Art
Ming Smith Moving Through Shadows
From Smith’s art, we glean a picture of an artist transformed by risk, by a willingness to wander toward obscurity.
New York
Art
The Adroit Formalism of Suzanne McClelland
Her paintings become even more visceral when set against her cerebral symbolism.
Art
A Cold, Hard Tour of Brutalist New York City
With stops at the Salt Shed and the Tribeca Synagogue, the tour was among the highlights of Jane’s Walks, an ongoing series of curated strolls across the city.
Art
Remedios Varo Thrives at the Edges of Perception
Varo’s drawings crack the cold flawlessness of her paintings, and it’s exciting to see the looser, simpler skeletons underneath the surface.
Art
Why Are Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints Still So Moving?
The artist subverts the status system of 19th-century Japan, foreshadowing the impact of modernization and industrialization.
News
Hundreds Attend Historic "Counter-Commencement" for Columbia Students at NYC Cathedral
The ceremony was organized by members of the university faculty in a repudiation of leadership’s decision to send police to arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators.
News
Striking Parsons Students Withdraw Artwork From Thesis Exhibition
A dozen students are staging an alternative BFA show in Brooklyn amid Students for Justice in Palestine’s ongoing strike against the New School.
News
School of Visual Arts Students Hold Moment of Silence for Gaza Children
At an exhibition opening in the school’s Flatiron gallery, students read the names of young Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks.
News
Top Art Patrons Discussed Deploying NYPD Against Columbia Students
Private chats obtained by the Washington Post show how art-world stakeholders sought to influence Mayor Eric Adams and Columbia leadership.
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Film
Man Ray’s Beguiling and Bemusing Filmscapes
Man Ray’s Return to Reason film series anticipated the extent to which the motion picture would inform how we curate and call up memory.
Guide
Six New York Shows to Close Out Your May
The beautiful and the bad — paintings and otherwise — make an impression in galleries this month.