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.
New York
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.
Art
Two Artists Invite You to Bask in Their Garden
Garden is a sustained mind-meld between two artists’ aesthetic sensibilities, one clearly born from a long friendship grounded in loving, making, and sharing art over the course of 15 years.
Announcement
An Evening With Pia Camil at the Guggenheim on November 8
Pia Camil joins Pablo León de la Barra for a discussion of her practice, followed by a celebration that includes a communal activation of her new work Here Comes the Sun (2019).
Art
A Brutal, Historic Film About Decolonization
Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers is one of the great films in history to depict insurgent warfare, and New Yorkers can see it for free this week.
Announcement
Purchase College, SUNY Is Now Accepting Applications to Its Graduate Programs
Purchase College is a public liberal arts college and among the most respected art schools in the country — a hidden gem located within the greater New York City region.
Art
Incarcerated Artists, Seen Through the Lens of Their Creativity
While The Pencil Is a Key spans continents, training levels, and types of imprisonment, today’s constant headlines about mass incarceration and border detentions lend it a special timeliness.