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Pop-up Museum Spotlights NYPD Failings

A new pop-up museum near campus hopes to bring attention to broken-windows policing.

Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor • September 24, 2018

A new pop-up museum near campus hopes to bring attention to the questionable policing method called Broken Windows policing, and is hosted by the NYCLU.

Taking the Time to Remember the Magic of Museums

The Brazil National Museum burned to the ground last week. Let's appreciate artifacts before they become fossils.

Melanie Pineda, Deputy Opinion Editor • September 6, 2018

In light of the tragic loss of Brazil's National Museum, we must take the time to appreciate the crucial historical and cultural contributions of institutions like these.

Eckhaus Latta’s “Possesed” Embraces Ambiguity at the Whitney

Amanda Burkett, Beauty and Style Editor • September 5, 2018

"Possessed" at the Whitney blurs the line between fashion and fine art.

Georgia O’Keeffe – A ‘Modern’ Woman

Emily Conklin, Staff Writer • March 8, 2017

The Brooklyn Museum's new exhibit shows a side of Georgia O'Keeffe few people past her lifetime have ever seen — her clothing and the way it defined who she was as an artist and a woman.

FIT Celebrates the Modern Woman of the 1960s

Natalie Breuer, Staff Writer • February 16, 2017

The Museum at FIT's latest exhibit holds not just the fashion that influenced that era, but pieces like Yves Saint Laurent's tradition-defying Le Smoking suit, one of the most iconic pieces of women's evening wear in Western history.

Decolonization on the Lower East Side

Michael Landes, Contributing Writer • October 17, 2016

A different sort of exhibition took place at the Museum of Natural History last Monday as the members of several different human rights' groups gathered together to bring attention to the demeaning ways the Museum dealt with the history of America's indigenous peoples.

Heather Hutchison Learns from the Sky

Qianqian Li, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016

Heather Hutchison's exhibition at Winston Watcher Fine Art incorporates ambient light as its main material.

Tom Sachs Brings the Beat to the Brooklyn Museum with Boombox Retrospective

Angela Dizon, Staff Writer • April 27, 2016

Tom Sachs makes sculptures out of boomboxes in a new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.

We’re Not on Wall Street Anymore

Angela Dizon, Contributing Writer • April 14, 2016

Nelson Saiers' art show "Inside Wall St" uses his experience as a hedge fund manager to criticize the financial industry.

London: Break Me Off a Piece of That Whig Political Theory

Thomas Devlin, Staff Writer • March 1, 2016

Kit-Kats have quite the origin story in London.

Surveillance Exhibit Has Interactive Twist

Abraham Gross, Deputy Opinion Editor • February 16, 2016

Laura Poitras, director of Oscar winning film "Citizenfour," explores similar themes of surveillance in her new exhibition "Astro Noise".

History Through the Eyes of the Portrait

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer • February 8, 2016

"Picturing Prestige: New York Portraits 1700-1860" is a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.