Interview
"My Own Career Bores Me": Mark Flood on His Gallery Experiment
Mark Flood Resents was an artist-run gallery, showroom, exhibition space, hangout, and crash pad where nothing was for sale.
New York
In Brief
City Initiative Will Measure Staff and Leadership Diversity at New York Museums
Diversity, nebulous though it is, has long been something museums have tried to maximize among their visitors, but a new initiative being launched by New York's Department of Cultural Affairs aims to measure the diversity of staff and board members at the city's cultural institutions.
Art
Making Sense of a Biennial of "Makers"
NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial is the closest thing you’ll find to a crowd-sourced exhibition on view in New York right now — perhaps anywhere.
In Brief
What the New York Skyline Will Look Like in 2020
New York City's iconic skyline continually changes, even if the most adored landmarks still date from the early part of the 20th century.
Art
New York Murals: The City's Best Overlooked Museum
You might walk by some of the permanent works in New York City's best art collection and not even notice them. The murals embedded in the city's public spaces — in bars, restaurants, hospitals, skyscraper lobbies, and schools — together make up a historical tapestry of New York's visual culture.
News
New York City Schools Fail at Art
New York State public schools administrators aren't taking art seriously, according to a new report filed by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli last Tuesday.
Art
Fighting for the Future of St. Mark's Bookshop
“There are too many good bookstores in Brooklyn,” Bob Contant said. Contant is one of two co-owners of St. Mark’s Bookshop, the embattled last independent bookstore standing in the East Village. He was explaining to me why he wouldn’t consider a move to what’s generally deemed New York’s most litera
Opinion
Mayor Bloomberg Unveils His Official Portrait
Today, after 12 years, Michael Bloomberg will leave his post as the mayor of New York City. He's left us two gifts: a ban on e-cigs and an official portrait.
News
City Council Members to Hold Cultural Plan Hearing
Tomorrow afternoon, a number of New York City Council members will be holding a public hearing to decide on the scope of the proposed cultural plan first announced by City Council Members Stephen Levin and Jimmy Van Bramer in August.
Art
A Preliminary Art Readers' Guide to the NYC Mayoral Race
After 12 long years filled with bike lanes and billion-dollar developments, the Bloomberg era is finally drawing to a close. Next Tuesday in the primaries, New Yorkers will take their first steps toward choosing a new mayor. Here's our guide to how the candidates measure up in terms of the arts.
Art
The Hidden Power of New York City's Everyday Objects
Can one single object encapsulate the dense knot of energy that is New York City? An exhibition is trying with 62 objects, selected by 62 people who all dwell in its diverse, sprawling bounds.
Art
A Beautiful New Look for NYC's Beaches
Pentagram designer Paula Scher has created a beautiful new program of design for NYC's 14 miles of beaches that presents an optimistic, clean, and attractive vision of what urban beaches should be.