Art
What to Do With Our Anger?
In painting, Gandy Brodie could find moments of beauty and defenselessness, as well as the endurance and will to survive, despite a difficult life.
New York
Art
Who Goes to See Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”?
On a fall afternoon, Hyperallergic found locals and out-of-towners newly enchanted by the iconic painting, and some seeing it for the very first time.
News
A New York Museum's House of Bones
The American Museum of Natural History holds 12,000 bodies — but they don’t want you to know whose.
News
New York’s Jewish Museum Union Ratifies First Contract
Unionized staffers secured pay increases and benefits in a win that one museum worker described as “empowering.”
Art
Seeing the Frick Anew Through Barkley L. Hendricks’s Portraits
While the premise is to explore Hendricks’s connection to the Frick’s collection, the effect of the museum’s survey is to change the way we view those same paintings.
Art
NYC Show Puts the Lens on Pet Photography
Both irrational love and endless humor, the hallmarks of life with animals, are rife in an exhibition on view at Fotografiska through January.
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Lincoln Glenn Presents Artists of the 1913 Armory Show
Spanning 80 years of work by artists who exhibited at the historic fair, this show in NYC revisits a pivotal moment at the dawn of modern art in the United States.
Art
Sean Scully Goes Down a Rabbit Hole
By introducing his motifs into a children’s story, and avoiding any sense of self-importance, Scully reveals another side of himself.
News
New NYC Memorial Honors Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Victims
Over 500 people gathered at the site of the historic factory fire in commemoration of the 146 garment workers who died over a century ago.
News
New York City Considers the Removal of Statues of Enslavers
A new bill proposes removing or adding explanatory text to commemorations of individuals who committed “crimes against humanity.”
Film
Bushwick Film Festival Celebrates Its Sweet Sixteen
The festival is back starting October 25 with a lineup of over 125 independent films.
Art
Visit the NYC Bagel Shop Made Entirely of Felt
Artist Lucy Sparrow invites New Yorkers to feast their eyes and immortalize their go-to orders at her interactive pop-up bagel shop.