In a series of six photographs, Las Hermanas Iglesias, sisters Janelle and Lisa Igelsias, wear knitted body suits created by their mother, Bodhild Iglesias. The sisters donned their knitted naked suits and explored the unique landscape of Tazmania through these alternative bodies. Placed against the various scenes of the Tasmanian panorama, their “knitted” nude bodies […]

In light of George Baselitz recent remarks about “women painters” in GalleristNY and the unyielding response to New York Times critic Ken Johnson’s preview of the exhibition The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World and Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 it’s clear that prejudice is still alive and kicking.  So […]

This February, NYC’s Transit Museum is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of a national landmark, The Grand Central Terminal.  To kick it off, they’ve published a stunning hardcover book entitled Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark.  The book is thoroughly researched and reads like a library of design, lifestyles, art and […]

Mitchell Innes & Nash focuses on materiality and uncanny painterly approaches.  Visitors will love Anna Betbeze’s large scale, pigmented Greek Flokati carpet works.  The show includes Anna Betbeze, Josh Brand, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Josh Tonsfeldt and will be on view until February 23rd.       Three NYC Group Shows To See This February By […]

As part of the work by Juan Luna, people can purchase a box-set. For only $100, the set includes a three volume Mexican punk compilation created by Luna, a poster, and the signed song list. This work is inspired by Tepito, the largest street market in Mexico City where you can find everything from exotic […]

Alessandro Berni: You were selected for the Italy Pavilion at the Venice Biennial in 2011. What memories do you keep of that period? Verdiana Patacchini: Lots of positive situations – the sort that give you a boost – make you more determined and willing to go all out in order to achieve your dreams. These […]

The layout of the show turns the visitor’s viewing experience, in gallery after gallery; into a poignant walk through the artist’s own personal history, the history of African-Americans in this country, and by extension, peoples around the world. Preparing us for our journey is Family Pictures and Stories (1978-84), the artist’s first major photographic series. […]

FM: This concept of forming community intentionally around a creative collective resonates with collectives I know in the outer boroughs. Much like the Tiny Creatures in L.A., there are many groups in Brooklyn and Queens functioning collectively outside of the art world with DIY values. Do you think sincere community can grow out of DIY […]

Widely celebrated as one of the most revolutionary, outrageous works of the 20th century, an opera that breaks all the rules and expectations, Einstein on the Beach was first premiered in Avignon, France in 1976. Now, 37 years later it has been revived for audiences and is back on an International tour, part of which […]

Artaud’s was the life of a mythic. mad genius, rich in passion, ambition, failure and disease. He is renowned as an expressive and influential figure: Peter Brook staged a play by Marquis de Sade in an asylum, Richard Schechner’s Performance Group smeared themselves with blood for Dionysus, and most famously, Judith Malina and Julian Beck’s […]