New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art is holding its Biennial now through September 22, 2019. It features 75 artists and collectives working in painting, sculpture, installation, film and video, photography, performance, and sound. The Whitney Biennial is the longest-running survey of American art,
New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is dedicated to documenting the ever-changing patterns of modern and contemporary art, and it doesn’t get more modern than its latest addition. The museum recently acquired the original set of 176 emoji. The emoji set is a gift
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s new exhibit is completely digital. The exhibit, which is available via the museum’s website, extensively chronicles all of MoMA’s exhibitions from 1929 to the present. MoMA opened its doors in 1929, featuring its first major exhibition, “Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat,
The warm weather makes it a lot more enjoyable to explore New York City, including its prime tourist attractions like Ellis Island, the Empire State Building, High Line, and Central Park. During the summer, the city also offers many free activities, from Shakespeare in the
America’s Cup returned to New York City last weekend for the first time since 1920. The Hudson River provided the backdrop for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. New York is the fifth regatta leading into next year’s 35th America’s Cup, which will be held
Laura Poitras has her first solo exhibition, Astro Noise at the Whitney Museum. The exhibit features immersive works of art that address the viewer with the scope of the mass surveillance by the National Security Agency using materials from Eric Snowden. The title of the
With more than 1,000 art galleries, New York City is one of the greatest metropolitan areas for shopping around for art. From Chelsea to Brooklyn, each gallery offers a unique opportunity to discover new talent and find one-of-a-kind pieces that appeal to your particular tastes.
It is time to head to Miami Beach for the best international art show of the year. Galleries from all over the world display their best work at Art Basel Week in Miami Beach. This year’s event takes place from December 3-6, 2015. First launched
Forget Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman. There is a new rising star on late night — astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. This spring, National Geographic debuted StarTalk, a late-night talk show devoted exclusively to science. “There’s no monologue and no band,” Tyson told the Washington Post.
After forty years, Yoko Ono has finally made her official debut at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971” opened on May 17 and runs through September 7, 2015. While Yoko Ono is most well known as John Lennon’s
The Whitney Museum of American Art has come home to Greenwich Village. The new Whitney Museum building is located at 99 Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District within walking distance from its original home at McDougal Alley. Founded in 1930 by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney,
The Whitney Museum of American Art is kicking off the celebration of its new building with a block party sponsored by Macy’s on May 2, 2015. It will also offer free admission to the museum from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. The new home of
Four massive sculptures by renowned Chinese sculptor Sui Jianguo are currently on display at New York’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza. The monumental sculptures are part of Sui Jianguo’s “Blind Portraits” series. While the large bronze do not quite resemble portraits, they were created “blindly.” Sui
Wang Jianwei: Time Temple recently debuted at the Guggenheim Museum. It is the Beijing-based artist’s first solo museum exhibition in North America. The exhibit also marks the first of three commissions of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative at the museum. According
The Fédération International de la Médaille d’Art (FIDEM) or International Medal Art Federation recently held its 33rd congress in Sofia, Bulgaria. The FIDEM, which was founded in 1937, aims to promote and diffuse the art of medals at international level, to make the art known
Maya Lin, who is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is set receive the art world’s top honor this week. The prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize is awarded annually to “a man or woman who has made an outstanding
Jeff Koons does everything big, from the size of his sculptures to the price tags on his artwork. The new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art is no exception. “Jeff Koons: A Retrospective” takes over nearly the entirety of the Whitney’s Marcel Breuer
In the age of the “selfie,” painting a portrait may seem like a lost art. But it is very much alive at the National Portrait Gallery, which recently held the BP Portrait Awards. The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of
The 2014 Whitney Biennial ended this week. It is the last to take place in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s building at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street. The Museum is moving downtown to its new location in the spring of 2015. The Museum’s
Not only does New York steal some good theater from London, but the Frieze Art Fair has now become a New York art show and part of the established New York art scene. Direct from London, the Frieze Art Fair landed on New York Randall’s
New York City does not show the love when it feels its “I ♥ NY” trademark is threatened, even if the potential offender has gone so far as to emblazon a similar phrase on his knuckles. Sam Penix , the co-owner of Everyman’s Espresso, a
The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a corporation is a “person” for the purposes of the First Amendment. But what are our closest relatives in the animal world, chimps, entitled to? In a novel lawsuit, an animal rights group has asked a New York
Would “a rose by any name smell as sweet” if it was a lawyers name? Could a name help you when Climbing the Corporate Ladder? Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are the latest to celebrity parents to raise eyebrows for their child’s unusual moniker. The
A New York state Appeals court recently ruled that a $2,000 fine levied against an artist who uses “found objects” in his art was unconstitutional. The decision is being heralded as a victory for the “little guy” and basic common sense. Albert Prince removed discarded
By Donald Scarinci: The second annual New York Audio show held at the NY Palace April 12-14 featured the biggest names in the audio and home theater market. New audiophile quality products were brought together for a hands on and ears on experience. Conference rooms
Political themes and artwork are a common pair in many classic and contemporary works of art, and Michael Waugh’s latest exhibit at the Winkleman Gallery in New York does not disappoint. In its grand re-opening following Hurricane Sandy, the gallery is featuring Waugh’s “Offenses Against
Do you find art compilations that span several years of an artist’s career fascinating? If so, Song Dong’s new two-venue exhibit, “Doing Nothing,” may interest you. The contemporary Chinese artist features an exhibit that compiles two decades of his most promising work, a mixture of
The Performance Space 122 kicked off its eighth annual Coil Festival in January, and audience members received the same eclectic and fresh mix of theater, dance and performance artists that have characterized this festival in previous years. The festival brought together groups of artists from
The traditional law school model is arguably in dire need of a makeover. But the legal community can’t seem to agree what a modern legal education should look like. Most recently, a proposal to allow law school students to eliminate their third year and sit
The 12.12.12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden was one of those concerts that people will remember like the concert for Bangla Desh and Live Aid. It brought in millions of dollars to help victims. By the Robin Hood Foundation’s count,
More than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy ravaged through New Jersey, the expansive wreckage is a sorrowful reminder of the thousands of people who lost their homes and belongings. The damage is more pronounced in some areas more than others, but I think we can
Both finalists in this year’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery are featured artists at the Henoch Gallery at 555 W 25th Street in New York City. The Henoch is on my list of favorite Chelsea Galleries and this honor is
Andy Warhol never left New York. He is the subject of two outstanding exhibitions—one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and another at the Benrimon Gallery. “Thank You Andy Warhol” is the tribute exhibit at the Benrimon Contemporary museum in New York. Catherine Johnson, author
It was a spectacular sight to watch the 2012 Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks in New York City from aboard the “Incentive” on the Hudson River. I hope this video conveys the sense of patriotism and pride for America that all the guests shared that night.
Transparency, Institutional Critique and Performance Art dominate the 2012 Whitney Biennial. The curators of the Biennial attempt to take the pulse of the most current trends in American Art and put the snapshot on display in five floors of the Whitney Museum’s viewing space in
