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New York City has a thriving arts culture with hundreds of interesting art galleries, performances, and even audience-involved events. It is important to cultivate this culture in schools. Baruch College supports the arts sufficiently well by allowing its theater to … Continue reading →

The Musée Picasso has been under renovation for over two years and the grand reopening has been postponed until June. Anne Baldassari, the museum’s president has been considered the center of the blame for this misfortune, with harsh criticism of … Continue reading →

Last year, Hurricane Sandy has left pain and destruction in our midst.  But New York has risen from the ashes to rebuild and there are plans now for an exhibition in the Museum of the City of New York that … Continue reading →

The ballet world is full of brutality, competition and politics- but none quite like this. This past year Sergei Filin, artistic director of The Bolshoi Ballet- one of the top tier of all ballet companies, was horribly attacked with acid … Continue reading →

“We are all natural Nazis, fascists, murderers, full of repressions and hate.” Raphael Montanez Ortiz, a Brooklyn-born musician and artist made famous for his 1966 “Piano destruction concert,” claims this as he goes on to say, “ Instead of pouring … Continue reading →

In 1996, the University of Houston enacted a “percent-for-art” policy which set aside a small percentage of the university’s income towards public art’s projects on campus. The policy flourished at the university financing roughly 400 public art works to date … Continue reading →