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Lipsynch: Marathon of Tales at BAM
by Allison Lichter
October 06, 2009
Nine hours of speaking and thinking about words. The marathon show "Lipsynch", explores voice, speech and language, from babies crying, to soloists singing an aria, to characters struggling with thei....
Conceptual Artists Gather in NYC Public Space for Conflux Festival
by Allison Lichter
September 17, 2009
This weekend, over a hundred conceptual artists will use the city's public space as their canvas -- creating projects that hope to inspire civic engagement and new perspectives on city life. It's pa....
Whirls and Twirls on 59th Street
by Allison Lichter
September 16, 2009
Commuters passing through the 59th Street – Columbus Circle subway station can now see one of the last commissioned works by the late conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. The piece is called “Whirls an....
Fashion Night Out
by Allison Lichter
September 10, 2009
It's Fashion Week in Bryant Park. It's the last time designers will set up their fall runways in the park. Next September, Fashion Week moves its tents to its new home in Lincoln Center. Tonight, r....
Tonight at the Mostly Mozart Festival: A Flowering Tree
by Allison Lichter
August 13, 2009
The Pulitzer-Prize winning composer John Adams has written operas about Richard Nixon and the atom bomb, but this week, New Yorkers are getting his take on something a little more upbeat – a mythic....
The Big Draw
by Allison Lichter
July 17, 2009
Bringing art out onto the streets that's the aim of The Big Draw an annual hands-on art festival sponsored by the Drawing Center and the River to River Festival. Among the offerings Eco-artist Eve M....
Reenacting the Trial of the Rosenbergs
by Allison Lichter
June 25, 2009
Denny Chin is a United States District Judge based in Brooklyn. But he's also an amateur actor -- he and a group of fellow judges and lawyers re-enact hiistoric trials. Their most recent effort is a....
BAM Cinemafest
by Allison Lichter
June 22, 2009
Eighteen films, an all-night movie marathon, and movies in the park. that's some of what's happening as part of the BAM CinemaFest, The Brooklyn film festival marks the 10th anniversary of BAM's Cin....
Arts in Bushwick Festival
by Allison Lichter
June 05, 2009
The Bushwick section of Brooklyn is crawling with small art galleries, in teeny storefronts, forsaken industrial spaces, and private living rooms. And this weekend those galleries and more than 200 ....
Grand Concouse Centennial
by Allison Lichter
June 05, 2009
The Grand Concourse is celebrating its Centennial, and as part of the festivities, the Design Trust for Public Space has hosted a design competition to rethink the future of the famed boulevard. Mor....
Ernesto Neto at the Armory, in Your Olfactory
by Allison Lichter
May 14, 2009
Ernesto Neto wants you to stroke, sniff and crawl inside the massive sculpture he's built inside the Park Avenue Armory on Park and 66th Street. The Brazilian artist draped hundreds of yards of soft,....
The University of Trash
by Allison Lichter
May 13, 2009
Composting could be a class at the University of Trash. The experimental university, an art project at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City, relies on the public to propose its curriculum. The ....
A University of Trash for All
by Allison Lichter
May 13, 2009
Students are counting the days 'til the end of the school year but at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City, the school year's just beginning. This past weekend, the Sculpture Center opened the â....
The Job Interview as Art Installation
by Allison Lichter
May 01, 2009
Up at MOMA, a Kafka-inspired installation from the German artist Martin Kippenberger sits in the museum's atrium. It puts together more than 50 tables and chairs -- set up to look like settings for j....
Star of the Film Festival: Tribeca
by Allison Lichter
May 01, 2009
Tribeca isn't just hosting a film festival -- it's starring in it. This year's event features a handful of films that highlight the downtown neighborhood itself. "Blank City" by the French filmmaker....
Mixed Media at the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts
by Allison Lichter
April 30, 2009
At the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts, there's a collaboration between the South African painter Samson Mnisi and the New York photographer Cannon Hersey. The show covers the walls of ....
The Pictures Generation 1974-1984
by Allison Lichter
April 21, 2009
In 1977 a small art show created a big splash on New York's art scene. It was called "Pictures" and it featured five artists who went on to influence a generation of contemporary artists. Douglas Cri....
Tribeca Film Festival Opens
by Allison Lichter
April 21, 2009
The Tribeca Film Festival opens tomorrow, with 65 feature films from more than 30 countries. Filmmaker Spike Lee is screening two films at the festival for the first time this year. He says festivals....
Photography: Into the Sunset & Faces of a Village
by Allison Lichter
March 25, 2009
Two new photography exhibitions demonstrate how places, as much as people, can provide artistic inspiration. This Sunday, MoMA unveils a new exhibition called, "Into The Sunset". It's a survey of 150....
Gallery Makeovers: Sun K. Kwak and Bedroom Gallerists
by Allison Lichter
March 23, 2009
Art galleries big and small are getting makeovers by New York artists. For the past month, Korean-born artist Sun K. Kwak has been covering the walls of a fifth floor gallery at the Brooklyn Museum ....
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