Annika Connor is an impresario of the arts with an uncanny ability to mobilize through her painting practice but also her organization Active Ideas Production. She wears many hats: painter, actor, curator,...

The 'Women's March on Washington' was a wonderful experience for me. I left feeling invigorated and ready to do more political work, but I have to admit every step of the way I was aware of what was the elephant...

In a tastefully decorated small open-plan office on Madison Avenue between 68th and 69th streets the art advisor Erica Samuels works, together with her team, to help clients acquire, research, and curate...

The sun is shining as I pass by the Houston Bowery Wall, a mural owned by Goldman Properties which shows a rotating program of artists. Infamously, Keith Haring was the first artist to paint the wall in the 1970’s....

"Terms of Engagement" is a monthly essay-column about relationships between performance art(ists) and language(s). This is the first installment of a three-part discussion of terms of engagement like...

Let’s face it: A whopping half of U.S. millennials still receive some financial support from their parents, even if they are living on their own. When you are struggling to pay your cell phone bill,...

In Egyptian mythology, the goddess Nut swallows the sun every night to birth it anew the next day. Taking its name from this powerful goddess that protects the earth by performing the perpetual cycle...

Brought on by the over saturation of information in our present day, exploring archives has become a popular topic for contemporary artists. How does one position oneself in relationship to historical...