Culture

Good Morning Lenin!
07/18 | Laura Gonzalez

The New Museum’s Ostalgia, on view until September 25th, takes up almost all of the museum’s exhibition space, including the lobby. And the elevators. It’s literally floors upon floors of art that ranges from paintings to video installations to a car mounted on a wall. According to curator Massimiliano Gioni, the exhibition falls in line with the New Museum’s mission statement, which is to showcase art that New York doesn’t usually see. It might be hard to think of things that New York doesn’t see, but a massive exhibition of Soviet and post-Soviet art by over 50 artists across 20 countries is probably one of them. It’s gigantic and disorienting, which is exactly what Gioni was going for.

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Beyond Jasper Johns
07/01 | Rebecca Siegel

This Fourth of July, most of us will be celebrating our three-day weekends with much needed down time, while vaguely appreciating that nationalism, if not patriotism, is the reason behind this extra day off from the grind. Amidst the red, white, and blue fireworks, these works offer a more nuanced perspectives on patriotism.

Runs in the Family
06/18 | Kristin Sancken

The art business is often a family business. Father and child power teams such as Julian and Vito Schnabel, Arne and Marc Glimcher (Pace), Pierre and Max Levai (Marlborough), Nicholas and Alex Logsdail (Lisson), Peter and Kelly Brant (Art in America), Bill and Larissa Goldston (ULAE & Larissa Goldston) and Daniel and Guy Wildenstein show that when it comes to the art world, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Artists too sometimes end up passing the trade on to their children. In honor of father’s day, here are a few of art's fathers, sons, and daughters.

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Looking Back, Looking Forward
05/02 | Cassandra Young

These images convey beauty, struggle, loss, and humor, drawing from our past to help understand our present. The artists are as diverse as our nation but as much a part of the dialog as political figureheads and news commentators.

Meet the Class of 2011
04/26 | Pauline Eiferman

It’s that time of the year again. Another generation of artists are emerging from MFA programs, with fresh talent and ideas on display across the country in the final thesis exhibitions. Here are the highlights from some of the best art schools in the country.