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Visual Arts

Steinhardt seniors Mila De Félix and Ricardo Goytia. (Krish Dev for WSN)

Puerto Rican culture and art combine for these Steinhardt seniors

Mila De Félix and Ricardo Goytia spoke with WSN about how their cultural identities shaped the creative process for their latest exhibition.
Maya Santiago, Fine Arts Editor October 8, 2025

In the midst of Manhattan chaos, Puerto Rican pride grounds Mila De Félix and Ricardo Goytia, who carry the island’s culture into their art. For the Steinhardt seniors, both...

(Kaleo Zhu for WSN)

Clive Davis students to play at the Guggenheim in collaboration with CBVC

Students from Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music will perform this Friday as part of the Center For Black Visual Culture’s performance programming at the Guggenheim this month.
Siobhán Minerva, Arts Editor October 2, 2025

Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music students will take to The Guggenheim Museum in New York on Friday, blending their sound into the museum itself. Drawing...

(Maya Santiago for WSN)

Review: MoMA’s new installation embraces the future of artificial intelligence

“A LIVING POEM” suggests utilizing AI’s potential for creativity instead of fearing its rise.
Shae Centanni, Contributing Writer September 29, 2025

Upon entering the Agnes Gund Garden Lobby of the Museum of Modern Art, an installation appears in view, showcasing a computer scribbling poetry. Words on the screen unfold...

(Mariana Arboleda for WSN)

‘Escenas’ traces Latinx family histories through photography

The NYU Latinx Project’s new exhibition transforms the everyday into a collective cultural archive.
Maya Santiago, Fine Arts Editor September 26, 2025

There’s a quiet sacredness in flipping through a family photo album, pausing on each image, recalling stories and piecing together a shared history. That...

(Mariana Arboleda for WSN)

Review: ‘Reflections in Black’ reframes Black narratives through photography

The exhibition, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Tisch professor Deborah Willis’s book “Reflections in Black: A history of black photographers 1840 to Present,” runs across two NYU spaces this fall with 125 works on view.
Jayde Belser, Contributing Writer September 19, 2025

On view at 20 Cooper Square and Tisch School of the Arts, “Reflections in Black: A Reframing” traces the Black experience from individuality to collective resilience, presenting...

(Ethan Li for WSN)

The Met’s newest exhibition puts visitors in the place of a Parisian art critique

“Sargent & Paris” is currently on display through Aug. 3.
Siobhán Minerva, Deputy Arts Editor May 7, 2025

In the 19th century, scandal wasn’t found on social media, it was exhibited in art galleries. Artists who broke the rules of representation with new painting techniques or challenged...

The Garden Court (Courtesy of The Frick Collection)

The Frick Collection’s Gilded Age time capsule has finally reopened

After five years of renovations, the Frick Collection reopened on April 17, 2025 with new galleries, exhibition spaces and restored decor.
Katherine Welander, Deputy Managing Editor April 29, 2025

Walking off East 70th Street and into the home of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick feels like you are stepping back in time. The 19th-century mansion is the home...

(Henry Bayha for WSN)

Review: ‘American Sublime’ at the Whitney responds to the Trump era

Amy Sherald’s first major museum show is on view in New York City until Aug. 10.
Eloise Maguire, Contributing Writer April 23, 2025

(Alisia Houghtaling for WSN)

‘Anonymous Was A Woman’ celebrates women artists’ individuality

NYU’s Grey Art Museum presents work from the first 25 years of the Anonymous Was A Woman grant program.
Siobhán Minerva, Deputy Arts Editor April 16, 2025

(Julia Smerling for WSN)

New Met exhibition shatters beauty with a feminist hammer

“Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie” is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until mid-August.
Siobhán Minerva, Deputy Arts Editor April 14, 2025

Porcelain is delicate, portable and functional. Traditionally, its value is based on the smoothness and clarity of its surface — void of scrapes or cracks. Beyond its shiny,...

A reproduction of Jan Lievens' 1625 painting “The Feast of Esther” at the entrance to “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt.” (Katherine Welander for WSN)

Review: The Jewish Museum’s Rembrandt exhibition promises more of the artist than it delivers

What “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt” lacks in Rembrandt, it makes up for in intriguing cultural comparison.
Katherine Welander, Deputy Managing Editor April 8, 2025

On the second floor of the Jewish Museum, dark blue walls, ornate white columns and a 6-foot-tall reproduction of Jan Lievens’ 1625 “The Feast of Esther” welcome visitors...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

The Brooklyn Museum reflects on 200 years and embraces change

The Brooklyn Museum celebrates its bicentennial with the exhibition “Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200,” honoring both past work and new additions.
Petunia Hu, Contributing Writer April 3, 2025

In 1819, American painter Francis Guy gazed out the window of his studio on Front Street — now part of Dumbo — and decided to capture the scene before him. The result was his...