New York City and Upstate Shows to See Right Now

Sometimes it seems like the art world has a short attention span, skipping from one trend to the next, so it’s satisfying to find exhibitions that hold onto histories and memories. In different ways, the shows below all maintain a connection with the past. For artists...

Twenty Years of Life in Chinatown

Picture this: You are a set of clothes hangers strung out on a rooftop clothesline, placed there by a family trying to extend their supply of square footage and fresh air in their small apartment (“Drying Laundry,” 2004). You are part of the family order created...

Framing Heritage Destruction as a Human Rights Violation 

According to a United Nations report released in June, Israel has destroyed more than half of all religious and cultural sites in Gaza. The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said of the findings that attacks on cultural sites, including...

Fire on Miccosukee Reservation Engulfs Homes and Artifacts 

Photos of the blaze captured by Khadijah Cypress and her siblings Trent, Courtney, and Zack (all photos courtesy Khadijah Cypress, unless noted otherwise) A three-alarm fire tore through parts of the Miccosukee Reservation in the Florida Everglades on Sunday night,...

Met Museum Trustee Among Victims of Midtown Manhattan Shooting

Wesley LePatner (image courtesy Blackstone) Wesley LePatner, an elective trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Blackstone executive, was among the four individuals killed after a gunman opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building yesterday evening, July...

Lovers of the Infinite: How Art Fits Everything Together

We have another post today by Eugene Terekhin, the man and the mind behind the publication Philosophy of Language. We’re pleased to announce that Eugene is now a regular contributing writer to The BoldBrush Letter.Lovers of the Infinite: How Art Fits Everything...

New partner appointment marks a new chapter for Pentagram New York

Industrial designer Piotr Woronkowicz steps into his role as Pentagram’s first product design partner in New York, bringing a tactile, intuitive, and sustainability-minded approach to an increasingly digital world. Pentagram’s partner appointments are...