Nov 10, 2015 | Art, New York
It’s time to go on another art adventure! As always, there’s plenty to see in the Big Apple this week, from paintings to meaningful conversations to poetry performances. Here are a few of the things to go see over the next few days. Talk: A conversation about the...
Nov 9, 2015 | Art, Gallery, New York
The Sugar Hill Development in Harlem, New York, is a striking building, built of stepping black blocks with a surface texture that makes one think of coral or peonies. It houses 124 apartment units described as ‘affordable’ and a preschool, and on its...
Nov 6, 2015 | Art, Gallery, New York
Some of the biggest auction houses are gearing up for tremendous sales. Both Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction houses have seen their stocks rise and rise; their total sales clocked in at about $7 billion each in 2014. Earlier this year, Christie’s auctioned off a...
Oct 30, 2015 | Art, Gallery, New York
In the 1940s, Viennese visionary architect Frederick Kiesler conceived of the “Endless House,” his vision of an indefinable dwelling. He re-imaged the word “home” to mean anything a resident could need, not merely shelter and place. His “House” never made it past...
Oct 28, 2015 | Art, New York
John James Audubon, famous naturalist and wildlife artist, is buried in New York City, not far from Broadway and 155th. That’s well known, but only among dedicates of his body of work or of his legacy. His work, the hundreds of hundreds of hand-colored prints...
Oct 26, 2015 | Art, New York, Resources
Each year, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) hosts the Agar Art competition, a collision of art and science in which entries are as much grown as painted. Microbial cultures are painted into agar growth medium and then incubated. In growing, they reveal...
