With cautious steps being taken to ensure the safety of attendees, 2021 sees the welcome return of in-person art fairs to New York City. Over the next few days, galleries and showrooms will open up once again for a series of exhibitions across the city, with old and new favorites set to present a wide…
The 2021 Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday after a whirlwind two weeks spent under the looming presence of COVID-19, and the festival was -by most accounts- a success. After last year's cancellation, many were watching with bated breath as Cannes became the first in-person festival since the pandemic hit back in 2020, and though…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened an exciting new exhibition, The New Woman Behind the Camera, to highlight the emerging identity of women from the 1920s to the 1950s. This era marked a period of change that challenged conventional gender roles and saw an increase in the public presence of women in society. This…
Scottish-Swedish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt has released the debut single and video “Summer Fling”, an aptly titled escapist pop tune welcome in this period of re-emergence. The song, written and produced solely by Nesbitt during the lockdown period, details the yearning for passion found in a fleeting holiday romance to be found in one more perpetual…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORBa32WFcM Pop superstar Billie Eilish has released a music video for her fifth single, “NDA”, ahead of her upcoming sophomore album, Happier Than Ever, set for release on July 30th. The 19-year-old singer-songwriter, who also directed the music video, announced the song’s release via Instagram with fervent enthusiasm, urging her fans to view the video…
When celebrities attempt to defy artistic boundaries it can result in a wide variety of successes and failures. Scrutiny from critics is to be expected, especially when the jump is as wide as a music artist becoming a film director. Prince, Madonna, and Bob Dylan all tried their hands at narrative features, with little success.…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CentralPark.com (@centralpark_ny) New York City is finally getting back up on its feet after a year of social distancing and isolation due to the pandemic. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that a "Homecoming Week" celebration is in the process of being planned in August…
Lynn Hershman Leeson “Twisted” The New Museum, NYC June 30th – October 3rd, 2021 The New Museum has announced its Summer 2021 exhibitions, lead by new media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson with her first solo exhibit Twisted. Covering her storied career with works ranging from the 1960s to a new commission, Twisted Gravity (2020-21), from…
Legendary heavy metal band Metallica is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1991 self-titled album, commonly referred to as The Black Album, with a brand-new reissue and companion album The Metallica Blacklist. The new album will feature 53 different artists covering some of their favorite songs from the original record. Set to release on September…
Baseera Khan “I Am an Archive” Brooklyn Museum October 1, 2021–July 10, 2022 The Brooklyn Museum has announced the opening of UOVO Prize winner and emerging Brooklyn-based artist Baseera Khan's new exhibition “I Am an Archive,” on October 1st, 2021. This marks the first solo museum exhibit for Baseera Khan, whose multi-faceted work utilizes a wide variety…
“When will we meet again?/ In thunder, lighting, in rain” – Wolf Alice's "The Beach" from Blue Weekend. The opening track to Wolf Alice’s 2021 album Blue Weekend announces itself with the above lines, the timeless opening of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, spoken by the first of the three Witches whose machinations predicate the downfall of…
In 2015, A'Ziah “Zola” King wrote a Twitter thread that stretched over 148 tweets and chronicled her whirlwind self-described “hoe-trip.” She and a fellow stripper by the name of Jessica visited Florida along with Jessica’s boyfriend and her pimp. The trip ended with murder, attempted suicide, and thousands of dollars in cash, all of which…
June is here, and with it comes the festivities of Pride Month. Organizers across NYC worked through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to not allow it to hamper this important time for the LGBTQIA+ community. They coordinated a number of events, both virtual and in-person, to celebrate, reflect on, and encourage activism across the city and…
Yayoi Kusama "Cosmic Nature" New York Botanical Gardens, NYC April 10th – October 31st, 2021 The New York Botanical Gardens is currently housing works from prolific contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama in the Cosmic Nature exhibition featuring a variety of her works, both new and old. The installations, which will run through October 31st, are right…
