Film
Films on the Fringes of the Japanese New Wave
A series at the Japan Society opening on April 5 further complicates the definition of the Japanese New Wave cinema, whose parameters are typically difficult to define.
New York
Art
Can the Shed Save the Soul of Hudson Yards?
The stakes could not be higher for the critically panned, $20 billion development. Will culture sanctify this one percenter's playground?
News
Latinx Scholars, Curators, and Artists Urge El Museo del Barrio to Stay True to Its Mission
A letter penned by a group of Latinx artists, scholars, and community activists accuses the museum of straying from its identity and mission.
Art
Bodies Lose Themselves Within Other Bodies in Erotic Watercolors
Nadine Faraj's technique, which is to work wet-in-wet with watercolors on paper, evokes the misty arcs of pleasure and the deep, deep depths of hunger that the sexual act taps.
Art
Daguerreotypes by a French Traveler Who Was Among the First to Photograph the Eastern Mediterranean
Monumental Journey displays Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes which include the earliest surviving photographs of many notable cities and monuments in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Art
The Unexpected Art of Making Contact on the Subway
On the subway, where so many norms revolve around not touching each other in certain ways, these moments of mutual touch are a kind of breach, a suggestion of real contact. @subwayhands explores that space.
Art
Simone Fattal Sculpts Poetry from Chaos
The Lebanese artist’s first US retrospective reveals a haunting mythology of lands in ruins and new beginnings.
Announcement
“Hear the Roar of Racism” in Suzan-Lori Parks’s White Noise at The Public Theater
This fierce new play examines what happens when the unspoken and unspeakable come head to head. Now playing through May 5, 2019.
Art
Shahidul Alam Arrives in New York to Share His Journey
Alam will speak at the International Center of Photography as a part of ICP's Infinity Awards programming.
Announcement
Apply to the Artist Studios Program at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
Artists and designers in the six-month residency program receive studio space and a stipend of $15,000. Applications are due April 18, for the August 2019–January 2020 session.
Opinion
The People's Cultural Plan Supports 9 Weeks of Art and Action at the Whitney
Community control of cultural institutions, which would replace board members, could reshape cultural life in the United States.
Art
Ben Morgan-Cleveland’s Dispirited Words
Isn’t this the last thing we want to admit? That we are not sure what anything means or what we are supposed to do?