Key Component: Pianos are Making a Play in the Visual Art World
NEW YORK—Pianos have been showing up in visual art exhibits around New York City recently. Sanford Biggers included two in his “Sweet Funk—An Introspective” exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum earlier this year, and…
Invisible Man: At the Whitney, Fred Wilson Comments on Status of Museum Guards
“Guarded View,” 1991 (wood, painted steel, fabric). | Photo by Arts Observer NEW YORK—While the first four floors of the Whitney Museum are currently occupied by its biennial exhibit, the fifth floor features…
‘Spirit of Harlem’ Mural By Louis del Sarte Livens Up 125th Street
Harlem, NEW YORK—A colorful wall mosaic pays tribute to the arts scene in Harlem. Titled “Spirit of Harlem” the mural livens up the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 125th Street. The work…
Nari Ward’s ‘Crusader’ is Part Medieval Fantasy, Part Pimped-Out Shopping Cart
Brooklyn, NEW YORK—Nari Ward has transformed an everyday shopping cart into an intriguing object. “Crusader” is on display near the fifth floor elevator at the Brooklyn Museum and upon first glance one might…
Meaningful Thoughts: Kerry James Marshall’s ‘SOB, SOB’
WASHINGTON, DC—There is a compelling, large-scale work by Kerry James Marshall hanging just inside the contemporary gallery at the American Art Museum. A woman sits on the floor before a bookcase from which…
