Exhibition of Czech and American performance art, experimental photographs and videos by Vladimir Havrilla, Jiri Kovanda, Bruce Nauman, and Andy Warhol. Curated by Dusan Brozman.
Welcome to Williamsburg—New York’s new bohemia. Or is it? For anyone who has ever moved to an affordable neighborhood only to find that gentrification renders it unaffordable — this is the movie for you.
The first North American museum exhibition of works by Alexandre Singh, this presentation will be comprised of the artist’s new series of "Assembly Instructions" entitled "The Pledge."
Works made from standard office supplies such as typewriters, computers, Biro pens, and jotters create geometrically patterned line drawings, paper constructions, audio works, and animations.
This project by Peruvian born, New York and Lima-based artist Ishmael Randall Weeks will provide a meditation on recent Peruvian history in the form of a double slide projection using found slides that Weeks burns, punctures, cuts, and draws upon.
Ice Hot continues with Danish Dance Theatre performing "Love Songs", a sensual, evening-length piece by British-born, Artistic Director Tim Rushton, who has created an intimate portrait of love in a jazzy universe. The music, composed of cherished jazz classics from the good old days originally sung by legendary artists Ella, ...
ManhattanFri, May 18, 2012, 7:00 am - Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 10:00 pm
"Lying Figure" reclines under the Standard Hotel on the High Line—a 15-foot-long bronze sculpture of a headless giant resting on its elbows. The third project in the High Line Commissions series juxtaposes "Lilliput," the group exhibition that debuted in April.
A dramatic, multimedia installation on Grand Central's century long lifespan will be the centerpiece of a year-long centennial celebration revealing how the iconic building, on the verge of changing the way New Yorkers travel over the next decade, shaped modern New York and determines its future.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Schomburg presents 171 pre– and post– Civil War era photographs of enslaved and free black women, men and children.
Throughout his long career, Henri Matisse (1869–1954) continually expanded the boundaries of his art. By repeating images in pairs, trios, and series, he conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting."
Forever grieving the death of her father, consumed with dreams of revenge against the mother who killed him, Electra awaits the return of her exiled brother. But what will she do when she learns her Orestes is dead? Will she give in to despair or continue the fight?