Guide
5 Shows to See in Upstate New York This February
Tony Cokes's urgent video works, Caitlin MacBride’s Shaker-inspired paintings, Barrow Parke's mytho-mathematical survey, and other shows that’ll warm your winter.
Upstate New York
Guide
Your Guide to Art Excursions Outside NYC This Fall
Here are 19 art exhibitions to check out in Upstate New York, Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
Guide
New York’s Upstate Art Weekend Is Back, and Bigger Than Ever
The event celebrates its third edition with 100 exhibitions and more than 50 open studios from Beacon to the Catskills.
Art
Revisiting the Joy of Pattern and Decoration
The Pattern and Decoration movement was a hard-charging assault on traditions both ancient and oppressive. It was also an explosion of joyously liberated impulses.
Art
A Look at Nick Cave's Stunningly Colorful Show at Jack Shainman's New School
KINDERHOOK, NY — If Jack Shainman wanted to make a splash in upstate New York with his new space The School, then he achieved that goal, as last Saturday's opening brought roughly 800 locals and art worlders together in a transformed schoolhouse in the town of 8,500.
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Getting Your Fix with Art-o-mat
While in Rochester I stopped by the George Eastman House the former home of Kodak film founder George Eastman, and now home to a pretty unique photography museum. The real treasure though, was both unlikely and unexpected. On my I encountered a vintage cigarette machine, cheerily out of time and pla
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Dread Scott Is Bringing the Wars Home
I encountered Dread Scott's curious flag project, “Flags Are Very Popular These Days” (2011), on Facebook and was fascinated by its simplicity. Last month, the artist placed the flags of four nations (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan) on overpasses in upstate New York. These symbols of pride for