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fromHyperallergic
1 hour ago

What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies?

Materials for the Arts provides essential resources for arts education and cultural programs in New York City, advocating for expansion to all boroughs.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 hour ago

Brooklyn Pop: An experience as rich as the borough itself, created by Mr. Kaves

"We find beauty out of struggle and out of something broken," says the artist, emphasizing the importance of representing life in Brooklyn through the exhibit.
Brooklyn
Music production
fromPaste Magazine
7 hours ago

Meet EXO-TECH: An improvisational collective in NYC

EXO-TECH is a collective of musicians led by Sophia Brous and Kimbra, blending diverse styles in a vibrant live performance setting.
Paris food
fromColossal
2 hours ago

A Strong Gust of Wind Disrupts the Mundane in 'Jour de Vent'

Wind influences the destinies of characters in the animated short film 'Jour de Vent', showcasing themes of change and connection.
NYC music
fromBrooklynVegan
22 hours ago

My New Band Believe (ex black midi) adds more tour dates; new album out this week

My New Band Believe, led by Cameron Picton, releases their debut album and announces a North American tour with multiple dates.
London
fromTime Out London
12 hours ago

Orchestral music on a council estate and reindeer skull art are this weekend's best free things to do in London

April 10-12 offers a variety of free activities in London, including music, art, and performances for budget-conscious residents.
fromCurbed
3 hours ago

'They Put the B-team on the New Museum'

Many critics praised the new building as 'a shot of rejuvenating playfulness' and 'brilliantly subtle,' while others noted it appeared rushed with visible flaws like packing tape on the staircase.
Renovation
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
22 hours ago

Sink your teeth into it: An interview with Kenji Bunch and Greg Ewer * Oregon ArtsWatch

Greg has been perhaps my biggest supporter of this project since it started. Greg commissioned the first batch of duos. A while back, he asked me how close I was to getting the first half of them done because I'd always talked about doing two volumes, a book one and book two of the forty-four duos, the way Bartók has them in two volumes.
Berlin music
#new-york-city
New York City
fromIslands
5 hours ago

The 5 Most Incredible Free Tourist Attractions In New York City - Islands

New York City offers numerous free tourist attractions, making it accessible for budget-conscious visitors.
NYC food
fromThe Manual
20 hours ago

More indulgeance in NYC for you to plan for your next trip to the big city

Indulge in an authentic New York City experience with luxury accommodations and gourmet dining options.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
22 hours ago

Angine de Poitrine albums now available on vinyl

Angine de Poitrine's albums Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are sold out in Canada but will have wider US distribution on June 12.
#photography
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fromenglish.elpais.com
7 hours ago

An open door into the rooms of Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and other residents of the legendary Chelsea Hotel

Albert Scopin's experiences and photographs at the Chelsea Hotel in 1969 reflect a vibrant artistic community and the era's creative freedom.
Writing
fromenglish.elpais.com
7 hours ago

An open door into the rooms of Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and other residents of the legendary Chelsea Hotel

Albert Scopin's experiences and photographs at the Chelsea Hotel in 1969 reflect a vibrant artistic community and the era's creative freedom.
Independent films
fromIndieWire
4 hours ago

Sundance Heads South: Festival Announces Lineup for Third CDMX Edition in Mexico

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival CDMX will showcase 15 feature films and six shorts in Mexico City from April 30 to May 3.
Film
fromQueerty
7 hours ago

The wild world of virtual sex work: 6 essential queer cam stories - Queerty

Camming has become a significant form of sex work, especially among queer individuals seeking creative freedom or economic necessity.
fromAnOther
11 hours ago

Young-jun Tak's Eyes Are Always on the Audience

"It's bizarre to watch people in this way - even in gay cruising areas you wouldn't stare at other bodies this intensely. Now, whenever I go to a concert, especially at the Berliner Philharmonie with its encircling seating, my gaze hovers over the audience as well as the stage."
Berlin
NYC LGBT
fromwww.amny.com
1 day ago

Red Bull Dance Your Style takes over the Brooklyn Museum this weekend

Red Bull Dance Your Style in NYC showcases freestyle street dance without judges or rehearsed choreography, emphasizing instinct and musicality.
SF music
fromThe Bold Italic
1 day ago

Bars With Live Music in San Francisco

San Francisco's bar scene offers vibrant live music experiences, featuring various genres and intimate settings.
Chicago
fromSURFACE
2 days ago

Edge at Hudson Yards Will Introduce Multi-Sensory Installations, and Other News. - SURFACE

