Author Archives: jolanta

Two new exhibits opened this week in Chelsea dealing with themes of mourning, loss and searching. At Mixed Greens, Searching: Bas Jan Ader, Arianna Carossa & Mie Olise is a meditation on the search for meaning. The gallery is hosting some major works. Notably Ader, who is most famously known for works such as I’m […]

This September, over one dozen American artists will come together in Brooklyn to share what “Wildlife in the Post-Natural Age” looks like. The works range from drawing to painting, video animation, sculpture, and photography. The show focuses on work that addresses the interplay between wildlife and our domesticated selves and spaces. “It probes the persistence […]

In Between & Outside is a series of portraits by Sara Swaty exploring gender identity and the body across a broad spectrum of individuals. The works were created with an interest in how cultural preconceptions about gender have created unattainable ideals about masculinity and femininity. Subjects range from those born into a gender they do […]

  In his book, Green Metropolis, author David Owen makes a convincing argument that New York City is the most sustainable city in the U.S. Smaller residential units, higher densities, fewer households owning automobiles, fewer miles traveled for those who do own automobiles, all contribute to a more sustainable environment. Essentially, less energy is used […]