The 212 column revisits New York institutions that have helped define the city, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives. CURRENTLY PROJECTED ON the walls at Artists Space, a nonprofit arts organization in TriBeCa, are two films by Carolyn Lazard that the 37-year-old artist shot inside a training center at Elmhurst …
It was Paris in the late 1950s, and Jean-Claude Silbermann knew where the Surrealists met every evening from 5 to 6 p.m. He waited outside Le Musset, a cafe between the Palais Royal and the Louvre, until André Breton — the writer and poet who led the fluctuating, anarchic group …
When K Allado-McDowell imagines you immersing yourself in “The Known Lost” exhibition, the vision unfolds something like this: It’s a hot, hectic day in New York City, and you slip into the serene gallery hosting the show. You see another visitor, standing at a podium with a microphone, surrounded by …
The pieces couples acquire when decorating their first home are often significant. Few purchases, though, prove as influential as the one made by the Neustadts in 1935. The newlyweds were browsing tchotchkes in a secondhand store in Manhattan when Hildegard Steininger Neustadt discovered what her husband, Egon Neustadt, an orthodontist, …
Andrew Edlin Gallery has been operating since 2001 in New York City, with a particular specialty in self-taught makers. One, for instance, the American outsider artist Henry Darger (1892-1973), has works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago; Andrew Edlin has …
Art lovers of all kinds — from seasoned curators and collectors to newcomers — flock to New York City in May to experience the area’s vibrant art scene. “May in New York is a special moment on the cultural calendar — the city is in full bloom,” said Amy Hau, …
In her previous works, the photographer Hazel Mphande would focus the camera on herself to shoot discomforting black-and-white self-portraits. But after a recent trip to the Karoo, a semi-arid region in South Africa’s Western Cape where she took photographs of the desolate terrain, Mphande pondered if those works could be …
Wealthy collectors who want to be involved with museums typically donate works, write checks and sit on a board of trustees — these are the essential steps that keep art institutions afloat. But Ariel Aisiks — the Argentina-born art patron who now lives on New York’s Upper East Side — …
The busy calendar of fairs and auctions in May makes New York City an attractive hub of activity for the art crowd. But if a breather is needed or desired, a day trip may be in order. Here are a few art destinations worth considering. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, …
‘Solving Your Problems With Chloe Troast’ May 4 at 8:30 p.m. at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 242 East 14th Street, Manhattan; ucbcomedy.com. In the months since her tenure on “Saturday Night Live” came to an end, Chloe Troast has kept busy, performing at Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas, and …