News
Tenement Museum Workers Vote to Unionize
The workers report low wages, scarce benefits, and unstable working conditions, calling the conditions unfitting of a museum that was founded to celebrate the labor struggles of immigrant families.
New York
Art
Paul Mpagi Sepuya Breathes New Life Into the Genre of Studio Portraiture
Sepuya’s portraits unmask the artifice of studio portrait photography.
Announcement
SVA's Summer 2019 Continuing Education Courses Begin June 3
Courses are available in a variety of subjects including animation, fine arts, visual narrative, and many more.
Art
A Documentary Shows Rare Footage of 1950s Chinese American Life
Danielle Seid discusses Forever Chinatown, a film produced and directed by her grandparents in 1960.
Announcement
Christie's Education Announces Its 2019 Symposium, "Women Art Dealers (1940–1990)"
The Symposium analyzes the central role played by women art dealers in the creation and development of the art market, and will take place from May 17-18.
Art
A Celebration of LGBTQ Writing
The Lambda Literary Awards finalists will come together to read from their works next Tuesday at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe.
News
The American Museum of Natural History Cancels Event Honoring Brazil's Far-Right President
After pushback from museum staff and prominent scientists, AMNH has decided "that the Museum is not the optimal location for the Brazilian-Am. Chamber of Commerce gala dinner," which is set to honor Jair Bolsonaro.
Art
Blueprints for Our Future Planet as It Moves Toward Extinction
Two artists wrestle with the intersections of technology and massive ecological shifts brought on by the Anthropocene.
In Brief
The Financing of Hudson Yards Is Worse Than Its Architecture
A Citylab report claims that Hudson Yards stole funds intended for low-income communities in Harlem by taking advantage of a controversial investor visa program that's supposed to benefit distressed urban areas.
Announcement
Parsons Fine Arts Presents the 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Beneath Them Was Forever is curated by Kathleen Forde. On view at the Westbeth Gallery in New York April 26–May 4, 2019.
Art
Dan Devine’s Art of Destruction
The beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking sculpture of Dan Devine is formed using a demolished car as a mold.
News
Decolonize This Place Holds a Pizza Party in the Whitney Museum
Two Sudanese students, along with an activist greatly involved in curtailing the gentrification of Brooklyn, offered impassioned teach-ins on their causes at the potluck.