Art
Photos from the Dashboard
Robert Marshall's dreamlike images are fleeting, fragmentary glimpses out the window of a moving car or train.
New York
News
Calls to Take Down Columbus and J. Marion Sims Statues at Public Hearing on NYC Monuments
During a four-hour public hearing in Manhattan on Wednesday, Central Park's Sims statue was universally reviled, while monuments to Columbus, Roosevelt, and others provoked mixed commentary.
News
From the Bronx to Brooklyn, Confederate Symbols Come Down Across New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched a review of "all symbols of hate on city property," and some have already been removed.
Art
Resurrecting the First World’s Fair in the US Through Its Relics
A Bard Graduate Center exhibition reassembles the forgotten history of New York's 1853–54 Crystal Palace through rare artifacts.
Art
A Redesigned Floor at the New-York Historical Society Helps Illuminate the City’s Past
On April 29, the museum will reopen its fourth floor with a Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, Center for Women's History, and new space for permanent collection highlights.
Art
The History of Tattoos in New York, from Bowery Sensation to Banned Art
The New-York Historical Society explores three centuries of Gotham's relationship to the tattoo through vintage images, electric pens, and live demonstrations.
Art
Paintings of New York at the Dawn of the Modern Age, Festering Sewers and All
In the 1870s, New York tinsmith William Chappel painted nearly 30 views of the city of his childhood, when peddlers hawked their wares, whale oil illuminated the night, and fresh water was a scarcity.
Opinion
The Sculpture of a "Fearless Girl" on Wall Street Is Fake Corporate Feminism
The bronze statue installed by an advertising firm and a financial firm represents basically everything that’s wrong with our society.
Books
The Lost Cultural Hubs of New York’s Gilded Age
Esther Crain's book The Gilded Age in New York, 1870–1910 chronicles the rise of the NYC metropolis and the roots of its role as an international cultural center.
Art
Rehabilitating the Untrendy Tradition of Still Life Painting
In their two-artist show at Mrs. Gallery, Sarah Bedford and Tracy Miller offer complementary approaches to bringing the historically devalued genre of still life painting into the 21st century.
Art
A Decade of New York City Art and Disco in 10 Tracks
Recent books by Tim Lawrence and Douglas Crimp underline the close relationship between the New York art scene of the 1970s and '80s and that most unjustly maligned of musical movements, disco.
Art
A Visit to New York City's New Subterranean Archaeological Repository
In October, the Landmarks Preservation Commission opened its new research center where New York City's archaeological collections are accessible to researchers for the first time.