The curators of the Asia Society Triennial planned a really big show. They didn’t plan on reconfiguring it for a city dealing with a pandemic. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “ART”
Honoring Latinx Art, Personal and Political
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2020
El Museo del Barrio celebrates its own electric history, and present, in a show about the Puerto Rican workshop Taller Boricua. Source: New York Times
2 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
Justine Hill makes more with less in her multipart abstract paintings; Kevin Beasley mixes the political with the personal in “Reunion.” Source: New York Times
How a Medusa Sculpture From a Decade Ago Became #MeToo Art
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2020
Some criticized the fact that the artist behind the work, which was unveiled on Tuesday, was a man. One backer says men need to be in the conversation. Source: New York Times
A Gallery Resurgence in Chelsea
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2020
In the face of economic unknowns, the message from the city’s galleries is: we’re not taking this lying down. Roberta Smith on 16 of the neighborhood’s most riveting painting shows. Source: New York Times
Guggenheim’s Top Curator Is Out as Inquiry Into Basquiat Show Ends
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2020
An independent investigation found no mistreatment of a Black curator, Chaédria LaBouvier, but the chief curator, Nancy Spector, who is white, is leaving after 34 years. Source: New York Times
The Artist John Newman Says a Fake Check Scam Cost Him $12,000
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2020
A payment for a pair of drawings by Newman showed up in his bank account — then vanished a few days later. Source: New York Times
Why This Artist Is Paying Bodegas With 120,000 Pennies
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2020
A message about the pandemic, inscribed on $1,200 worth of coins, is trickling into New York’s shops, and possibly your pocket. Source: New York Times
A Countercultural Dreamland From Tokyo Flickers at MoMA
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2020
In 1969, Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver created a moving-image environment with 18 projectors. Now his and other expanded cinema works from Japanese pioneers are in New York. Source: New York Times
Frick Announces Plans for Its Two-Year Stay in Breuer Building
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2020
While its mansion is under renovation, the Frick will show its permanent collection in the Brutalist building owned by the Whitney and recently occupied by the Met. Source: New York Times
The Empty Stages of N.Y.C.
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2020
Most concerts, plays and other live performances have yet to resume. The pandemic fallout has devastated creative workers and hurt the city. Source: New York Times
Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2020
The harshness of life behind bars is designed to crush inmates’ individuality. But a stirring exhibition at MoMA PS1 shows the prison-industrial complex can’t stifle the artistic impulse. Source: New York Times
Photoville Adds New Venues, Vistas and Vision
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2020
A joyous jumble of 60-plus shows in five boroughs, it is a reminder of photography’s power not just to document crisis, but to help imagine better lives. Source: New York Times
A New York Clock That Told Time Now Tells the Time Remaining
By Gotham Rex on September 20, 2020
Metronome’s digital clock in Manhattan, has been reprogrammed to illustrate a critical window for action to prevent the effects of global warming from becoming irreversible. Source: New York Times
Things to Do This Week
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2020
You could also check out a Sims-inspired art show, get the expert take on Fashion Week or try a TrapAerobics class. Source: New York Times