In the 1970s she called out chauvinism and pushed back against the marginalization of women in the art world, in part by helping to create The Feminist Art Journal. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “ART”
A Photo That Captures a Busier Bygone Era in New York
By Gotham Rex on February 5, 2021
The photographer Andre D. Wagner is based in Brooklyn — but always finds himself coming back to Times Square. Source: New York Times
Richard Feigen, Gallerist and Champion of Art, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
He brought a hard-driving style to the showing and selling of art in New York and beyond. He died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Moynihan Train Hall Becomes a Destination For New Yorkers
By Gotham Rex on January 21, 2021
Pandemic-weary visitors are finding uplift in the new station, with its soaring expanses of glass and light. “Perfect quarantine activity,” one says. Source: New York Times
Trump Pardons Hillel Nahmad, Madison Avenue Art Dealer
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
The New York dealer, scion of a powerful art world family, pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling ring in 2013. Source: New York Times
Review: ‘Painting With John’ Teaches the Art of Living
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
John Lurie’s eccentric HBO series is no Bob Ross how-to. Its lessons are stranger and deeper. Source: New York Times
John Lurie Doesn’t Paint Happy Trees
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
His new series for HBO, “Painting With John,” is a meditative and often joyful blend of painting and personal storytelling. But Bob Ross it isn’t. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Is Days Away From Running Out of Covid Vaccines
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
“We will have literally nothing left to give as of Friday,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The next shipment is expected on Tuesday. Source: New York Times
Celebrating King the Activist (Not Just the Dreamer) in Art
By Gotham Rex on January 15, 2021
A digital tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joins seven Brooklyn-based artists, and BAM. Source: New York Times
Alice Rose George, a ‘Photographer’s Dream Editor,’ Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2021
Her unerring eye for visuals made her a fixture in New York’s magazine world, where she promoted scores of famous and unsung photographers. Source: New York Times
A Scramble to Boost Vaccinations in New York
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2021
Teachers, residents older than 75 and more medical workers can now get Covid-19 shots as the state eases its rules. Source: New York Times
Can New York Speed Up the Vaccine Rollout?
By Gotham Rex on January 5, 2021
The governor threatened penalties for hospitals that don’t increase the pace of inoculations, and made more health care workers eligible. Source: New York Times
Adál Maldonado, Provocative ‘Nuyorican’ Photographer, Dies at 72
By Gotham Rex on January 2, 2021
Adál, who moved from Puerto Rico to New York as a teenager, created art that was often bitingly satirical and politically subversive. Source: New York Times
New York City Cultural Groups Awarded More Than $47 Million in Grants
By Gotham Rex on December 16, 2020
The Department of Cultural Affairs announced Tuesday that more than 1,000 of the city’s cultural organizations would receive the funds. Source: New York Times
Leslie-Lohman Museum Announces New Director
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2020
The nonprofit executive Alyssa Nitchun will lead the museum after its last director, Gonzalo Casals, became the Cultural Affairs Commissioner of New York City. Source: New York Times