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A collage of four photos. The top right features a man wearing a mask with kiwis covering the mouth region and a cracker with kiwis covering the eye region. The top left features a man wearing a food mask with multiple slices or bread surrounding the head, leaving the eyes visible. The bottom right features a man wearing a food mask with multiple tomatoes and basil leaves near the head and mouth regions. The bottom left features a man wearing a food mask with a giant cracker topped with strawberries, a leafy green and green paste on top.

Q&A: Foodmasku on channeling emotions into food mask art

Instagram artist Foodmasku on turning isolation into funny food masks, gun violence in America, and his plans for the future.
Alisha Goel, Contributing Writer December 9, 2022

Content warning: This article contains descriptions of gun violence. I first saw Antonius Wiriadjaja, better known as Foodmasku, at The Invisible Dog Art Center located in Downtown...

Persian artist Shahzia Sikander’s work is on display at the Morgan Library. The exhibition will be available to view until September 26.
(Photo by Alexandra Christina Bentzien)

Sikander’s ‘Extraordinary Realities’ explores migration and identity formation

Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander’s key works are on display at the Morgan Library until Sept. 26.
Alexandra Bentzien, Contributing Writer September 24, 2021

Before entering the Morgan Library’s gallery, visitors are greeted by a brief selection of older, traditional miniature paintings. This introduction to Pakistani artist Shahzia...

A mixed-media piece by WSN Creative Director Charlie Dodge captured in her dorm room. The concept of art and what it means to be an artist has shifted during the course of 2020. (Staff Illustration by Charlie Dodge, Staff Photo by Leo Sheingate)

What It Means to Be an Artist in Our New World

Artists all over the world take on a new project: reinventing what it means to be a creative during a pandemic.
Sasha Cohen, Arts Editor August 30, 2020

What does it mean to be an artist? To some, an artist has to paint a picture, sing a song or bust a move. To others, an artist has to have their name shouted by thousands of adoring...

Webb Hunt poses in front of neon lights. The Gallatin first-year video jockey incorporates such video elements with music. (Photo by Lukas Sheehan)

Through Video Art, First-Year Video Jockey Transforms Concert Experiences

Webb Hunt turns music into an experience for both the ears and the eyes.
Chad Evans, Contributing Writer September 26, 2019

The room glows in neon. Distorted images projected upon the walls pulse to a psychedelic rhythm. We are not in a trendy converted warehouse in Bushwick or highbrow bar in the Meatpacking...

"Sisters & Daughters." (Courtesy the Artist and Blain|Southern.
Photo by Adam Reich.)

Entrancing, Enchanting and Immersive: Rachel Howard Solo Exhibition Opens in Chelsea

Rachel Howard is a tour de force, as evidenced by her new exhibition at Blain|Southern New York.
Neil Dittrich, Contributing Writer September 12, 2019

British artist Rachel Howard recently launched her solo exhibition, open from Sept. 6-Oct. 26 at Blain|Southern New York, a prominent international gallery on West 25th Street....

Tyler Cooperman sits on a custom painted Patrick Church couch in his exhibition at 117 Beekman. (Staff Photo by Claire Fishman)

Art Business ‘Takes a Village’; Meet its Mayor, Tyler Cooperman

A day in the life of 2018 grad Tyler Cooperman: artist representative, curator and secret finance bro.
Claire Fishman, Arts Editor September 3, 2019

It is a Friday afternoon in the Financial District. The sun beats down at 86 degrees even though the forecast promised a more mild afternoon. On Beekman Street, Tyler Cooperman...

An eerie reminder of the United States' dominating relationship with Puerto Rico looms over attendees of Thursday night's panel at the "Museum of the Old Colony" exhibit.  The exhibit will be on display at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center until March 16.

Looming Large, Imperially Taking Charge

Hailey Nuthals, Arts Editor February 22, 2017
Under the current contentious political climate, tensions were especially high — and discussion was especially warranted — at the panel discussion event for KJCC's "Museum of the Old Colony" exhibit.
Raymond Pettibon’s new exhibit at the New Museum speaks about dark social and political events in history as well as the impact they have had on individuals. This particular piece depicts surfers under engulfing waves and  quotes scattered throughout the image.

The Power of Pettibon’s Pen

Emily Conklin, Staff Writer February 14, 2017
Raymond Pettibon's new exhibit "A Pen of All Work" takes the fine lines of his pens and charges them to examine the blurred lines of social inequities.
Surrender, Oil on Canvas, Margaret Morrison

Windows to Childhood at Kimmel

Thomas Miritello, Contributing Writer November 28, 2016
Margaret Morrison's exhibit "Playtime" features eerily photorealistic paintings of childhood playthings, on view now at NYU Kimmel Center.
The new gallery exhibition "Youngverse" at Apexart showcase the work that encompasses the idea of inner peace.

‘Youniverse:’ The Slowest Part of New York

Emily Conklin, Staff Writer November 11, 2016
Apexart's newest exhibition, "Youniverse," takes the urgency out of New Yorkers' lives and offers a space to appreciate the joyousness of living.
Marilyn Minter in her studio, 2015.

Marilyn Minter Turns Beauty Conventions on Their Head

Christina Cacouris, Contributing Writer November 8, 2016
As one might expect, Marilyn Minter's new show "Pretty/Dirty" at the Brooklyn Museum plays on beauty standards — but it does much, much more.
Also known as Tango, Gao Youjun is an artist of modern-day masterpieces and have an exhibition titled “Dream On” at Chelsea Market.

Cultural Criticism and Croissants

Emily Conklin, Contributing Writer October 4, 2016
Visual artist Gao Youjun manages to poke fun at the darker sides of today's culture while still maintaining a lighthearted humor in his exhibit "Dream On" at Chelsea Market.