Performance
Sybil Kempson's Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag, in a world premiere run at the Abrons Arts Center through May 17, is the first production by her new theater company.
Art
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971, an exhibition that opens tomorrow at the Museum of Modern Art, examines in depth the early work and ideas of a well-known, influential Fluxus and multimedia artist.
Art
Sometimes you think you have a handle on an artist’s work, and then a new piece of information comes along that casts it in an entirely different light.
Art
The 2015 Armory Show is barely two months cold, and already another art fair week is upon us.
Art
It’s been about a hundred years since Kazimir Malevich supplanted all imagery in painting with iconic shapes that point not to this world but to one he thought would come.
Art
"Dressing should be fun. Life is short and life is grey, so you can easily dress yourself up, make yourself happy, and then you make other people happy," says nonagenarian fashion icon Iris Apfel in a new documentary by Albert Maysles.
Art
As the Central Park Conservancy celebrates its 35th year, it’s hard to imagine the decrepit shape much of the park was in when they started revitalization efforts in 1980. As part of its anniversary celebrations, the Conservancy partnered with Creative Time.
Art
In 1977, Jean Baudrillard published his take on a shiny new art museum that had just opened in Paris.
Art
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Musicians throughout the ages have wrestled with the question of creative control, and in our modern age, some have found an answer in technology.
Books
"The female prison population in Afghanistan overwhelmingly consists of individuals who are serving 5-to-15-year sentences for moral crimes," Gabriela Maj writes in Almond Garden: Portraits from the Women's Prisons in Afghanistan, out next month from Daylight Books.
Performance
Layered with live performances, multimedia feeds, and casts in which everyone is an actor (including the cameramen and musicians), Doris Mirescu's plays channel the model of the fun house.
Art
HUDSON, NY — River Crossings, the recently opened show up at the historic Thomas Cole House and Olana, Frederic Edwin Church's architectural ode to Orientalism, over-promises and under-delivers.