Art Underground: A First Look at the Second Avenue Subway
With four new stations as blank canvases, Chuck Close, Vik Muniz, Jean Shin and Sarah Sze celebrate the culture and community of New York City.
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With four new stations as blank canvases, Chuck Close, Vik Muniz, Jean Shin and Sarah Sze celebrate the culture and community of New York City.
By RANDY KENNEDY
“Auctions have been good for business, but I’m not sure it’s been so good for the art.”
By RANDY KENNEDY
The Times critic Michael Kimmelman reflects on how architects have changed New York City this year, making it more livable, humane and energizing.
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
With contemporary art continuing to drive the market, dealers, auction houses and museums are trying to broaden the appeal of historical works.
By SCOTT REYBURN
The actress plays multiple roles in Julian Rosefeldt’s ‘Manifesto’ video installation at the Park Avenue Armory.
By ROBERTA SMITH
Ms. Pensato’s new Brooklyn studio is already filled with her collection of toys and figurines, but she says she wants the place to be “a lot dirtier.”
By RANDY KENNEDY
Christoph Ruckhäberle’s “Netsuke,” Nikki Maloof’s nocturnal animals, Dan Herschlein’s haunting interiors, Ara Peterson’s painted wood chips, and Gabriel Hartley and the squishy.
By ROBERTA SMITH, MARTHA SCHWENDENER, KAREN ROSENBERG and WILL HEINRICH
The architect Daniel Libeskind unveiled his design for a monument with the names of some 103,000 Netherlands residents killed by the Nazis.
By NINA SIEGAL
The people in his works often carried umbrellas and wore hats, or kissed atop taxi cabs. “I perceive my pictures as playing with time and space,” he said.
By RICHARD SANDOMIR