News
We took a look at the cultural and gender breakdowns of all the artists in the Whitney Museum's inaugural exhibition in its new building to assess how fresh these perspectives really are.
Interview
It's been six months since the People's Climate March took over the streets of Manhattan, but the group behind some of the rally's most iconic artworks is busier than ever.
Art
As my entry into the art world took place just a few years after the Museum of Modern Art’s 1970 Information show, I’ve grown increasingly conscious of an unexpected turn in the positions of several hard-line members of the once aggressively anti-aesthetic conceptual camp.
News
New legislation to be submitted to the New York City Council on Tuesday could bring an end to a decades-long debate surrounding democracy and public art.
Interview
This summer the Knockdown Center, the sprawling arts space in Maspeth, Queens, will host a drone obstacle course consisting entirely of specially commissioned sculptures.
Art
Dancing about climate change makes about as much sense as ... painting Op art compositions to give stock tips. Or crafting a steel sculpture that instructs viewers how to renew their driver's licenses. Or composing an opera to review a restaurant.
News
Berenice Abbott was best known for being New York City's official photographer during the Great Depression, though she actually explored a panoply of subjects during her six-decade-long career.
Art
As news of art fairs and Bjork took the spotlight earlier this month, I lingered on the Museum of Modern Art’s The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, up through early April.
News
On Monday protesters gathered outside the New School (TNS), a university in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to demand better conditions for the school's part-time faculty.
Art
New Works and the Avenue A Cut-Out Theatre, Anton van Dalen’s first solo show in eight years, charts the shifting landscape of New York City. Populated with imaginative characters, the artist’s latest work vividly documents the forces of gentrification and change.
Art
Tatiana Trouvé mounted 212 giant spools of rope onto three steel structures in Doris C. Freedman Plaza, with each rope representing one of Central Park’s winding walkways.
Art
Swiss installation artist Zimoun, who specializes in immersive soundscapes and acoustic architecture, has seemingly turned all of New York into a giant aural installation.