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Visual Arts

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Review: MoMA exhibition highlights the woman who shaped the modern art world

“Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of the Modern” is currently on view through the end of March.
Alexa Donovan, Arts Editor February 25, 2025

During all open hours, hoards of people crowd in front of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” in the Museum of Modern Art, impatiently waiting for their turn to take...

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Review: ‘RicanVisions’ exhibits the rich artistic traditions of Puerto Rican artists

The NYU Latinx Project exhibition features 19 artists from Puerto Rico and its diaspora.
Katherine Welander, Deputy Managing Editor February 24, 2025

Natural light filtering in through large, street-facing windows fills the ground-floor gallery space at 20 Cooper Square. The glow illuminates the room’s walls and the...

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Review: The Tisch DPI BFA Thesis Exhibition combines self-reflection and technical skill

Forty-two seniors display their projects at the show.
Grace Tan, Identity & Equity Editor February 21, 2025

Colorful portraits, intimate family photos and vast landscapes from the Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography and Imaging's class of 2025 transform the ordinary and...

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Review: ‘I Am Because We Are’ is a mesmerizing celebration of womanhood and identity

The photographic exhibition by Thandiwe Muriu is on view at the Gallatin Galleries.
Sydney Chan, Staff Writer February 14, 2025

Featuring vivid cultural textiles, eclectic accessories and elaborately constructed hairstyles, artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photography plays with concealment and exposure. To accomplish...

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80WSE’s latest exhibition explores a better society through fashion

Curated by NYU Costume Studies students, “Framing Fashion Fantasies: Windows Into…” thoughtfully addresses leading social issues through style.
Skylar Boilard, Staff Writer February 11, 2025

As pedestrians pass the corner of East 10th Street and Broadway, they might assume a new, eclectic clothing store has opened. Mannequins are dressed to the nines in various styles...

Three balconies spiraling up with various art pieces on the walls and people perusing them.

Review: The Guggenheim’s new exhibition teaches a history lesson about a fleeting art movement

Visit “Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930” for Orphism’s enchanting color, and leave with a newfound understanding of the cultural and technological innovations that captivated early 20th-century Paris.
Sydney Chan, Staff Writer December 10, 2024

Geometric shards and sweeping streaks in chromatic hues adorn The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s walls. Upon first glance, the artworks feature no discernible subject for interpretation....

Ten paintings are hung up in a large group on a light purple gallery wall.

Review: ‘Toward Joy’ builds new frameworks for American art

Drawing on Black feminist theory, the Brooklyn Museums’ American Art galleries offer a groundbreaking critique of museum collecting practices.
Katherine Welander, Copy Chief November 27, 2024

In the Brooklyn Museum, a vintage home interior greets visitors as they enter the newly reinstalled American Art galleries. On the deep-green walls hang an array of portraits,...

An illustration of an armed man with a redacted face in front of a collage of U.S. conspiracy imagery.

Review: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ is annoyingly fun

The multiplayer is enraging, the campaign is disappointing, but the gameplay is so enjoyable that I can’t help but suffer.
Noah Zaldivar, Opinion Editor November 27, 2024

“Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” is the 24th game in the “Call of Duty” franchise, which is a ridiculous statement in and of itself. I've been playing these games since 2010...

A woman stands and looks up in front of abstract colors.

When I need to reconnect with myself, I go to museums

Seeing art around New York is the best remedy for my stress.
Alexa Donovan, Arts Editor November 22, 2024

In the summer after my first year of college, I considered some of my closest friends to be the statues in the Greek and Roman Art section of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Feeling...

A collection of photographs pinned on beige boards on a white wall.

Review: Annie Leibovitz weaves together a tapestry of American culture

The free-flowing exhibition, “Annie Leibovitz: Stream of Consciousness,” forgoes her artistic controversies and welcomes her impact on portraiture.
Maggie Turner, Staff Writer November 20, 2024

Despite being known as one of the greatest modern portrait photographers, Annie Leibovitz is far from perfect. Recent interpretations of her work suggest her vision cannot accurately...

A purple sign with the phrase “MAKING HOME” and “SMITHSONIAN DESIGN TRIENNIAL, NOVEMBER 2, 2024 TO AUGUST 10, 2025,” on a black fence.

Review: ‘Making Home — Smithsonian Design Triennial’ vividly redefines the idea of home

Cooper Hewitt’s first collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is a multifaceted display of design.
Kaleo Zhu, Contributing Writer November 20, 2024

Beams of sunlight stream through the white-framed windows of an atrium, illuminating a garden outside while casting shadows across floral wallpaper — a seemingly idyllic...

A hallway that leads into an exhibit is painted black and dimly lit. The wall to the left says “SIENA” and the wall to the right says “THE RISE OF PAINTING, 1300-1350.”

Review: The Met’s newest exhibition breathes life into Italy’s colossal history

“Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350” transports viewers to medieval Italy.
Skylar Boilard, Staff Writer November 18, 2024

As visitors reach the end of the European painting section on the second floor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, they come across a dark entryway with two black walls reading...