolic possibility in his paintings. He was not interested in making a pure painting.
Art
A Monochrome Painter's Immanent Light
Painter Anne Appleby, who lives on a ranch in rural Montana, is highly attuned to the colors she sees in her landscape, as well as to the changing light and seasons.
Film
The Artful Amateurism of Home Movies
In MoMA’s first exhibition composed entirely of home movies, visitors are placed into the perspective of these amateur filmmakers, ever so often stumbling upon a choice moment of intimacy.
Art
The Last Time I Saw John Giorno, an Extraordinary Performance Poet
In the weeks after his death, I think of Giorno’s poetry — exuberantly queer, unabashedly pornographic, frequently hilarious, sometimes furious, and almost always as compassionate as it is sardonic.
Art
Janine Antoni Traces the Passage of Time in a Cemetery's Catacombs
The artist’s new commission leaves much to contemplate simultaneously — mortality, desire, and the ways in which absence and longing are such a fundamental part of life.
Performance
Engaging With the Lives of Teen Immigrants in an Interactive Play
The experimental play Manmade Earth, a co-presentation of FIAF’s Crossing the Line festival and The Invisible Dog Art Center, demanded that its audience listen to the experiences and anxieties of adolescents from around the world.
News
Iraqi Artists Face Travel Obstacles to Visit Gulf Wars Exhibition at MoMA PS1
Some of the artists participating in the exhibition were denied travel visas to the US, while others had no chance of attending the exhibition's opening because of Trump's travel ban or their asylum status in other countries.
Film
The Bittersweet Nostalgia of Watching Basquiat in Downtown 81
A time capsule that holds the legendary artist in immortal youth, the cult classic also preserves a certain New York, which has now changed beyond recognition.
Art
2019's Best Documentaries Come Together for a Week in NYC
As the year winds down, the DOC NYC film festival curates some of the best and most buzzed-about recent nonfiction films.
Announcement
University at Albany Offers Tuition Waivers and Funding for MFA Students
They offer an affordable and interdisciplinary program where students work across Painting and Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture and Installation, and Photography and Related Media. Applications are due by February 15, 2020.
Announcement
Hunter College Presents Part I of the Fall 2019 Thesis Exhibition
The eleven artists in the exhibition represent an array of art-making practices. Their work will be on view from November 14 - 30, 2019 at 205 Hudson Street.