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Arts
Exhibitions, museums, artists and ideas shaping the city’s visual culture.
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Whitney taps Meg Onli and Zack Winokur to shape its 2028 Biennial
The museum’s next Biennial will be organized by curator Meg Onli and director Zack Winokur, bringing visual art and performance backgrounds together.
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On Air Fest turns ten with a Brooklyn gathering of podcast stars
Megan Rapinoe, Sanjay Gupta, Audie Cornish and more are on the early lineup for the February 2027 audio festival.
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Free jazz, dance and late-night art: November at the Whitney
The Whitney’s November free evenings bring Ailey Extension classes, live music and family programs to the Meatpacking District.
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Under the blue whale, Aperture celebrates Deana Lawson and Hiroshi Sugimoto
Aperture’s 2026 gala at the American Museum of Natural History raised more than $1 million for photography, with tributes to Deana Lawson…
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The wood that learned to bend: John Procario at the Museum of Arts and Design
John Procario bends ash to the edge of breaking, then makes it glow. At the Museum of Arts and Design, his sculptures…
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How to stage Middle-earth with three actors and a sound-effects artist
Recent Cutbacks brings its 60-minute Lord of the Rings film parody to SoHo Playhouse, using three actors, Foley sound effects and very…
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Three openings at Pace turn bodies and objects into questions
New works by Li Hei Di, Lucas Samaras and Elmgreen & Dragset arrive in Chelsea on November 6.
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What strangers tell The Moth
At 25, New York’s StorySLAM remains an experiment in what happens when strangers get five minutes, a microphone and a room willing…
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The life she refused to give her heroine
Fresh from a Lincoln Center premiere, playwright Mfoniso Udofia reflects on the nine-play Ufot Family Cycle, its New York roots and why…
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A doorway to the sea
At The Africa Center, Julia DeFabo considers five photographers’ accounts of life amid floods, drought and coastal erosion.
