Art
A Showcase of Contemporary Dominican Cinema
The 8th Dominican Film Festival is the largest showcase of Dominican filmmaking outside the Dominican Republic itself, and its films, workshops, and panels look fascinating.
New York
Performance
Mining Robert Mapplethorpe’s Legacy, With Missteps
Though its music, and use of Mapplethorpe’s photographs and texts by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith were impressive in their own rights, the performance Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) ultimately appeared cheap, forced, and self-congratulatory.
In Brief
As Artists Withdraw From the Whitney Biennial Over Kanders Controversy, Others Refuse the Call to Boycott
Laura Ortman, Thirza Cuthand, Brendan Fernandes, Marcus Fischer, Nibia Pastrana Santiago, and Maia Ruth Lee have publicly announced their intention to stay in the biennial despite calls for a boycott.
In Brief
Pope.L Wants You to Crawl Across New York With Him
The renowned performance artist is seeking more than 100 volunteers to participate in his largest performance yet, "Conquest."
Art
When Theater Champions Queer and Marginalized Voices
The Corkscrew Theater Festival offers a lineup of performances from underrepresented creatives.
Art
The Long and Nomadic Life of a Mythmaking Artist
Joseph Elmer Yoakum recollects his adventurous life in signature curvilinear language.
Art
Eating Flowers in Search of Mysticism and Meaning
In Karen Azoulay's mesmerizing video art, the artist and her collaborators don gem-encrusted masks and sample bits of nature.
Art
After Faltering the First Time, Developer Launches New Residency at 3 World Trade Center
Silverstein Properties is launching a new art residency at 3 World Trade Center, but in 2017, their art residency inside a nearby building failed to pay dozens of artists.
Giveaways
Win Tickets to a Film About the Photographer Who Pulled Off an NYC Real Estate Coup
We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary Jay Myself, and are giving away 10 pairs of tickets for screenings at Film Forum.
Art
An Indian Master of Fiber, Clay, and Bronze
In her fiber sculptures, Mrinalini Mukherjee achieved an alchemic relationship between materials and process, fusing abstraction and figuration to indelible effect.
Art
Piero Manzoni and the Reinvention of Art
Manzoni’s work can be viewed as slight and Herculean, tragic and buoyant, mystical and materialist, minimal and baroque.
Art
Sculptures on the Cusp of Language
Even as some of her works evoke functional objects, Christina Tenaglia is not interested in parody or citation. Their formal strength sets them in their own domain.