Ever wonder what happened to the artist’s 85-foot stairwell, sold at auction? It’s at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver — sliced and diced and on loan from a collector. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “ART”
Islands in the Stream, That Is Where We Are
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2021
New York is almost entirely set on a group of islands. Here’s how to enjoy some of the lesser-known ones. Source: New York Times
Hash Halper, Street Artist Who Adorned New York With Hearts, Dies at 41
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2021
He was something of a downtown folk hero, bringing positivity to a harsh city with his humble shards of chalk. But he harbored his own struggles. Source: New York Times
In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2021
The installation in the heart of Madison Square Park is the artist’s memorial to another war — the one against nature. Source: New York Times
Now You See the Art. Now You Don’t.
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
In their first collaboration, the High Line and the Shed invite the public to a sculpture hunt, in augmented reality. Do you see the ladybug? The floating ice cube? Source: New York Times
‘The People That Are Within These Frames’: A Community Offers Self-Portraits
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2021
The New York Times asked photography students at the Bronx Documentary Center to show us how they see themselves. Source: New York Times
Takashi Murakami Helps Present Art Fair’s ‘Super-Rough’ in SoHo
By Gotham Rex on June 4, 2021
Murakami explains that artists like himself “have been hugely influenced by art brut artists,” as some 200 works by art brut and outsider artists are about to go on display. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Gallery Commemorating Tulsa Massacre Vandalized
By Gotham Rex on June 3, 2021
The Black Wall Street Gallery in New York was vandalized three times this week, its owner said. He called on the police to treat it as a hate crime. Source: New York Times
5 Things to Do on Memorial Day Weekend
By Gotham Rex on May 27, 2021
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City. Source: New York Times
MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found.
By Gotham Rex on May 27, 2021
In 1950, the museum exhibited Gregory Ain’s modernist creation. It’s now nestled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Source: New York Times
Terence Riley, Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
He was the chief architectural curator at MoMA, overseeing shows and the museum’s massive redesign, then moving on to the Miami art world. Source: New York Times
Whitney Museum Workers Forming Union With U.A.W.
By Gotham Rex on May 18, 2021
Like other museums in the city, members of the Whitney staff are organizing with the United Auto Workers. Source: New York Times
From David Hammons, a Tribute to Pier 52 and Lastingness
By Gotham Rex on May 13, 2021
Their artistic paths crossed like ships in the night. But in “Day’s End,” Hammons creates an immortalizing homage to Gordon Matta-Clark and art history. Source: New York Times
The Art Party Circuit Comes Roaring Back at Frieze New York
By Gotham Rex on May 8, 2021
But even Michael R. Bloomberg, whose name graces the building, got stuck outside the Shed until he provided the proper Covid documentation. Source: New York Times
Pamela Kraft, 77, Dies; Arts Magnet and Champion of Indigenous Rights
By Gotham Rex on May 7, 2021
She immersed herself in New York’s creative underground, then shifted to globetrotting activism for decades as the founder of Tribal Link. Source: New York Times