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Lujira Cooper: “I’ve become more concerned about other people’s rights.” Photo: Karsten Thormaehlen
Lujira Cooper: “I’ve become more concerned about other people’s rights.” Photo: Karsten Thormaehlen

The Faces of LGBTQ Pioneers

In the summer of 1969, when the Stonewall riots transpired, Lujira Cooper felt disconnected from the movement. In part, she...

City Arts
25 Jan 2021 | 10:03
Jazz bassist and composer Neal Caine. Photo courtesy of Neal Caine
Jazz bassist and composer Neal Caine. Photo courtesy of Neal Caine

Playing Like Mad

Standing beside his dark-wooded bass in a slim blue suit at downtown jazz club, Smalls, musician, Neal Caine, doffs his mask...

City Arts
13 Jan 2021 | 11:44
“Zapatistas” (1932) by Alfredo Ramos Martínez from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Adel Gorgy
“Zapatistas” (1932) by Alfredo Ramos Martínez from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Adel Gorgy

‘Vida Americana’ at the Whitney

There’s still time to see the Whitney’s “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945,” one of the best...

City Arts
05 Jan 2021 | 04:15
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing “Paquita.” Photo by Marcello Orselli.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing “Paquita.” Photo by Marcello Orselli.

Dancers Dancing

Many of us have learned over the past months that art is a form of self-care. Emotional and intellectual vistas are opened,...

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04 Dec 2020 | 04:25
“Doors for Doris,” Sam Moyer, 2020, Bluestone, poured concrete, assorted marble, and steel. Presented by Public Art Fund at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, September 16, 2020—September 12, 2021. Courtesy Sam Moyer Studio and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: Nicholas Knight, Courtesy Public Art Fund, NY
“Doors for Doris,” Sam Moyer, 2020, Bluestone, poured concrete, assorted marble, and steel. Presented by Public Art Fund at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, September 16, 2020—September 12, 2021. Courtesy Sam Moyer Studio and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: Nicholas Knight, Courtesy Public Art Fund, NY

Walk With Women Artists

Last year, museums, galleries, universities and arts centers around the country announced that 2020 would be a year to celebrate...

City Arts
20 Nov 2020 | 03:42
Ellen Cornfield (top row, second from left) on Zoom with dancers. Photo courtesy of Ellen Cornfield
Ellen Cornfield (top row, second from left) on Zoom with dancers. Photo courtesy of Ellen Cornfield

A Day in the Life of a NY Choreographer

I recall interviewing Merce Cunningham when the legendary choreographer was in his very late years. He was mastering the...

City Arts
16 Sep 2020 | 10:14
“Invictus,” a newly commissioned work by composer Anthony Barfield, premiered on September 1.
“Invictus,” a newly commissioned work by composer Anthony Barfield, premiered on September 1.

Art Therapy

Painters can retreat to a garret, island, barn or the kitchen table. Writers mostly need keyboards and quiet. Performing...

City Arts
09 Sep 2020 | 05:10
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, “The Progress of Love: The Pursuit,” 1771–72, oil on canvas, 125 1/8 x 84 7/8 inches, The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Michael Bodycomb
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, “The Progress of Love: The Pursuit,” 1771–72, oil on canvas, 125 1/8 x 84 7/8 inches, The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Michael Bodycomb

Fragrances and Fragonard

As the virus persists and puts a damper on travel and adventure, the curators at the Frick have been bringing snapshots of...

City Arts
03 Sep 2020 | 11:04
Yoko Ono (b. 1933, Japan), DREAM TOGETHER, 2020, installed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art © Yoko Ono. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen
Yoko Ono (b. 1933, Japan), DREAM TOGETHER, 2020, installed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art © Yoko Ono. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen

NYC Museums Begin to Reopen

DREAM TOGETHER Those are the larger than life words emblazoned on the front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yoko Ono...

City Arts
29 Aug 2020 | 05:31
Pixie Aventura. Photo: Pixie Aventura on Instagram
Pixie Aventura. Photo: Pixie Aventura on Instagram

This Pandemic is a Drag

Being a drag queen is not an easy job. You’re contending with huge expenditures on outfits, make-up, wigs and shoes, and...

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14 Aug 2020 | 02:46
Bijayini Satpathy is included in the 39th annual Battery Dance Festival. Photo: Bijayini Satpathy
Bijayini Satpathy is included in the 39th annual Battery Dance Festival. Photo: Bijayini Satpathy

With Curtains Down, All the World’s a Stage

Whispers about whether New York will come back seem silly. Where would it go? The critical mass of talent, stages, audiences,...

City Arts
13 Aug 2020 | 10:22
The Oculus at the World Trade Center station holds a secret that ties it to sites like Stonehenge and Karnak. Photo: Anthony Quintano -www.flickr.com/photos/quintanomedia/28992861302/in/photostream/
The Oculus at the World Trade Center station holds a secret that ties it to sites like Stonehenge and Karnak. Photo: Anthony Quintano -www.flickr.com/photos/quintanomedia/28992861302/in/photostream/

The City as Art

“There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting,” Robert Rauschenberg once said. Like so many in our...

City Arts
03 Aug 2020 | 05:18
The program aims to allow parents to learn about artists with their kids. (Photo: The Whitney Museum)
The program aims to allow parents to learn about artists with their kids. (Photo: The Whitney Museum)

American Art at Home

A pandemic (when you’re safe) can be unproductive. A pandemic (again, when you’re safe) can be mentally draining. A pandemic...

City Arts
28 Jul 2020 | 10:17
“Defiant” - A man waiting outside a family bodega for his turn.
“Defiant” - A man waiting outside a family bodega for his turn. ( Photo: Mitchell Hartman)

Documenting a Pandemic

Statues wearing face masks (and not the hydrating kind).

An empty Times Square. An empty Museum Mile.

Rolls and rolls of toilet...

City Arts
07 Jul 2020 | 03:03
Alice Neel, “Andy Warhol,” 1970, Oil and acrylic on linen, 60 × 40in., Gift of Timothy Collins, Whitney Museum of American Art.
Alice Neel, “Andy Warhol,” 1970, Oil and acrylic on linen, 60 × 40in., Gift of Timothy Collins, Whitney Museum of American Art. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy)

A Portrait for Today

What will the soundtrack of 2020 be like? What will its poetry say? How will artists capture all that’s happening? Right...

City Arts
02 Jul 2020 | 11:12
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