Last week, Asia Society had to delay the press preview for its Mariko Mori show after "typhoon conditions" delayed the Japanese artist's arrival in New York. Five days later, the Upper East Side museum has happier news to report: its exhibition of Buddhist art from Pakistan, delayed for six months because of political turmoil Read More
Three decades before his arrest and subsequent release last week by the Chinese government incited a media firestorm, Ai Weiwei worked as a Times Square street portraitist. Enrolled at Parsons and living on the Lower East Side, he encountered drug dealers in abandoned buildings, a gritty underground arts scene, and police brutality at Tomkins Square Read More
It would be, Mr. Obama said, “a new beginning—a new dawn of Read More
At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the rest of us to enjoy a good meal or even live in New York City—I have to recommend a trip to the Read More
At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the rest of us to enjoy a good meal or even live in New York City—I have to recommend a trip to the Read More
It has long been known that even under the most draconian regimes of 20th-century totalitarian terror, certain intrepid souls succeeded against all odds in creating memorable works of art and literature. Exactly how such feats of artistic rebellion and realization could be achieved in such circumstances is to most of us, I think, beyond the Read More
Thief Knew Right Time For Consulate Break-In
Foreign consulates-bristling with armed security guards, closed-circuit TV's and state-of-the-art alarm systems, or so you'd assume-wouldn't appear to make tempting targets for burglars. Nonetheless, one dropped by the Lebanese Consulate, at 9 East 76th Street, on May 24. This is the third visit by crooks to Upper East Side Read More
