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An Open Hart Island: Off the Coast of the Bronx Lie 850,000 Lost Souls—the...
Will the public ever be able to visit Hart Island freely? Photo courtesy of Kingston Lounge. For decades, the barriers that have separated the people of New York and Hart Island have been nearly as...
View ArticleAt New York Art Book Fair, a Tribute, a New Kitchen and a Topless Book Club
Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair held its public opening last night at MoMA PS1 and the mood was just as buoyant as in past years. With no VIP hours or lounges and few ultra-big-ticket items, a...
View ArticleGalleristNY Turns One
Before we sign off for the weekend, we want to thank you for reading Gallerist over the past year. The site turned one year old today. As a celebration of sorts, we have collected a few of our favorite...
View ArticleEast New York’s Livonia Commons: Affordable Housing Vision Gets Visual Aids
Usually, living down by the tracks is bad thing, but after looking at the renderings of an affordable apartment complex in East New York, all we could think was, "how can we sign up?" Dunn Development...
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A Party, a Vigil, a Protest, a Concert: the Festivities and Fanaticism of the...
Looks promising, but where are the promises unmet? (Wayne Bailey) Burning down the house that Ratner built. (Wayne Bailey) Last night two very different events marked the grand opening of the Barclays...
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Former New York Times Publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger, Sr. Dies
Former New York Times publisher and chairman Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger, Sr., who ran the paper from 1963 to 1992, has died. The Times reports Mr. Sulzberger passed away at his Southampton home on...
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‘A Flaming River’: The World Should Watch Greece’s Rising Neo-Nazis, Golden...
Screengrab The foundering Greek government, in a state of disastrous financial decay, has begun referring victims of crime to the fascist Golden Dawn party for protection. The Guardian reports on the...
View ArticleCharles Barron ‘Considering’ Run For Public Advocate
Charles Barron, the bombastic Brooklyn councilman who lost a contentious congressional primary to Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries this summer, now has his eye on the city’s second highest elected...
View ArticleChinese Hackers Targeting Major Energy Companies
Telvent, which provides services that facilitate remote control and monitoring of large sections of the energy industry, may have recently fallen prey to Chinese hackers. While notifications about the...
View ArticleHorrifying Steve Jobs Bobblehead Sculpture Wants to Beat You With an iPhone
It’s not every day that we find ourselves sympathetic to Apple’s attorneys but a weird bobblehead-like plastic sculpture of Steve Jobs, created by a sculptor with the deeply obnoxious handle XVALA (we...
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Departing Columbia J School Dean Nick Lemann is Looking Forward to Some Time Off
Columbia Journalism School Dean Nicholas Lemann announced he is leaving his post via email this morning. Deanships come in five year increments. Mr. Lemann is stepping down after his second term. He...
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Anderson Cooper Profits from Oprah’s Absence
The Hollywood Reporter notes that the once-foundering Anderson Cooper daytime talk show, now known as Anderson Live, has seen the largest weekly increase in national ratings among all talk shows. The...
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An Urban Parent’s Guide to Raising Cultured Children
With all the distractions of the city, it seems there’s never really time for much of anything—particularly not for enjoying those very distractions. You and your kids have your hands in this and that,...
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New York Times and Newspaper Guild Agree to Hire a Mediator
The New York Times and the Newspaper Guild of New York will use an outside mediator in order to try to reach an agreement on their ongoing contract dispute. The two parties were supposed to reach a...
View ArticleOn New Creative Time Website, Artists Report From Around the World
Walking through Zefta hospital, in El Gharbeya, Egypt, outside Cairo, a man points to a filthy sink and shower stall. A few minutes later he says, “Look at the treatment Egyptians get. It’s inhumane!”...
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The Song Remains The Same – As Does The Question
Mr. Plant (Photo: Wikimedia) Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, at MOMA on Tuesday with bandmates Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham, son of the band’s late original drummer John, for a press...
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Nick Denton’s Website is a Big Fan of Nick Denton’s Boyfriend’s Play
Gawker media's sci-fi blog, i09, calls the new off-off-Broadway play The Future "a smart domestic drama about the perils of living forever." And we are sure the glowing 1,114 word review has nothing...
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Andrew Sullivan Hates Miserable, Money Sucking “New York Shitty”
He hates Manhattan! Andrew Sullivan has never been shy about expressing his opinion and when it comes to New York—where he's lived for all of two weeks—he's not pulling any punches. In a Daily Beast...
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Jamie Dimon Tries Out Some New (Old) Material Ahead of JPMorgan Earnings Friday
In the aftermath of JPMorgan's $5.8 billion trading loss this spring, the firm's outspoken chief executive seemed to dial back the brashness factor a little bit, and whether you thought that was a...
View ArticleDominique Lévy and Emmanuel Perrotin to Open Galleries at 909 Madison Avenue
The Upper East Side continues to sprout new galleries. This spring, Dominique Lévy, formerly a partner in the gallery L&M Arts on East 78th Street, will open a new, three-floor gallery, called...
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