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David Burnett, [Larry King, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore Preparing a Television Interview], 1992.
Jan 9

How the White House Was Won (in Pictures), and 5 Other Things to Do in New York Now

In the age of television. and now social media, visual imagery has played a key role in presidential elections.
By Alanna Martinez
Terence Broad, Blade Runner—Autoencoded, 2016.
Jan 4

AI Trained to Reconstruct ‘Blade Runner’ From Memory, and 6 Other Things to Do

Artist Terrence Broad build an autoencoder, an "artificial neural network," showed it Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and has trained the software to reconstruct each film frame from memory.
By Alanna Martinez
Queens Museum's Winter Holiday Market.
Dec 14

Holiday Markets for Arts and Crafts, and 7 Other Things to Do

Find artist-made gifts at these holiday markets.
By Alanna Martinez
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. (Photo by )
Dec 6

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

By Alanna Martinez
art basel
Nov 29

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

By Alanna Martinez
Studio 54 Couch, 1979
Nov 15

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

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.
Nov 3

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.
Oct 28

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.
Oct 21

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.
Oct 14

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

By Alanna Martinez
Brian Andrew Whiteley, Trump Tombstone.
Sep 22

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

By Alanna Martinez
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (USA Today), 1990.
Sep 16

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.
Sep 9

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.
Sep 1

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

By Alanna Martinez
Blood Feast (1963) by Herscell Gordon Lewis.
Aug 26

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.
Aug 11

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.
Aug 4

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.
Jul 29

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

By Alanna Martinez
Billie Holiday, c.1947
Jul 6

8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World This Weekend

By Vida Weisblum
Jerry Saltz.
Jun 27

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 1

By Ryan Steadman
Works by Jennie Jieun Lee and Graham Collins.
Jun 20

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

By Ryan Steadman
Tim Cantor, Pathos of Things, 2016.
Jun 16

Weekend Edition: 7 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 20

By Ryan Steadman
Fashion illustration by Antonio Lopez for M.A.C.
Jun 13

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

By Ryan Steadman
An artwork by Derrick Adams.
Jun 9

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

By Ryan Steadman
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