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.
New York
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.
Art
The $200,000 Worth of Trump Paraphernalia Andres Serrano Bought for an Exhibition
Our critic picks the best (and by extension, worst) objects from the "Piss Christ" artist's collection of more than 1,000 items marketed, branded, or autographed by Donald Trump.
News
American Museum of Natural History “Deeply Concerned” Gala In Its Hall Will Honor Brazil’s Far-Right President
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be honored at the annual “Person of the Year Awards” by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Art
Lessons Learned at the Feet of Frederick Douglass
Isaac Julien advances a layered, palimpsestic view of time, not as progress but as a series of lessons. This, then is a note of what I learned.
Film
When Classic Hollywood Attempted to Deal with Sexual Violence
In a Lonely Place isn’t so much a straightforward thriller as it is a poignant psychological study of a person and a milieu, veiled as an atmospheric noir.
Film
A B-Movie that Inspired Generations of Filmmakers, Including the French New Wave
A precursor and inspiration for filmmakers from the French New Wave to Arthur Penn, Gun Crazy plays in New York on April 14 and 19.