Artnet

5 Must-See Comic Art Shows Lighting Up New York

The pop culture feast that is New York Comic Con returns to the Javits Center from October 9 through October 12, bringing with it all manner of merchandise, collectibles, fan art, and vintage comic ...
The New York Times

New York’s Art Stars of the ’80s, Curated by One of Their Own

Mary Boone stages a comeback at Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery, taking a fresh look at the decade’s groundbreaking artists, from Basquiat and Haring, to Julian Schnabel and Cindy Sherman. From the front, ...
Observer

Fine Art Meets Street Art: The New Museum’s Freeman Alley Gambit

If you want to dine at the New Museum’s high-end restaurant when it opens this fall, you’ll have to walk through New York's premiere graffiti spot to get there. Left to right, the original New Museum ...
Artnet

In Focus: 5 Photography Shows to See in New York

This season, New York reveals itself anew with a slew of photography shows for fall. Ricky Powell’s intimate 1980s street chronicles, Robert Rauschenberg’s poetic reengagement with the city, David ...
The New York Times

New York Names a Street in Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat

A stretch of Great Jones Street where the artist lived and worked now goes by “Jean-Michel Basquiat Way.” By Alex Vadukul The artist Naderson Saint-Pierre was painting in his Manhattan studio on ...
Observer

Under the Bridge, Beyond the Gloss: DUMBO’s Art Scene Defies Its Gentrified Image

Most New Yorkers, when they think of DUMBO, picture the glossy waterfront neighborhood it is today—one of the most visibly gentrified corners of Brooklyn. Yet it wasn’t long ago that this same stretch ...
The Root

15 New York Artists Who Built the Blueprint for Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B

The release of 50 Cent’s controversial Netflix documentary “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” has done more than just shine a light on one now-disgraced mogul; it has forced fans to confront the enduring ...