Edge at Hudson Yards will transform into an immersive art destination with multi-sensory installations this summer.
London music
fromBrooklynVegan
2 days ago

Harry Styles-curated Meltdown Festival has Kamasi Washington, Dev Hynes, James Murphy, Jon Hopkins, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, more

Harry Styles curates the 2026 Meltdown Festival featuring a diverse lineup of artists across various genres from June 11-21 at the Southbank Centre.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 hours ago

Required Reading

Compton's art center aims to support formerly incarcerated artists and promote rehabilitation through creative expression.
NYC music
fromTime Out New York
in 59 minutes

One of the world's largest dance parties returns to NYC next month

The New York Dance Parade celebrates its 20th anniversary with over 10,000 dancers and 100 styles in Manhattan on May 16.
fromBrooklyn Paper
7 hours ago

Brooklyn Creative Reuse opens brick-and-mortar shop in Sunset Park * Brooklyn Paper

"We accept anything that could be used in some sort of creative way, so it's very open."
Brooklyn
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 day ago

Hande Yener and Madrigal Ignite the Music Scene with "Ego": A Captivating Berlin-Filmed Collaboration - KALTBLUT Magazine

The collaboration marries Yener's distinctive vocals with the punchy sound of Madrigal, resulting in a contemporary track that resonates with emotional complexity.
Berlin music
fromOpen Culture
22 hours ago

Explore 1,000,000 Digitized Artworks from Across the UK: Paintings, Sculptures, Street Art & More

Art UK has taken it as its mission to digitally unite one million artworks from 3,500 institutions. This free-to-all portal connects everyone with the UK's public art collections.
London
fromMpls.St.Paul Magazine
2 days ago

Design Destinations: New York City

"It's a really special spot. When you start at the top and move down the gently sloped ramp, you almost feel like a marble tumbling down, looking at art as you roll by. The slight slant plays with your sense of perspective and grounding."
NYC food
#architecture
fromArchDaily
15 hours ago
Design

A Picture Worth a Thousand Pixels: Turning Disneyland Paris into a Canvas

Architecture in curated environments like Disneyland Paris must perform and communicate effectively through innovative facade designs.
fromArchDaily
2 days ago
Design

What Is the Technosphere and Why Does It Redefine Architecture?

Architecture is now influenced by global systems and infrastructures, acting as a mediator within the technosphere.
Design
fromArchDaily
15 hours ago

A Picture Worth a Thousand Pixels: Turning Disneyland Paris into a Canvas

Architecture in curated environments like Disneyland Paris must perform and communicate effectively through innovative facade designs.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

What Is the Technosphere and Why Does It Redefine Architecture?

Architecture is now influenced by global systems and infrastructures, acting as a mediator within the technosphere.
#wendy-eisenberg
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fromPitchfork
17 hours ago

Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg embraces love songs with newfound confidence, exploring themes of happiness and vulnerability in their latest work.
Music production
fromSPIN
3 days ago

Wendy Eisenberg Unplugs and Taps In - SPIN

Wendy Eisenberg's music blends introspective folk with experimental elements, showcasing a shift towards conventional instrumentation while maintaining an underlying weirdness.
Writing
fromPitchfork
17 hours ago

Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg embraces love songs with newfound confidence, exploring themes of happiness and vulnerability in their latest work.
Music production
fromSPIN
3 days ago

Wendy Eisenberg Unplugs and Taps In - SPIN

Wendy Eisenberg's music blends introspective folk with experimental elements, showcasing a shift towards conventional instrumentation while maintaining an underlying weirdness.
#new-music
Arts
fromWallpaper*
1 hour ago

One of our favourite London design galleries just opened a New York pop-up

Gallery Fumi has launched its longest US exhibition in New York, focusing on handcrafted pieces and deepening its presence in the American market.
NYC music
fromBKMAG
7 hours ago

Things to Do in Brooklyn This Weekend

Unique events this week include a horror comedy show, live music, and creative workshops featuring unusual themes.
Music production
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 day ago

Sound of the Week: Baby Yors - Americano Doble - KALTBLUT Magazine

Americano Doble is a significant album by Baby Yors, showcasing a blend of experimental soul and pop sensibilities across fifteen tracks.
Berlin music
fromVulture
2 days ago

Should a School Shooting Be Turned Into Opera?

