He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the “mysterious emotional tensions” in his pictures of ordinary people. Source: New York Times
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Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2025
On modest civil servants’ salaries, she and her husband amassed a trove of some 4,000 works by art-world luminaries, storing them in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Source: New York Times
In This Restaurant, the Crabs Are Part of the Art
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
For the Amant art center in Brooklyn, the artist Pierre Huyghe takes inspiration from a Superfund site for a new aquarium commission. Source: New York Times
What Will New York’s Arts Scene Look Like in 2050?
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2025
Cultural figures, including the authors Gary Shteyngart and Jacqueline Woodson, the actors Ilana Glazer and Leslie Odom Jr., and the Guggenheim curator Naomi Beckwith, share their visions for 2050. Source: New York Times
Agnes Gund, Who Oversaw a Major Expansion of MoMA, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2025
A champion of contemporary art, she was the museum’s president for 11 years. She also founded the Art for Justice Fund, donating $100 million. Source: New York Times
A ‘Mural’ of Garage Doors, Painted by Students
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2025
Publicolor, a nonprofit, gets teenagers painting. Usually they work in schools, but for a project downtown, they have a different canvas. Source: New York Times
Barbara Jakobson, Art World Power Broker in New York, Dies at 92
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2025
A longtime trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, she was a savvy collector who befriended young artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and made her townhouse a showcase. Source: New York Times
Frieze New York’s Intimate Art Fair Pops Up at the Shed
By Gotham Rex on May 15, 2023
With 68 galleries, the fair allows collectors to “spend quality time,” with works ranging from granite sculptures to contemporary Pointillist paintings. Source: New York Times
Decades After the Central Park Jogger Attack, a City Marks Its Mistake
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2022
An entrance to Central Park will be named the Gate of the Exonerated, for the teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of a crime that triggered a national conversation on racial injustice. Source: New York Times
The World Keeps Spinning, but the Astor Place Cube Is Stuck in Place
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2022
The 55-year-old sculpture doesn’t move the way it used to. Those who love it want it to be fixed quickly. Source: New York Times
Edward Hopper’s New York, as It Looks Today
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2022
A web-based map from the Whitney Museum lets viewers see the modern-day appearances of the places Hopper painted. Source: New York Times
For Bronx Children’s Museum, a Long-Awaited Home
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2022
After more than 10 years of busing exhibits across the borough, the museum is opening a permanent space on the Harlem River. Source: New York Times
See Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith’s Grand Central Madison Mosaics
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2022
Beach scenes, wild turkeys and fantastic abstract forms in glass grace the M.T.A.’s new Long Island Rail Road terminal, with works by other artists. Source: New York Times
See the Holiday Windows in New York City
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2022
Only a handful of department stores in New York City still create them — but the ones that do go all out. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Museum to Reopen in May
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2022
New York State has committed $20 million for the campus expansion, in the governor’s hometown, designed by the OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu. Source: New York Times