Art
The Need for More Complex Exhibitions on Lesbian Visual Culture
I was excited to see Lesbian Matters — as we truly are in desperate need of exhibitions dealing with lesbian visual culture — but I was saddened by its lack of complexity.
New York
In Brief
$2.8 Million in Met Museum Admission Revenues Will Go to 175 Cultural Nonprofits
What was once criticized as a money-grab by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is now being celebrated as an ingenious method of buoying NYC's network of smaller cultural institutions with cash.
News
A Monument to Women's Suffrage Receives Unanimous Approval Despite Controversy
The statue, which features Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as leaders of the movement, has been accused of racism and whitewashing history.
Art
Conversations Between Writers of the Vietnamese Diaspora
Vietnamese writers from around the world will come together for a conversation on writing and diaspora this Saturday.
News
Former Artforum Employee Files Appeal Against Publication and Co-owner Knight Landesman
Amanda Schmitt's lawyer calls the dismissal of her case earlier this year a misapplication of the law, pleading under New York City Human Rights Law.
Art
Over 75 Record Labels Will Participate in MoMA PS1's Music Festival
The festival will feature live performances, film workshops, and panels celebrating a variety of music communities.
Art
Twelve Letters to Jerome Robbins, an Inspirational New York Choreographer
A series of letters addressed to the deceased choreographer, who is having an exhibition at the New York Public Library.
Film
Films that Explore How Resentment Shapes Us
On Resentment, a film series opening at BAM on March 20, probes the question: "How does resentment channel our attentions and efforts, and to what ends?"
Art
The Radiant Fearlessness of Mimi Gross
The exhibition Mimi Gross: Among Friends, 1958-1963 helps to set the record straight: Gross was a strong, confident artist when she met Red Grooms at the age of 18, and that her work continued to grow right up to their marriage in 1964.
Art
Nari Ward’s Angels in America
Ward doesn’t just utilize found objects; he communicates with them — intellectually, visually, soulfully.
Performance
The Wooster Group Explores Black Folklore in Texas State Prisons
The live a cappella is a result of the conditions under which the songs were originally sung: in open fields.
Art
The Alternate Modernism of a Modernist Pioneer
Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern takes a close look at a period when patriotism was distinct from nationalism, populism did not equal demagoguery, and left-wing radicalism was the coin of the aesthetic realm.