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Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. (Photo by )

Bon Iver Plays Red Hook, and 5 Other Art World Things to Do

Grammy award-winning indie band Bon Iver, lead by Justin Vernon, kicks-off the first half of a 10-show concert series for their new album 22, A Million at artist Dustin Yellin's Red Hook arts space Pioneer Works.
By Alanna Martinez
art basel

Party Like a VIP: Your Fantasy Art Basel Miami Beach Itinerary

Stretch your social calendar to the limit with our ambitious Miami Art Week party list.
By Alanna Martinez
Studio 54 Couch, 1979

Relive Disco at the Museum of Sex, and 5 Other Art World Things to Do

The Museum of Sex will show 40 photos from Bill Bernstein's archives in an immersive installation meant to transport viewers back to the era before disco died.
By Alanna Martinez
Students drawing Iggy Pop during a life drawing class at the New York Academy of Art. The work will go on view for Jeremy Deller's exhibition "Iggy Pop Life Class" at the Brooklyn Museum this fall.

Drawings of Iggy Pop’s Body at Brooklyn Museum, and 5 Things to Do Until Election Day

By Alanna Martinez
Partiers at last year's MoMA PS1 Halloween Ball.

Get Your Halloween Art Party On, and Other Spooky Things to Do This Weekend

By Alanna Martinez
Alex Schweder's The Sound and the Future.

Alex Schweder’s Performative Architecture, and Other Art Things to Do This Weekend

By Guelda Voien
Installation view, The Present is the Form of All Life: The Time Capsules of Ant Farm and LST.

A Selfie Time Capsule in Red Hook, and 5 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Brian Andrew Whiteley, Trump Tombstone.

Donald Trump’s Tombstone Back on Display, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (USA Today), 1990.

Art You Can Take Home at the Jewish Museum, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Carolee Schneemann, Eye Body (From 36 Transformative Actions for Camera), 1963/1985.

X-Rated Art by Women, and 8 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Among them, Uzbekistan-born sculptor Aleksandr Razin whose massive outdoor work made of car bumpers, titled Universal Butterfly, is a showstopper. (The fair "boosted its 'call'" for outdoor sculptures this year, according to Mr. Zito.) If you peer carefully through a porthole tucked away on one side you'll catch an optical illusion formed by slivers of light cutting through a shaft in the sculpture's interior—the effect, according to the artist, looks much like a fluttering butterfly.

An Art Fair Takes Over Governors Island, and 7 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Blood Feast (1963) by Herscell Gordon Lewis.

Druid Film Festival Serves Up a Grindhouse Double Feature, and 4 Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Ydessa Hendeles, Partners (The Teddy Bear Project), 2002.

A Memento Mori-Themed Tour of the New Museum, and 4 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Detail of Joe Dallesandro as Augustin, (1991-1994) by Nayland Blake.

James Fuentes’ Summer Show of Political Art from the ’80s, and 5 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Martha Wilson as GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Martha Wilson to Debut Trump Impersonation at Smack Mellon, and 5 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Works by Jennie Jieun Lee and Graham Collins.

8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World by June 25

By Ryan Steadman
Fashion illustration by Antonio Lopez for M.A.C.

9 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 17

By Ryan Steadman
An artwork by Derrick Adams.

Weekend Edition: 8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 13

By Ryan Steadman
An artwork by Martin Creed.

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 10

By Ryan Steadman
Miley by Marilyn Minter.

WEEKEND EDITION: 8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 6

By Ryan Steadman
S.J. Moodley, [Three Men Dancing in a Line], 1975.

8 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before June 5

By Ryan Steadman
Jordan Kasey, Person with Mirrors, 2016.

Weekend Edition: 7 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before May 30

By Ryan Steadman
Cover Image: Cally Spooner, Baby I Got Better Things To Be Doing With My Time, 2014 (still). Eight 4K Ultra HD commercials; durations between :30 sec and 2 min. Commissioned by Frieze Projects, London; and High Line Art.

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before May 27

By Ryan Steadman
Artist Victoria Roth.

Weekend Edition: 7 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before May 23

By Ryan Steadman
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