Tag: arts
New MoMA Exhibit Available on Your Laptop
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, van Gogh,” the same year. In the decades that followed, […]
November 14, 2016
Laura Poitras at the Whitney Museum
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 work, Astro Noise, is a reference to whistleblower Eric Snowden’s […]
April 5, 2016
New York City Art Galleries Starter Guide
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. Below are the author’s pick of several art galleries that […]
January 4, 2016
Art Basel Week 2015 In Miami
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 in 2002, Art Basel in Miami Beach now attracts 70,000 […]
November 23, 2015
Sui Jianguo “Blind Portraits” Series Arrives in Central Park
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 created small clay models while blindfolded, which were digitized and […]
January 19, 2015
Artist Maya Lin to Receive 21st Annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
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 contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind’s […]
November 10, 2014
New York City’s David Kassan Wins Third at BP Portrait Awards 2014
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 famous British men and women. Today, it remains relevant by […]
July 28, 2014
Coil Festival 2013 Provides Eclectic Mix of Artists
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 several global regions, each with their own unique backgrounds, themes, […]
February 11, 2013