Art
Anton van Dalen’s Valuable Lessons
Using simple means, often just pencil and paper, van Dalen has made careful, painstaking images of cyborgs, pigeons, and war machines.
New York
Art
Claire Sherman's Leafy Canvases
Sherman's paintings offer a captivating tension between movement and stasis.
Art
Nina Katchadourian Makes a World on an Airplane Seat Tray
Katchadourian excels at investing commonplace, inanimate objects with vitality and soulfulness.
News
Week 2 of Whitney Protests: Freedom Songs for the Unliberated
"They're singing songs about liberation, just be aware." said one guard over his walkie-talkie — a message that could be heard throughout the lobby.
Announcement
Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating MFA Artists
Discover the bold work of emerging fine arts talent at Pratt Shows. New exhibits open every Monday, 5–8 pm on the Brooklyn campus through mid-May.
News
New York State Launches Opioid Lawsuit, Naming Sacklers and Purdue Pharma
The NY Attorney General filed the updated lawsuit, which calls the Sackler family’s art philanthropy a tactic to “whitewash their decades-long success in profiting at New Yorkers’ expense.”
Announcement
NYU Steinhardt Opens 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibitions
Explore Part I of the MFA Thesis Exhibition, on view at 80WSE Gallery in New York’s Greenwich Village April 3–20. Part II will be on view May 1–22.
Art
Pulled into Robert Mapplethorpe's Vortex of Voyeurism
"What's S&M?" I overhear a woman asking her husband in the exhibition. "The artist says here that it stands for sex and magic, but this set up doesn't look very magical."
In Brief
See the Five Artist Proposals for NYC's Shirley Chisholm Monument
Finalists for the She Built NYC initiative include Firelei Báez, La Vaughn Belle, Mickalene Thomas, Tanda Francis, and a joint project by Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous.
Announcement
Pratt Institute’s School of Art (SoArt) and the Fine Arts Department Present Open Exchange: Belonging
An interactive panel with Commissioner Ana M. Bermúdez, Jammal Lemy, Hank Willis Thomas, niv Acosta, and Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl on Tuesday, April 9, 7–9 pm at Pratt Institute.
Announcement
Neuberger Museum of Art Announces the 2019 Winner of the Roy R. Neuberger Prize
The Prize, now carrying an honorarium of $25,000, has been awarded to Yto Barrada, an internationally-acclaimed French-Moroccan multi-media artist.
Art
Type Designers Explore the Future of African Scripts
In an attempt to involve more African language communities with the internet, two typeface designers discover the importance of community outreach in their work.