Art
Tony Bechara Creates Chaos With Grids
Bechara’s grid paintings are dazzling, engaging, and unsettling, since they undermine any sense of stability that we associate with a grid.
New York
Film
The Surreal Realism of Buñuel’s Mexican Films
Luis Buñuel believed that surreal moments were necessary to achieve a true documentary style, as they reflect the fantastical, mysterious nature of everyday reality.
Books
The Glittery History of Drag in New York City
Glitter and Concrete demands we take drag seriously as a cultural art form that responds to, critiques, and is a crucial part of American history.
News
MoMA Workers Urge Museum to Address Israel’s Attacks on Palestine
“We respectfully urge our institution to consider the impact of its silence,” reads the workers’ open letter.
News
Anti-Zionist Protesters Crash Event at NYC’s Jewish Museum
The group of mostly Jewish activists called Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky’s paintings related to the Hamas attack "imperial propaganda" that serves to "manufacture consent for genocide."
Art
Bryce Kroll’s Deconstructions of Fax Machines
Kroll has put a lot of labor into dismantling machinery that once took a lot of labor to create, in the ongoing effort to save ever more labor.
News
10 Arrested in Protest Outside Brooklyn Museum
Around 300 people gathered at the museum to decry Israel's bombardment of Gaza and the suppression of pro-Palestine voices.
Art
Harriet Korman’s Nonchalant Rigor
What surprised me about Korman’s new works was the degree of inventiveness I encountered in her off-kilter compositions.
Art
Rachel Perry Sews the Passage of Time
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Perry turned boxes into templates for needlepointed artworks, reflecting an era narrowed to domestic spheres.
News
Chagall Print Stolen From NYC Gallery Recovered
Two of the suspects were arrested after the thieves attempted to sell the work in November.
News
MoMA Shutters as 500+ Protesters Infiltrate Atrium in Support of Palestine
Organizers unveiled a banner that read “MoMA Trustees Fund Genocide, Apartheid, and Settler Colonialism.”
Art
Danielle De Jesus’s Ode to Puerto Rican Bushwick
Amid the neighborhood’s rampant gentrification, the artist captures the moments she wants to remember.