Open Sessions 2016–2017 has officially started. We welcomed thirty-six artists, including two collaborative groups, to join us for two years. For most of the artists, our February orientation was the
Drawing Movement: A Strange New Beauty at MoMa
Edgar Degas is a name that most often brings to mind pastel tutus, delicate dancers, and the slanting floorboards of ballet studios. A Google search of the artist’s name yields
Nasreen Mohamedi at Met Breuer
Emerging from a culture where colorful, narrative, and figurative paintings were at the center of traditional and modern art, Nasreen Mohamedi’s work took a distinctive path, which developed as an
A Conversation with Sébastien Roux
On April 16th, The Drawing Center will present a listening session for Inevitable Music by the French composer Sébastien Roux. Roux’s electronic score was created by translating Sol LeWitt’s instructions for
Sol LeWitt in New York City
A potent figure of conceptualism and minimalism, Sol LeWitt and his legacy will not be forgotten as his art remains not only within the confines of various cultural institutions but
Poy Gum Lee: The Chinese Modern Style
On view through March 27th, the Museum of Chinese in America in New York examines the designs of modernist architect Poy Gum Lee, and his influence on the
Drawing Then at Dominique Lévy
In the mid-twentieth-century, when artists were heavily weighted down by pressure to reconcile the physical and conceptual aspects of their work, and when notions of the indexical mark, gesture,
Pia Camil at the New Museum
Pia Camil’s A Pot For A Latch is on view at the New Museum of Contemporary Art through April 17th, 2016. From the entrance of the New Museum’s
Interview with Louise Despont: Part II
Louise Despont: Energy Scaffolds and Information Architecture will be on view at The Drawing Center until March 20. More information about the exhibition is available here. Excerpts from “Interview
Interview with Kenny Wollesen and Julia Elsas
Wollesen and Elsas are performing this Saturday at The Drawing Center during the Basement Performances, curated by John Zorn In our second weekend of Basement Performances at The Drawing