Cultural Arts Articles

What Special Exhibitions Are at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC?
Wondering what special exhibitions are at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC? This lesser-known museum contains an arresting collection of art and artifacts from the native tribes of North, Central, and South Americas, as well as the Caribbean.

Weekly Family Programs This Spring at the New-York Historical Society
Bring your family to one of these rich cultural experiences, most of them free with museum admission, this spring at the New-York Historical Society.

Weekly Family Programs This Spring at the New-York Historical Society
Bring your family to one of these rich cultural experiences, most of them free with museum admission, this spring at the New-York Historical Society.

Historic Lower East Side Synagogues
Whether you are interested in history, Judaism, architecture, or even none of the above, there is a lot to enjoy at three old synagogues on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the most famous immigrant district in a city renowned for its immigrant history. All three can be visited in a few hours as distances between them are small.

Historic Lower East Side Synagogues
Whether you are interested in history, Judaism, architecture, or even none of the above, there is a lot to enjoy at three old synagogues on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the most famous immigrant district in a city renowned for its immigrant history. All three can be visited in a few hours as distances between them are small.

What Are the Oldest Places in New York City?
What are the oldest establishments in NYC? Everyone in the city is generally in such a hurry to eat at/walk by/gaze at/climb the top of whatever is newest, that we sometimes forget that one of the things that makes the city so great is its history.

What Are the Oldest Places in New York City?
What are the oldest establishments in NYC? Everyone in the city is generally in such a hurry to eat at/walk by/gaze at/climb the top of whatever is newest, that we sometimes forget that one of the things that makes the city so great is its history.

QUEENIE: Latina Art From El Museo del Barrio’s Collection at HEH Gallery
From March 21 to June 23, 2018, art from the El Museo del Barrio collection will be on display at the Hunter East Harlem Gallery. Called QUEENIE, this exhibition will focus on Latina artists from the Caribbean, South America, Central America, and the Latinx diaspora.

QUEENIE: Latina Art From El Museo del Barrio’s Collection at HEH Gallery
From March 21 to June 23, 2018, art from the El Museo del Barrio collection will be on display at the Hunter East Harlem Gallery. Called QUEENIE, this exhibition will focus on Latina artists from the Caribbean, South America, Central America, and the Latinx diaspora.

Memory Unearthed: Henryk Ross Photographs at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Recovered like buried treasure after the Second World War, the photographs of Henryk Ross survive to tell the hidden story of the Lodz Ghetto. Two hundred of these photographs are on view now at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The exhibition is called Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross.

Memory Unearthed: Henryk Ross Photographs at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Recovered like buried treasure after the Second World War, the photographs of Henryk Ross survive to tell the hidden story of the Lodz Ghetto. Two hundred of these photographs are on view now at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The exhibition is called Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross.

The Best New York Dance Performances of Spring 2018
Dance lovers are spoilt for choice in New York City, as the city’s stages host everything from the world’s top dance companies to exciting emerging artists. Here are some of the upcoming dance performances in all disciplines to look forward to this spring.

The Best New York Dance Performances of Spring 2018
Dance lovers are spoilt for choice in New York City, as the city’s stages host everything from the world’s top dance companies to exciting emerging artists. Here are some of the upcoming dance performances in all disciplines to look forward to this spring.

Unseen Oceans at the Natural History Museum Celebrates a Golden Age of Marine Exploration
Unseen Oceans, a fascinating, hands-on exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History opening March 12, helps visitors grasp two things—how little we still know about life under our oceans (only about 10%-15% is mapped out, according to Curator John Sparks) and how crucial it is not to underestimate the importance of the micro-organisms that live there.

Unseen Oceans at the Natural History Museum Celebrates a Golden Age of Marine Exploration
Unseen Oceans, a fascinating, hands-on exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History opening March 12, helps visitors grasp two things—how little we still know about life under our oceans (only about 10%-15% is mapped out, according to Curator John Sparks) and how crucial it is not to underestimate the importance of the micro-organisms that live there.

Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away at the Guggenheim Museum
The historical and the personal collide in the moving new show Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away at the Guggenheim Museum
The historical and the personal collide in the moving new show Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Sound & Vision: 'David Bowie is' Opens at the Brooklyn Museum
David Bowie, the beloved English singer/New York transplant who sang about "Changes" and is revered for perpetually changing his sound and look over a five decades-plus career, is being celebrated in the exhibition David Bowie is, now open at Brooklyn Museum.

Sound & Vision: 'David Bowie is' Opens at the Brooklyn Museum
David Bowie, the beloved English singer/New York transplant who sang about "Changes" and is revered for perpetually changing his sound and look over a five decades-plus career, is being celebrated in the exhibition David Bowie is, now open at Brooklyn Museum.

Miriam Schapiro's Femmages at Museum of Arts and Design's Surface/Depth
Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015) was a pioneer of feminist art, incorporating traditional decorative craft into her painting and sculpture. This spring, come to the Museum of Arts and Design and see Schapiro’s work along with that of her artistic heirs at Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Schapiro. This exciting exhibition opens on March 22.

Miriam Schapiro's Femmages at Museum of Arts and Design's Surface/Depth
Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015) was a pioneer of feminist art, incorporating traditional decorative craft into her painting and sculpture. This spring, come to the Museum of Arts and Design and see Schapiro’s work along with that of her artistic heirs at Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Schapiro. This exciting exhibition opens on March 22.

Solid Futures at the Rubin's Visionary New Exhibitions
The Rubin Museum of Art has declared 2018 as the year of the future, with exhibitions, programs, and experiences that heighten the awareness of past, present, and future.

Solid Futures at the Rubin's Visionary New Exhibitions
The Rubin Museum of Art has declared 2018 as the year of the future, with exhibitions, programs, and experiences that heighten the awareness of past, present, and future.

The Things They Carried: Pockets to Purses Exhibition to Open at Fashion Institute of Technology
The graduate students at FIT’s Fashion and Textile Study program have curated a new exhibition at the campus museum coming March 6. Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function will consider the variety of ways people have stored their belongings from the 18th century until today.

The Things They Carried: Pockets to Purses Exhibition to Open at Fashion Institute of Technology
The graduate students at FIT’s Fashion and Textile Study program have curated a new exhibition at the campus museum coming March 6. Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function will consider the variety of ways people have stored their belongings from the 18th century until today.