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Alice Neel, (American, 1900–1984) Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian, 1978. Oil on canvas. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, by exchange, through an anonymous gift © The Estate of Alice Neel

There’s less than a month left to see the renowned Alice Neel: People Come First exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The extremely successful show, which is the artist’s first museum retrospective in New York in twenty years, closes … Continued

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At the Museum of the City of New York, the exhibition, Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious, features many of the Museum’s recent acquisitions that are now part of its permanent collection. The photographs on view are the … Continued

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Martha Cooper Lower East Side [Boy Jumping from Fire Escape], 1978
Photographed by Ksenia Konovalova

When Ksenia Konovalova, 30, is not in pajamas, she’s rocking a custom wool suit. On a Saturday evening, the Vestium suit company owner and head clothier is sitting on the long gray couch of her Midtown Manhattan atelier, gently smoothing … Continued

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Trilogies of New York City is a video compilation of the New York City urbanscape. The views range from pictures of classics like the Brooklyn Bridge to monuments that include the Freedom Tower. It starts with a bird’s eye view … Continued

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FLATIRON BUILDING

Life doesn’t happen in black and white. Looking at the majority of photographer Garry Winogrand’s portfolio, primarily shot in black and white, it’s easy to stop short of using the imagination to add color to the images. This year’s exhibition … Continued

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“The City (And a Few Lonely People)” opens at ClampArt on January 24, and lays bare one of the most provocative ironies of societal structure: Loneliness. A book by Olivia Laing, entitled The Lonely City (Picador: New York City, 2016), … Continued

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Diane Arbus photo of a woman in NYC wearing eyeliner

Think about the kind of guy who’d call you a doll and compliment your figure, your stems, your racy midi-skirt. A fella. This fella plays grab-ass with you in seedy bars and worships at the Church of Two-Martini Lunches. He’s … Continued

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