Currently Browsing: Manhattan
It’s a long time coming, but it’s finally here: an entire dance season dedicated entirely to works curated, created and choreographed by women. And the 92NY in Manhattan is at the forefront of it all.
Its Harkness Mainstage Series 2025/26 season, titled Women Move the World, runs from September 13, 2025, to May 21, 2026, and is set to showcase an exciting lineup of dance luminaries (such as LaTasha Barnes, Aszure Barton, Jodi Melnick, Sara Mearns, and Michelle Dorrance, to name just a few).… read more.
No doubt, it’s by coincidence that Brooklyn-based painter Amanda Wall’s latest work hails from the burgeoning artistic idiom of spiritual art so presciently described by Lisa Slominski’s article, “Spiritual Art” in February 2023. Or, perhaps it’s a phenomenon attesting to the current zeitgeist. In many ways, it mirrors a similar historical moment in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the US and Europe.… read more.
Ann Veronica Janssens, a Belgian artist born in the UK, has been experimenting with installations of light and sound since the 1970s. Science and minimalism collide in immersive installations influenced by her early exposure to architecture. Using materials both tangible and intangible, Ann Veronica composes with light, transparency, and refraction.… read more.
Many films considered “classics” still hold a place in the annals of film, but Midnight Cowboy stands alone. A humble film with a down and dirty plot, Midnight Cowboy secures its staying power through nuance and subtext.
The only X-rated film to ever win an Academy Award (three, in fact), Midnight Cowboy shocked audiences with far from glamorous sexual scenes, yet it appeared at a time when film-goers were in need of a shock to the system.… read more.
Arriving at a screening of Annie Hall on May 31st, I felt more like I was walking into a porno theater than the venerated Film Forum. I could feel my sweating begin as I tried to nonchalantly hand the usher my ticket and hurry to the sweet anonymity of the darkened theater, where no one could see my face and report my illicit behavior back to the other Barnard students.… read more.