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Cyrielle Gulacsy is the ultimate autodidact. Not long after getting her degree in graphic design in Paris in 2016, she decided to devote herself instead to fine art. But painting wasn’t the only thing she taught herself. Gulacsy’s work is informed by the study of physics, light, space, and perception. Her subjects of choice include the ergosphere (the surface that surrounds a black hole) and ...

The New York Historical Society has named Russell Shorto as executive director of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Institute for New York City History, Politics, and Community Activism, which focuses on community activism in the 20th and 21st-century. Shorto, a narrative historian and journalist, is known for his chronicles of New York’s past, in particular its origins as a Dutch colony. As the head of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel ...

The title of Mana Contemporary’s survey of New York–based artist Ruth Hardinger, “Transcending Fields,” suggests elevation or sublimation. And yet, while the exhibition’s low lights, pools of shadow, and pilgrimage-like structure establish a quietly spiritual sense of ascent, the fifty-year practice it represents belongs much more to the profane world of dirt and gravity. One obvious through line unites Hardinger’s varied works in plaster, ...

News item | 14-06-2021 | 16:55Human activity is having an impact on the world’s environment, its climate and its biodiversity. Scientists tell us a disaster is looming, but the damage can still be limited if we take action quickly. Luckily, lots of bright minds are working on technological solutions and there is increased awareness that we can all play our role by changing our ...