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Alfredo Jaar’s ‘The Temptation to Exist’ at Galerie Lelong Bit Off More Than...
“The Temptation to Exist,” Alfredo Jaar’s new show at Galerie Lelong, consists of two spaces—the first a dark room with a large neon sign that states the following phrase by the Roman stoic...
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This Weekend Is All About Frieze New York and the Rebirth of the Art Fair
The most expensive contemporary art fair franchise is back in the city. Squeezed on three floors at The Shed, this year’s edition of Frieze New York—its ten-year anniversary—is dominated by the...
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Events in New York City for the First Half of June
New York City is heating up, which means people are out and about, events are every day, and it’s difficult to keep up. We have a curated list of things to look forward to and check out in the coming...
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Pride Events in New York City
June is Pride Month which means New York City is going to be a month-long celebration of queer culture and life! Events every day, it’s important to remember how lucky we are to live in a city where...
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Review: Polymath Artist Frank Walter’s Paintings Shine at David Zwirner...
The New Yorker’s Hilton Als questions definitions of folk and outsider art in an exhibition of works by Antiguan artist and polymath, Frank Walter There is something about landscape painting that...
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Pride Spotlight: Photographer Naima Green Is Documenting the Afro-Queer Present
Pride Spotlight: For Pride Month, Observer is celebrating a variety of queer creatives with a our Pride Spotlight series. Keep an eye out over the month for more profiles of artists, writers, and...
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Observer’s Slambook: Artist Qualeasha Wood on Ethically Colonizing Mars
Observer’s Slambook is a series that is ongoing over at our Arts Newsletter, that I write weekly, where I ask various artists, writers, and culture heads a series of randomized questions. These...
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What to Do In New York City in the Coming Weeks
We love to try to keep you in the know, so we rounded up a few events happening over the next few weeks that are worth checking out! It’s a hectic time for everyone and as always there’s a lot going...
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Double Review: Artists Lydia Ourahmane and Cristina Iglesias Both Have NYC...
In new works on show in Queens and Manhattan, artists Lydia Ourahmane and Cristina Iglesias explore the depth and expanse of physical memory, the multiple spaces offered to inhabit and reimagine, and...
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Observer’s Slambook: Aurora Mattia Has a Parasocial Crush on Townes van Zandt
Observer’s Slambook is a series that is ongoing over at our Arts Newsletter, that I write weekly, where I ask various artists, writers, and culture heads a series of randomized questions. These...
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Review: Cindy Sherman, Living Legend, Rocks it Again at Hauser & Wirth
How many ways are there to describe a middle-aged woman? MILF, maiden, lady, perhaps muse. Cool aunt has become a stand-in for middle-aged women with taste. Older women have less kind names. Hag,...
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Events Happening in New York City the First Two Weeks of August
We love keeping you informed on what’s going on in New York City, and with the heat of August upon us it’s important to keep a guided list of what you’ll be prioritizing. Don’t worry though, we got...
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Observer’s Slambook: Cartoonist Gizem Vural Always Responds to Emails
Observer’s Slambook is a series that is ongoing over at our Arts Newsletter, that I write weekly, where I ask various artists, writers, and culture heads a series of randomized questions. These...
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Review: Artist Portia Munson Takes on Modern Feminism at PPOW Gallery
JSP ART PHOTOGRAPHY “Bound Angel,” environmentalist and feminist artist Portia Munson’s solo exhibition at Tribeca’s PPOW Gallery, asks us to confront the sorry state of modern feminism: stuck under a...
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New York’s Antiquity Fraud Unit is Looking to Arrest a Former Source Turned...
A valuable source for prosecutors who pursue art traffickers in New York has suddenly turned suspect. For the past few years, Lebanese art collector Georges Lotfi provided information regarding looted...
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Comic Creator Frank Miller is Suing the Widow of an Editor for Refusing to...
Amid a rise in the value of comic books and collectibles, comic creator Frank Miller is suing the widow of an independent comics publication editor for refusing to turn over two of Miller’s...
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A Stolen Picasso Was Allegedly Discovered During A Drug Raid in Iraq
Iraqi authorities claim they have inadvertently discovered a stolen Picasso painting worth millions. The discovery allegedly occurred during a narcotics operation on August 13 in the province of...
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Review: Aicon Gallery Presents Colorful Victor Ekpuk and Natvar Bhavsar’s...
Color is a polyphonic language which brings Nigerian-American artist Victor Ekpuk (b.1964) and Indian-American Natvar Bhavsar (b.1934) to explore the expanse of an expressive, richly saturated palette...
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Mexican Textile Artist Victoria Villasana Believes Creation Is Vital to...
If you’re lucky enough, you can spot Victoria Villasana’s miniature embroidered pieces stamped onto the walls of some quaint street in Peru, India or Panama. The artist’s jubilant embroidery weaves...
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Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen’s $1 Billion Art Collection Will Be Sold in...
The art collection of the late Microsoft founder Paul Allen will be sold by Christie’s in November, in what is poised to be the largest auction sale in history. Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection...
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