At a news conference last week announcing the schedule for the inaugural Festival of Ideas, New Museum Director Lisa Phillips said, “three years ago, when we moved to the Bowery we witnessed a dramatic transformation of this neighborhood." The...
Not everyone is excited about the Festival of Ideas. Curbed reports:
Billy Leroy, proprietor of Billy's Antiques and mayor of the Bowery, is not into this whole Festival of Ideas thing being put on by the New Museum. He writes:...
We're excited to be the media sponsor of a great event coming to the Lower East Side this spring -- Third Thursdays -- from the LES Business Improvement District. Beginning March 17th -- many of the neighborhood's best art...
The Galleries on the Lower East Side should be bustling this weekend as the Armory Show kicks in to full gear. The New Museum is offering free shuttle service between the show and the museum this weekend. Shuttles will...
We stopped by the New Museum's latest show, "George Condo: Mental States," yesterday. The exhibit, which opens today, is the first major American survey of Condo's work, comprised of over 80 paintings and sculptures created throughout the last thirty...
Thanks to L.E.S. resident Bridget Bosworth for this update on the crowd-pleasing snowman in front of the fruit stand at Essex and Canal. He just keeps growing! You'll want to have your umbrella with you today - it will...
Italian artist Marienella Senatore and the visionaries behind the organization, No Longer Empty are teaming up for an exciting public art project, titled "About Face." The project will be part of the New Museum's large scale "Festival of New...
Burgeoning experimental playwright and director Young Jean Lee will present four performances of her latest work in progress, UNTITLED FEMINIST MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SHOW (UFMTS), at the New Museum this weekend as part of the RE:NEW RE:PLAY Performance Residency Series....
Founded in 2009, Kickstarter has quickly exploded in to the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Founders Perry Chen and Yancey Strickler will be in conversation at the New Museum on Saturday, discussing this "new form...
Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side this weekend:
CHRIS RIFFLE - Thursday, Dec. 09 | 8PM at The Living Room
West-Coaster Chris Riffle, has made the big move, and set up shop in...
