Elmhurst Hospital was hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. New public exhibitions honor the patients and staff members impacted.
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NYC Gives $26 Million for Major Queens Museum Expansion
The visual arts institution and educational center is located in the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.
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How Many Latinx Women Artists Have Had Solo Shows At MoMA PS1?
In her performance last weekend, Yali Romagoza asked difficult questions about the museum’s representation of Latinx artists.
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Kenneth Tam Creates a New Frame for Asian American Masculinity
Tam’s work always comes back to the body, emphasizing what lays beyond our daily performances.
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Niki de Saint Phalle’s Vibrant, Multidimensional Universe
The contribution of Structures for Life is its ability to move beyond Saint Phalle’s most acclaimed works.
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Before and After Photographs of 5Pointz Mural Site Show a Bleak Transformation
See how a historic monument to graffiti art was unrecognizably transformed into a luxury high rise with the personality of a sad hotel lobby.
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“They Feel Like a Time Capsule”: Portraits of New York Commuters, Pre-Pandemic
David Rothenberg photographed passersby between 2019 and March 2020 at a subway station in Jackson Heights, Queens.
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Classical Snow Sculptures Storm Astoria Park
Unsatisfied with Netflix like most of us, artists Melissa Vadakara and Marios Tzavellas decided the neighborhood needed a “symbolic protector.”
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Sculptural Paintings That Channel the Static Soup of Television
In Tishan Hsu’s work, the canvas becomes a television, a platform of multiple channels, where what channel to tune into is the viewer’s choice.
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Making Art Against the Backdrop of Incarceration
In a year of perpetual change, Marking Time demonstrates the urgent need for a shift in culture, one where crisis need not be the charge for moving towards a better world.
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SCOTUS Declines to Review 5Pointz Case, Cementing Settlement for Artists
The Supreme Court declined G&M Realty’s petition to review the case, upholding a 2018 federal court ruling that awarded $6.7 million in damages to 21 artists at the site.
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An Artist-led Vigil for Coronavirus Victims Mourned the 212,000 Dead
As the president continued to downplay the dangers of the virus, a group of artists and activists gathered on Tuesday to mourn the thousands of lives lost and urge the country to vote.