The big influence of Ed Ruscha’s small books.

A meditation on the machines that extend human awareness.

Escape the New York winter in a vivarium full of fluttering butterflies.

Ladies in the throes of mysterious, meticulously illustrated scenarios.

Fountain Art Fair celebrates the centennial of the groundbreaking Armory Show.

Armory Week’s only curator-driven art fair is back at Old School in NoLIta.

Armory Week’s most anticipated events, performances, and parties.

A successful dive bar is a finely tuned art.

The blues encompasses more than the melancholic rhythms of Robert Johnson or the husky lyrics of John Lee Hooker.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, precocious and self-destructive painter, street artist, and musician, was fated to have a brief but momentous life.

An octogenarian feminist painter combats sexism.

Though Williamsburg has been a destination for music and restaurants for years, its movie culture hasn’t emerged until recently.