Opera has long aestheticized human suffering, exemplified by Kaija Saariaho's final work, which transforms a school shooting into a modernist experience.
London
fromTime Out London
1 day ago

London is getting a mind-boggling new illusion museum

The Museum of Illusions is opening a second UK location in London this May, featuring unique exhibits like a 'Ghost Room' and gravity-defying illusions.
fromBrooklyn Paper
3 days ago

New York City's first Trans Art Fest showcases, connects and empowers trans artists * Brooklyn Paper

Carter Shocket stated, 'They kind of felt like they happened and then they were over, like it wasn't a long-lasting kind of project. It was just a flash-in-the-pan kind of thing.'
Brooklyn
NYC music
fromTime Out New York
in 45 minutes

BAM's new film series is a love letter to Hoyt-Schermerhorn station

Hoyt-Schermerhorn station celebrates its 90th anniversary with a film series showcasing its role in various movies as an iconic NYC subway location.
Music production
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The future of music is human-generated

The music industry's value is shifting from songs to the human connection behind performances as AI-generated music becomes abundant.
#art
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago
Arts

Beer With a Painter: Tom Burckhardt

Tom Burckhardt uses skepticism and humor in his art to challenge categorization and encourage viewers to find meaning in abstraction.
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago
Arts

In praise of upheaval: Women, art, and the refusal of stillness | amNewYork

Art emerges from upheaval, reflecting change as an inherent female quality and rejecting imposed stillness.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
9 hours ago

Where nostalgia turns decadent: The Moonlighters take Tribeca

The Moonlighters by Michael Fredo evokes nostalgia with a refined atmosphere, blending charm and awareness in its artistic presentation.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

In praise of upheaval: Women, art, and the refusal of stillness | amNewYork

Art emerges from upheaval, reflecting change as an inherent female quality and rejecting imposed stillness.
NYC music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 day ago

Radiohead installation & film 'KID A MNESIA' coming to NYC & other cities after Coachella

Motion Picture House featuring KID A MNESIA will showcase a large-scale audiovisual installation at Coachella and other cities this year.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 days ago

MusicWatch Monthly: Any actual existence * Oregon ArtsWatch

Chris Thomas, a notable composer, has created music that resonates with the styles of John Williams and Danny Elfman, particularly in his theme park compositions.
Music production
Arts
fromArtnet News
7 hours ago

You Can Become an Artwork at This New York Museum-Thanks to Piero Manzoni

Piero Manzoni's Magical Base transforms participants into art, challenging traditional notions of art and the artist's role.
NYC music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 day ago

Thursday announce 'A City By the Light Divided' NYC boat show w/ Tim Kasher & Old Canes

Thursday celebrates anniversaries of their albums with a special performance of A City By The Light Divided in NYC on June 4.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
16 minutes ago

Art Movements: Meet The Met's New Photography Curator

Oluremi C. Onabanjo is appointed curator of photographs at The Met, enhancing representation of African and Black diasporic histories.
fromBrooklynVegan
2 days ago

No Fun Fest returns to NYC with Lee Ranaldo, Zola Jesus, Bill Nace, Nate Wooley, more

No Fun Fest returns to NYC for the first time since 2009 as No Fun New Perspectives, a three-day event featuring avant-garde and improvisational music.
NYC music
fromHyperallergic
2 hours ago

David Novros's Portable Murals

Seeing the Alhambra in Granada was an extraordinary experience for me. It was the first time that I understood painting as something other than an object hanging on a wall. I thought that paintings could be in a fixed place, made for that place, made for the light of the place, experienced kinesthetically.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
1 day ago

Edge is getting a wild immersive makeover this summer

The entire indoor journey, from entry to elevator to the 100th floor, has been reimagined as a multi-sensory, immersive environment. The overhaul comes via a collaboration between experiential design firm Journey, multimedia studio Moment Factory and NYC-based design outfit SOFTlab.
NYC music
Arts
fromArtforum
7 hours ago

K-POP, FUNGI, AND TERRACE RAVES: Art Basel Hong Kong 2026

Hong Kong Art Week showcased numerous events amid economic uncertainty, highlighting new galleries and diverse artistic expressions.
#marcel-duchamp
#radiohead
NYC music
fromConsequence
1 day ago

Radiohead to Launch Kid A Mnesia Immersive Installation Tour After Coachella Debut

Radiohead's KID A MNESIA universe will premiere at Coachella, featuring a physical art installation and audiovisual experience in select cities afterward.
fromHyperallergic
1 hour ago

Guggenheim Museum Appoints Melissa Chiu as Next Director

Melissa Chiu's appointment as the Guggenheim Museum's new director comes at a challenging time for the institution, which has faced fiscal instability and staff layoffs in recent years.
Arts
NYC music
fromThe Aquarian
3 days ago

