Art Review
The American Midwest as Bastion for New Nordic Tradition
These contemporary interpretations acknowledge artistic roots while building new forms, and each work opens up portals into other lineages.
New York
News
Eric Adams Calls for Artists to Design “Chinatown Welcome Gateway”
Critics have questioned the city’s plan to work with art blocks away from the site of a future Manhattan jail.
Features
When The Subway Sun Ruled NYC’s Underground
With its signature two-toned design and illustrations, the mock newspaper encouraged polite passenger etiquette and promoted local attractions.
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Announcement
Taiwanese American Arts Council Presents Eco Art on Island
Join TAAC on Governors Island for a series of exhibitions and programs in which artists, curators, medical professionals, and environmental experts respond to island ecologies.
News
What Do Visitors Think of Thomas J. Price’s Times Square Sculpture?
Hyperallergic set out to hear from people seeing the artwork onsite, and their thoughts were considerably different from the online discourse.
Art Review
The Unexpected Beauty of Detritus
Through his art, Yuji Agematsu brings reverence and discipline to this job of living, and acknowledges each human’s durational condition.
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News
Why Is For Freedoms Designing Art for a New Brooklyn Jail? [UPDATED]
The collective proposed a series of works for the controversial Borough-Based Jails project, which has received pushback from artists and organizers.
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Announcement
Lehman College Art Gallery Presents 2025 Thesis Exhibition
This year’s show features art by MFA, MA, and BFA students working across a variety of disciplines. On view May 17–28 in the Bronx.
Art Review
New York University MFA Students Rethink the Body
This year’s class comes up with novel ways to think about the bodies we inhabit, the stresses they carry, and their limits of perception.
News
Anti-Cuomo Ads Are Popping Up Across Brooklyn
The artist-made posters all drive home the same message: Don't vote for the disgraced former governor, and don’t vote for embattled current Mayor Eric Adams.
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Announcement
Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies Announces 2025 Conference
Join CPAL for their third annual conference on promoting equity in the stewardship of multiple individual artistic legacies. June 2–4, 2025.
Art
New York Area Shows We Love Right Now
From local concerns in the Bronx to global issues in Queens, plus a trip to see Indigenous art in New Jersey, our favorite art is far-reaching right now.