Art in Odd Places Festival Comes to Manhattan

Art in Odd Places Festival Comes to Manhattan

Art in Odd Places (AiOP) is an organization about putting or performing art in unexpected ways, in unexpected places, with a goal of sneaking art in where it is not technically allowed. It was formed in 1996 in Atlanta by a group of artists who saw a reduction in...
Support for the Theaters of New York City

Support for the Theaters of New York City

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York is an organization that works to support and advocate for the city’s nonprofit theater community. They were founded in 1972 and their mission statement reads that they assist “over 350 member theatres in managing their...
A Bob’s Burgers Inspired Art Exhibition

A Bob’s Burgers Inspired Art Exhibition

Bob’s Burgers is an adult animated TV show that is broadcasted on Fox. It has been wildly popular in the last few years. The show is centered on the Belchers: a family full of quirky personalities. Although the show is mostly centered on humor, at times the storyline...
Sculpture Artist Honors Ferry Sunk by Octopus

Sculpture Artist Honors Ferry Sunk by Octopus

The monument is a modest one, as disaster memorials tend to be; a chest-high marble plinth topped by an evocative bronze sculpture of the event itself cast in rich detail and fronted by an informational plaque. It’s dedicated to the 1963 sinking of the Staten...
Mierle Laderman Ukeles: The Maintenance Workers’ Artist

Mierle Laderman Ukeles: The Maintenance Workers’ Artist

Mierle Laderman Ukeles has been an artist since the 1960s. Her work has spanned from performance pieces to sculpture installations to writing. She has explored a variety of social justice issues, ranging from the role of women to the cultures of labor to the...
Hauser and Wirth Gallery’s New “Fly Away” Exhibition

Hauser and Wirth Gallery’s New “Fly Away” Exhibition

Rashid Johnson’s new exhibition, Fly Away, is well suited for its spacious home in New York’s Hauser and Wirth Gallery. The centerpiece installation, Within Our Gates, is a towering collection of black cube shelves filled with a profusion of plants, books,...
Guggenheim Museum Presents… A Solid Gold Toilet

Guggenheim Museum Presents… A Solid Gold Toilet

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp flipped a urinal on its back, signed it with a pseudonym, and called it art. Or perhaps a collaborator of his did, stories differ. The Society of Independent Artists declined to display the piece in their annual exhibition, which may have been...
Exploring the Line Between Art and Pornography

Exploring the Line Between Art and Pornography

The line between art and pornography is a treacherous one, partly because it’s so hard to decipher. Because both “art” and “pornography” are subjective terms, they evade any attempts to define them. It’s like the old saying goes, “Beauty is in the eye of the...