Let your senses be dazzled by these exhibits, talks and screenings in New York that celebrate the power and beauty of different media—some newer, some older—and how they have evolved. Read more
Think museums are stuffy, or that art exhibits only take place amid staid white walls? Think again. With live music and libations aplenty, the venues below turn art viewing into party time. Read more
It was, “an evening of three acts,” as described by Commissioner Katherine Oliver of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment at The Museum of the City of New York’s talk “Spotlight on Broadway: New York’s Theater Design and Architecture.”
by Lisa Chung
When the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes to the public for the evening, a select group of curators, artists, musicians and scientists gather at the institution’s 700-seat auditorium for intimate conversations in a new series of ticketed talks called Spark. Read more
Beginning Nov. 8 through March 23, 2014, The Jewish Museum will present Art Spiegelman’s Co-Mix: A Retrospective to celebrate the career of one of the most influential living comics artists: Art Spiegelman. Join Spiegelman and playwright Tony Kushner, both Pulitzer Prize winners, when they discuss issues of authorship and identity later this winter. Read more
At last night’s preview event for the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry-Maxime Loriot shed light on the painstaking process of condensing such an extensive career. The exhibit opens Friday, Oct. 25. Read more
Join for a discussion with the city’s architects and former chief of staff on Oct. 28 to examine how Superstorm Sandy has changed New York and its politics, finances and designs. Read more
Enjoy an evening of conversation and performances—and perhaps a few tall tales—from the creative team and cast from the new Broadway musical Big Fish this November. Read more
Award-winning American photographer David Zimmerman will speak at his latest exhibition One Voice about this series of portraits that shows a cross-section of Tibetan exile society; nomads and revolutionaries, and the impoverished and members of Parliament. One Voice is on view at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery in Manhattan now through Nov. 30. Read more