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.
New York
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?
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.
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."