Writer Ocean Vuong is known for his devastatingly beautiful prose and heart-wrenching poetry, in which he has penned sentences like “I miss you more than I remember you” and told painfully honest tales of his Vietnamese heritage. Now, he’s venturing into photography. Vuong’s debut photography series, featured in Cultured Magazine, honors his family’s experiences as…
As part of its series of new digital initiatives, the New Museum presents “Bedtime Stories," a project launched on May 14, initiated by the artist Maurizio Cattelan (artist of the famous "Comedian" banana that sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami 2019). Inviting friends and other artists and performers he admires to keep us company,…
Twenty seven-year-old Albuquerque native Olivia Gatwood is a queer-identifying poet, activist and educator who focuses on sexual assault prevention and recovery. Her debut book of poetry New American Best Friend was published in 2017 by Button Poetry, an independent publisher of performance poetry. Gatwood’s rise in the literary world can be traced back to the…
Collision/Coalition On view: June 19-August 25, 2019 The Bloomberg Building 545 West 30th Street, New York, NY The Shed, a cultural arts center located in Hudson Yards will be presenting their summer curatorial, COLLISION/COALITION. Taking place from June 19th to August 25th at The Bloomberg Building, Collision/Coalition displays a connection between three commissions that all…
Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective The MoMA 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 February 14 - March 15, 2016 Working in mediums such as poetry, sculpture, painting, artist’s books, printmaking, and film, Marcel Broodthaers was able to reveal the function of art in society with his work. For the first time, an exhibition of his…
This year, Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 89th birthday on June 1st. Even after 53 years of her passing, each day, she grows more and more into a fashion and Hollywood icon. Society deemed her "the dumb blonde" and still note her for her looks rather than her brains. Her "dumb blonde" act was just a…
The women of Conversations On Monday, October 13th, 2014, New York City artist Cleo Wade celebrated the launch of her new poetry book titled "Falling Out of Love With You Is Eternal." The event took place in Francesco Clemente's private art studio in Soho and was hosted by Conversations, a New York-based female art collective comprising of Kate Greer, Liza Voloshin, Margot,…
