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Rep. Goldman: No ceasefire until all hostages freed, Hamas’s ‘removal from Gaza’
BY THE VILLAGE S SUN | On Nov. 27, Congressmember Dan Goldman — representing Manhattan south of 14th Street, plus part of Brooklyn — called...
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Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School...
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City pulls permit for illegal Soho penthouse as wealthy West Broadway neighbors battle on
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A wealthy Soho co-op owner is trying to score a "takedown," literally, against his even more monied neighbor. The Department of...
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The eagle-owl has landed: Free bird Flaco spotted on Lower East Side
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Flaco — New York City's favorite celebrity owl — touched down at the Grand Street co-ops on Wednesday night. Robin Herbst, ...
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Opinion: New sculpture adds to East River Park dystopia
BY MARCELLA DURAND | An art installation, “Joined an Avalanche, Never to be Alone Again,” opened on Oct. 4 at the foot of the temporary...
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Posts tagged as “visual art”

Remembering the COVID dead through art and memorials

Carol Prud’homme Davis, executive director of Inside Change, talking about her organization’s panel. (Photo by Bonnie Rosenstock)

Remembering the COVID dead through art and memorials

November 10, 2023

BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | The Day of the Dead, the traditional Mexican holiday that honors family members and others who have died, took place from…

At the Whitney: A powerful Native American voice and a 21st-century visionary

"Trade Canoe for Don Quixote," by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.

At the Whitney: A powerful Native American voice and a 21st-century visionary

April 24, 2023

BY HANNAH REIMANN | Visitors to The Whitney Museum are in for some more groundbreaking shows this spring and summer — treats for the eyes…

Bowie, art and pandemic/Trump anxiety mingle in Tribeca exhibit

A photo of David Bowie as Jennifer Elster styled him back in the mid-’90s for the character Ramona for a song on the album "1. Outside," along with some designs and words Elster painted on the photo a couple of years ago. The original portrait was shot by John Scarisbrick. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Bowie, art and pandemic/Trump anxiety mingle in Tribeca exhibit

March 15, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Amid a jungle of construction lights and 16-foot-tall, white Corinthian columns in a 4,000-square-foot Tribeca gallery space, Jennifer Elster’s “Take Heed”…

In first exhibit since COVID crisis, an explosion of art at Center on Square

A collage at Expo 2022. (Photo by Sharon Woolums)

In first exhibit since COVID crisis, an explosion of art at Center on Square

January 6, 2023

BY SHARON WOOLUMS | The long-awaited Expo 2022, a showcase of the brilliant talents at Greenwich House’s older adult centers, was put together by volunteers…

In memoir, Lilly Dancyger uncovers the truth of her father’s life, art and death, and finds herself

Lilly Dancyger with her father, Joe Schactman, and her mother, Heidi O'Donnell, at an art gallery in the 1980s. (Courtesy Lilly Dancyger)

In memoir, Lilly Dancyger uncovers the truth of her father’s life, art and death, and finds herself

June 11, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The title of Lilly Dancyger’s riveting new memoir “Negative Space” refers to the empty areas in a drawing or painting. It’s…