The Manhattan Beat: 50+ Awesome Live Music Events This Week in NYC

Over 50 concerts are recommended in New York City this week across various venues and genres.
NYC music
fromBrooklynVegan
2 days ago

Kim Gordon adds new shows to summer tour, NYC & LA included

Kim Gordon announced new tour dates for her solo album PLAY ME, including cities like Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Jasper Johns Keeps Looking

Jasper Johns seemed to reject the tortured, in-the-moment 'I' of Abstract Expressionism, ironically commenting on the heroism and spontaneity associated with Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning in his early work.
Arts
NYC music
fromThe Washington Post
1 week ago

Opinion | What's that mysterious sound in Times Square? Look down.

Max Neuhaus created 'Times Square,' a sound sculpture that blends urban noise with art, designed to be experienced without any visible markers.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

The Museum Breathing Life Into New York's Downtown Performance Scene

The Leslie-Lohman Museum connects art with the needs of the queer community amidst political challenges.
Arts
fromArchitectural Digest
1 day ago

This Design Residency Is Turning India's Artisan Workshops Into a Pipeline to Milan Design Week

Shakti Design Residency connects global designers with Indian artisans to create new works showcased at Milan Design Week.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

One Last Chance to See Durer's Monumental Print in NYC

Albrecht Dürer's 'Triumphal Arch' will be stored at the New York Public Library this fall due to its age and fragility.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Josh Kline Misses the Mark

Artists face an affordability crisis in New York City, and solutions require action rather than relocation.
Arts
fromTime Out London
1 day ago

Last chance! Three excellent London exhibitions close this weekend

Several major art exhibitions in London are closing on April 12, including those featuring Turner and Constable.
fromOpen Culture
1 day ago

How the CIA Secretly Funded Abstract Expressionism During the Cold War

The work of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning wound up as part of a secret CIA program during the height of the Cold War, aimed at promoting American ideals abroad.
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Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Saad Khan Archives the Detritus of Censored Culture

Khajistan is an archive preserving censored media from South Asia to the Maghreb, founded by Saad Khan in 2019.
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Kamrooz Aram Is Everywhere

The Duchamp exhibition at MoMA is encyclopedic, thought-provoking, and sometimes surprising. It spans the entire sixth floor and invites viewers to engage deeply with his work.
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fromAnOther
2 days ago

Brilliant Things to Do This April

April features significant cultural exhibitions including Francesca Woodman, Senga Nengudi, and Isaac Julien.
fromColossal
3 days ago

7 Artists We're Excited to See at EXPO CHICAGO 2026

Aliza Nisenbaum's vibrant portraiture portrays her subjects in bold chromatics, echoing her larger project, a celebratory mural for the Obama Presidential Center.
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Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds

The Jewish Museum presents the first US exhibition focusing on Paul Klee's late work, highlighting his response to 1930s fascism.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

The Business of KAWS: What Data and a Museum Show Reveal About His Market | Artnet News

KAWS has shown an uncanny ability to connect with a wide variety of people. Younger buyers clamor for his $50 Uniqlo T-shirts, while trophy-hunting collectors shell out millions for paintings.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

15 Shows to See in New York City This April

New York's art scene thrives on experimental exhibitions in smaller venues, showcasing diverse and innovative works that challenge conventional narratives.
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

The Art World Is a Joke

Kamrooz Aram is everywhere this year, from Mumbai Art Week to the Whitney Biennial, and critic Aruna D'Souza is grateful. She pens a beautiful meditation on his work, reading his abstract paintings as not simply a denunciation of Western modernism nor a reassertion of Islamic visual motifs, but something else entirely - something gestural, exuberant, riotous, and incomparably his own.
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Arts
fromGothamist
1 week ago

A one-man psychedelic art empire thrives in Brooklyn

Alex Aliume's Brooklyn studio attracts thousands of visitors with his unique glow-in-the-dark art and immersive experiences.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Rare Rauschenberg Experimental Dance Revived at Brooklyn Roller Rink

The Trisha Brown Dance Company is reviving Robert Rauschenberg's 1963 dance 'Pelican' for the first time in 60 years at a Brooklyn event.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere

Jean Cooney will become executive director of Creative Time; major museum leadership changes include Sally Tallant leaving Queens Museum, Yasha Grobman in Jerusalem, and Amy Sherald signing with CAA.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Very 2026 Art Reading List

Art world highlights for 2026 include forthcoming art books, major grants to artists, museum programming experiments, and renewed focus on cultural repatriation and exhibitions.
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