Teenagers are making boats using the wood from her grove installation at Madison Square Park, and the artist is happy that the work is seeing a new life. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “ART”
After 20 Years, Frank Stella Returns to Ground Zero
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2021
The installation of his sculpture marks a homecoming for the 85-year-old artist, whose diptych at the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11. Source: New York Times
Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A.
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
Investigators have seized so many looted artifacts — more than 3,000 — that storing and caring for them until they can be returned is now a full-time job. Source: New York Times
Donors Withhold Gifts to Protest Changes at Hamptons Sculpture Garden
By Gotham Rex on November 14, 2021
Some patrons of the LongHouse Reserve are upset that its veteran director was let go, but the board says it needed new leadership to expand the garden into a museum with a broader mission. Source: New York Times
Bettina Grossman, an Artistic Fixture at the Chelsea Hotel, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2021
Her apartment was so crowded with her artwork that she slept in the hallway. But she did not become widely known until near the end of her life. Source: New York Times
‘Fighting for Change’: Life as a Black Artist
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2021
The work and struggle by Jamel Robinson and other artists is part of the “African American Art in the 20th Century” exhibition at the Hudson River Museum. Source: New York Times
Jefferson Statue May Be Removed After More Than 100 Years at City Hall
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2021
Black, Latino and Asian City Council members who find the sculpture oppressive and racist may finally win a two-decade fight to remove it from their chamber. Source: New York Times
U.S. Charges Once-Rising Artist With Selling Raymond Pettibon Forgeries
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2021
Christian Rosa is accused in a federal indictment of scheming to defraud art buyers through the sale of four pieces purportedly by Mr. Pettibon. Source: New York Times
Antiquities Dealer Admits Mass-Producing Fakes He Sold for Years
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2021
The owner of a longtime Manhattan gallery said in court that while some customers thought they were buying ancient items, they were actually modern knockoffs, just made to look old. Source: New York Times
Oyster Shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ Has a Pearl of a Message
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
Alan Michelson, a Mohawk artist, explores long-ignored aspects of American history and exploitation of Indigenous landscapes. His work at MoMA PS1 fuses modern media and Native song. Source: New York Times
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and John Lewis Statues Go Up in N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2021
Sculptures of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and John Lewis are on display in a Manhattan park known as a site of protests. “These monuments have meaning,” Mr. Floyd’s brother said. Source: New York Times
Met Museum to Return Ancient Sculpture to Nepal
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2021
Three years after returning two stone sculptures, the museum has decided to give back another artwork to Nepal, this one thought to have been stolen from a temple in the Kathmandu Valley. Source: New York Times
A TikTok Subway Artist Finds His Way to the Lower East Side
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
Growing up in the Bronx, Devon Rodriguez always wanted to move to Manhattan. His 20 million followers helped him get there. Source: New York Times
New York Public Library to Keep Picture Collection Browsable
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
A plan to archive the resource, used by many artists, including Warhol, has been shelved. Source: New York Times
A Harmonic Convergence of Signature Art Surveys
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2021
Greater New York, the New Museum triennial and the Performa biennial, which all open in October, should allow us to take stock of what the year has wrought. Source: New York Times