Art
A Dive Into Medieval Knighthood in Art
This gallery talk at the Met Cloisters in New York will focus on knighthood and its hidden secrets in art from medieval times.
New York
Announcement
New York Philharmonic Performs the World Premiere of David Lang’s prisoner of the state
Conducted by Music director Jaap Van Zweden, the concerts take place June 6 – 8 at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.
Art
How Ancient Greek Art Inspired the Ballet Russes
The Ballets Russes had a longtime dalliance with Ancient Greek traditions especially in the ballet’s most innocent, primitive, and erotic aspects.
Film
Julia Reichert's 50 Years of Challenging the Status Quo
A retrospective series at the Museum of Modern Art is putting a spotlight on the veteran documentarian.
Art
An All-Black Production of Much Ado About Nothing Comes to Central Park
Shakespeare’s classic comedy has a free month-long run in NYC starring a cast of two dozen African American performers, including Danielle Brooks from Orange Is the New Black.
Art
Personal Paintings that Have the Immediacy of Snapchat Posts
Frequently staging herself as a participant, Levinthal's paintings present shifting versions of herself among the quotidian rituals of life.
Art
A Sculpture Conjures the Secret Life of Trees
Jean Shin's "Allée Gathering" at Storm King shows how little many of us know about trees and nature.
Announcement
The Clemente Center Presents Open Doors Open Studios, on May 31 and June 1, 2019
Explore this culturally diverse community sharing music, dance, video, visual & performance art by more than 200 artists. Free and open to the public.
Art
George Miyasaki's Non-Western American Painting
In writing about artists of Asian descent I have repeatedly bumped up against codified prejudices in both the art and literary world.
Art
The Contrarian Modernism of Fairfield Porter
In these paintings, as in so much of Porter’s work, American loneliness coincides with American leisureliness, often uneasily.
Art
A Japanese Classic, Dimly Illuminated
The visual images interpreting The Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel, which was written by a woman, are presented as beautiful objects devoid of context.
Art
A Reminiscence of Virginia Zabriskie, an Important and Undersung Art Dealer
Zabriskie, who passed away on May 7, created and ran two galleries for close to 60 years, one in New York and the other in Paris.