News
MoMA Accused of Denying Entry to Visitors With a Keffiyeh
The two visitors told Hyperallergic that museum security staff flagged the Palestinian headscarf during a bag check.
New York
Guide
Our Mid-March Picks of New York City Art Shows
Joanna Beall Westermann, Mel Kendrick, Japanese zenga paintings, absolute gems from the collections of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, and more.
Art
The Extraordinary Story of Black Librarian Belle da Costa Greene
A new exhibition at the Morgan Library explores the legacy of its inaugural director, who amassed a trove of rare books and prints while passing as a White woman in segregated America.
Art
The Lingering Shadow of Portuguese Colonization
Suneil Sanzgiri’s exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum joins lines of companionship across histories of colonial dispossession.
Film
Fiction and Fact Intermingle at the First Look Film Festival
The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual experimental cinema event features several films that remix archival materials.
Art
Sanford Wurmfeld Investigates How We Perceive Color
Paintings that appear ever-changing make us conscious of how we see.
Art
First Impressions From the 2024 Whitney Biennial
The exhibition that often acts as a barometer of trends and ideas percolating in global art communities has both hits and misses.
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Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists
Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school’s graduating students. MFA and BFA work on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York.
News
UrbanGlass Staff Leave Exhibition After Board Excludes Palestinian Artist’s Work
The board said the neon artwork, which features the phrase “from the river to the sea,” could be interpreted as a “call for violence.”
News
New York Times Art Critic Roberta Smith Retiring After 32 Years
She was appointed co-chief art critic in 2011, becoming the first woman at the paper to hold the title.
News
Met Museum Staff Urges Leaders to Address Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
Over 150 workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art say the institution must call for a ceasefire and take a stand against the destruction of heritage sites.
Art
Half a Century Before Midjourney, There Was AARON
Harold Cohen’s plotters and software programs both clarify and complicate the historical narrative around AI and art.