Hair Paintings & Other Stories Opening Tuesday, February 6 at La MaMa Galleria, 7:30 pm. On view through March 3. The Bellwether and Codify Art…
Betty Tompkins’s ‘Green Dicks’ Is No Limp Attempt at Smushing the Patriarchy
A new art show at the Fortnight Institute is flipping the script on a persistent imbalance in the art world. While men still dominate the major museums, massive…
Presidential Porn Portraits Are Just the Start of ‘Why I Want to Fuck Donald Trump’
Last week’s video of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault threw a giant dildo into a campaign that seemed impervious to shame, just as the candidate had…
With First Solo Show, Warhol’s Documentarian Finally Gets His 15 Minutes
Back in 1970 Michael Netter was a recent graduate, soaking up the big city’s vibrant art scene. A striving painter, he fell in with Andy Warhol’s Factory…
Bruce High Quality Foundation Leaving East Village, Shows Off Brooklyn Base
Last night the mask-wielding artists of the Bruce High Quality Foundation opened up the doors of their epic new studio space in Sunset Park. The excuses were a party and…
Christopher Stout Gallery Opens With a Show Focused on ‘Queer Hate Crime’
Christopher Stout, founder of Bushwick Art Crit Group, has just opened his gallery in the disputed territory of East Williamsburg, the realization of plans we first heard about in early…
Up Now: Artwork the Late Mayor of Williamsburg Kept Close By
There’s plenty to see and do at the third annual Motorcycle Film Festival, which kicked off Wednesday. Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds are playing…
Dina Gadia’s Collages Are Chopped and Screwed Visions of a Golden Age
Dina Gadia’s pulpy, graphic collages, now on view at Greenpoint’s Owen James Gallery, bring to mind a ’50s wholesomeness and tropical kitsch while at the…
9/11 Artist Puts the East Village Explosion On Canvas
If you look carefully at “St. Marks Place,” the above painting by artist Lola Saenz inspired by the gas explosion on Second Avenue, you can…
Last Chance to Worship Dead Celebrities at This Freaky Pop-Up Reliquary
The celebrity cemetery on Broome Street has no headstones, graves or flowers. Through Sunday, the Whitebox Art Center will display 51 portraits from British painter…