What is contemporary art? This is a question not to be answered in a word, but pondered and defined in one’s own terms. Today’s contemporary art differs vastly from the contemporary art that existed in the time of Roy N. Neuberger, the founder of the Neuberger Museum of Art (NMA),…
The male-rock-star smashed-guitar cliché is nothing new. But in Naama Tsabar’s internationally acclaimed 2018 Melodies of Certain Damage installation, the artist uses this same cliché as a device to explore connections between destruction and creation. Tsabar begins by breaking a guitar in her studio, alone. Then she reassembles new instruments…
ArtsWestchester’s current Who Writes History? exhibition focuses on a more inclusive recounting of the past and present. Who “owns” history? What is the “truth”? Is there one truth, or many? Twenty exhibiting artists explore the ways in which images and language (together and independently) shape society’s collective memory and mainstream…
ArtsNews Note: For our “Roving Directors” feature, we ask Westchester arts professionals to go into the community and give us their take on another institution’s on-view exhibition. This month, Pelham Art Center’s director, Charlotte Mouquin, visited The World of Frida, on view at Hudson River Museum. The World of Frida…
Throughout any given day, light and dark perform a dance. Windows and bulbs illuminate dim corners; objects cast shade on walls and floors; trees and sunlight reflect the day’s weather. Psychologically, shadows can cast darkness on the psyche. Artistically, they can create a new visual perspective. “It’s only when we…
“It’s time to turn off your brain and use your eyes,” says Dr. Tracy Fitzpatrick, the Neuberger Museum of Art Director, who also curated the Museum’s Impressions: The Inventions of Printmaking exhibition. This tour of works-on-paper from the Museum’s permanent collection covers major printmaking methods – relief, intaglio, lithography and…
The transformation of Yonkers into a haven for artists was validated in 2015 when 1.5 million square feet of the former Alexander Smith Carpet Mills, once one of the largest carpet manufacturers in the country, was designated by the city as the Carpet Mills Arts District. Among those celebrating this…
Hudson River Museum (HRM)’s current featured exhibition surveys a century of African Americans in the arts, chronicling the many craft choices, conflicts and thematic shifts over time. African American Art in the 20th Century makes its fifth and final stop at HRM through January 16, 2022. Sourced from Smithsonian American…
Holiday shopping from local arts organizations and creative workers can mean a unique gift for loved ones while also supporting the arts. This is important now more than ever, after the creative sector was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Arts boutiques are popping up once again, with many of them…
ArtsWestchester Arts Deal! Through January 23, 2022 receive a 20% admission discount when purchasing tickets with code AW20. For more Arts Deals, visit artsw.org/artsdeals. Katonah Museum of Art (KMA)’s current exhibition explores the many ways in which Americans have come to be American, and how artists have both shaped and…
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