News
Historians Raise Concerns Over Central Park's Suffragist Monument
"If Sojourner Truth is added," the letter reads, "it could obscure the substantial differences between white and black suffrage activists, and would be misleading."
New York
Art
How Porn Holds Up a Mirror to Society Through the Ages
Stag, on view at the Museum of Sex, presents the history of pornographic film going all the way back to the silent era.
Art
Help Write the History of Radio in Grassroots Organizing
The Interference Archive is organizing a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to widely disseminate the history explored in its exhibition Resistance Radio: The People’s Airwaves.
Art
Walk the Streets That Inspired Jack Kirby's Comics
The King of Comics was born and raised in New York City, on the streets where many of his fictional characters live, and the nonprofit that honors his legacy will guide visitors along a free walking tour of his haunts.
Art
Looking at Sports as Powerful Modes of Expression
Fifteen artists offer a range of ways into “sports” as a concept.
In Brief
Trump Official Rephrases Statue of Liberty Poem to Defend Targeting of Legal Migrants
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, added a caveat to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
Announcement
SVA's Third Annual Art & Activism Event: Takin’ it to the Streets
This event will take place on Wednesday, September 4, at 6 pm and will celebrate the power of collectives, performance as political activism, and artistic activations of public space.
Art
The Artistic Achievements of Native Americans Through the Ages
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's series of talks and tours on Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection helps visitors better contextualize artwork by Indigenous creators across the centuries.
News
Controversial Monument to Women's Suffrage Redesigned to Include Sojourner Truth
The abolitionist and women's rights activist will join Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the proposed Central Park sculpture that had previously been accused of racism and whitewashing history.
Art
Edmund de Waal's Relationship to Precious Materials at the Frick Collection
The exhibition Elective Affinities draws viewers into stories of the Frick's permanent collection and a contemporary artist's intellectual and aesthetic reckonings and inventions with them.
In Brief
The New York Public Library’s Iconic Lions Are Taking a Cat Nap
Patience and Fortitude, the 108-year-old lions that have guarded the Library's Main Branch since 1911, will be covered for cleanup and repair beginning September 2.
Art
In Garry Winogrand’s City, a Colorful Kaleidoscope Comes Alive
In Garry Winogrand's Color, color slides wink in and out of existence as images are paired in small visual novellas.