Jan 11, 2017 | News & Trending
Artists from around the country are organizing an event called “Art Strike” in which those in creative lines of work are being encouraged to skip school and/or work in protest of Donald Trump’s inauguration. The event, which was organized on social media, will take...
Jan 9, 2017 | News & Trending
Last spring, a billboard featuring an ad for a butt-lift was put up outside the Brooklyn apartment of artist Caroline Caldwell. Initially amused by the 30-foot-tall naked derriere outside her bedroom window, time and thought made her tired of the blatant...
Jan 4, 2017 | Art, New York
“Any child who has never walked into a museum or an art gallery can walk the streets of New York and be exposed to art and education simply by being a New Yorker.” Stirring words from the Governor of New York himself, Andrew Cuomo. On Monday, December 19th, Cuomo...
Jan 3, 2017 | Art, New York
2017 marks the 40th year of the Public Art Fund, New York City’s non-profit dedicated to keeping the city full of contemporary art and new artists in public spaces. They’ll be celebrating all year, but one of the works that visitors can’t afford to...
Jan 2, 2017 | Art, New York
In the 1960s, New York’s master builder Robert Moses was charged with making sure that traffic ran smoothly in the ever-growing city, and he did so with a ruthless hand, removing anything he felt was an impediment. One of his casualties, or rather two, were the...
Dec 22, 2016 | Museums, News & Trending
The Berggruen Gallery will open the doors of its new location on January 13, 2017, across the street from the recently renovated SFMOMA. Though San Francisco was originally thought to be pretty backward when it comes to art galleries and collectors, the Berggruens...
Dec 19, 2016 | Art, Music
Simon Greenberg is a self-identified Manhattan native who grew up and went to art school in New York City. All throughout his life he’s been involved in the city’s art world, working in art galleries and album shops. Now he’s opening his own...
