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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 ....