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Matthew Courtney, Downtown Artist Who Platformed Others, Dies at 66
From the mid-1980s through early ’90s, he hosted the weekly anything-goes open-mic event Wide Open Cabaret at the historic home of ABC No Rio.
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Advance Your Career and Explore New Artistic Avenues With SVA Continuing Education
The School of Visual Arts in NYC offers more than 200 in-person and online courses, along with 10+ artist residency programs.
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This Year’s Met Gala Memes Prove We’re All Tired of This Shit
The lack of risk-taking and personal flair in this year’s outfits — particularly in celebrating Black dandyism — isn’t even worth our sass.
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New York City Shows to See This Week
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Claudia Alarcón, and Nanette Carter are three of the artists whose work we’re enjoying, among many shows that pack a punch.
Art Review
Weaving That Opens to the World and Heavens
Claudia Alarcón and the Wichí women weavers who compose the collective Silät create artworks that seem to channel land and celestial bodies.
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When Graffiti Met Conceptual Art
“Gordon Matta-Clark: NYC Graffiti 1972/3” has the feel of a time capsule that never veers too far into didacticism, while the art almost makes you feel like you’re there.
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Pratt’s MFA Exhibition Mirrors These Disjointive Times
The exhibition ruptures space to unlock novel metaphors for the abject moral environment of 2025.
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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Never Backed Down to the Art World
The trailblazing Afro-Indigenous sculptor’s life and everlasting impact are the subject of a long-overdue retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Meet the Next Changemakers in Art & Design at Parsons Festival
The annual series of free exhibitions, symposia, open studios, and runway shows featuring innovations in art and design is finally here.
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How Can Queer Artists Escape the Trap of Tokenization?
Amid pervasive uncertainty, queerness emerges as a deliberate unraveling of solidity across the diverse works of eight artists.
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NYC’s American Folk Art Museum Is Closing for Renovations
The bite-sized beacon of self-taught artists is expected to reopen in phases starting this coming fall.
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Barbara Mensch Tells the Epic Story of the Brooklyn Bridge
The photographer’s vision of New York appears romantic, but she knows that the people who built it are under constant threat of being swept aside by change.