Photographer William John Kennedy is believed to have taken the only photographs in existence of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana, and he's about to share what he saw through the lens. On April 19th an exhibition of newly published prints of the two will open at Site/109, where they note the images of the artists show them with their works, including Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe and Indiana’s iconic LOVE. more ›

The Maurizio Cattelan exhibit currently housed inside the Guggenheim (you can't miss it), will be on view through January 22nd, and the museum has just offered up this neat video showing Cattelan using a one-twelfth-scale model of the building to help visualize the installation. Along with the miniature rotunda, he used maquettes of artworks to prepare for hanging the objects. Most likely he used one of these foam-core miniatures. more ›

Earlier this week, we traveled backwards through time to check out the New York Public Library's fabulous collection of the Thanksgiving menus of yesteryear. Today, the NYPL is trying to archive the Thanksgiving menus that your great great grandchildren will look upon fondly. The Library is looking for photographs, stories, videos and audio clips of different Thanksgiving traditions, old and new alike, and they need your help. more ›

Temporarily escape from the city's gloom with The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology's new exhibit, "Up River," a 63-foot-long, nautically-inspired, multidimensional representation of the Hudson River. We hear it's simply lovely this time of year. more ›

Remember that bar in the East Village, Superdive? The one that finally closed down after months of keggers, all-you-can-drink Champagne Tuesdays, and untold crowds of underage drinkers? Well now, in an unexpected twist of fate, the space that was once home base for beer pong aficionados is getting a dose of straight-up culture, and it's happening tonight. more ›

There's a new exhibition of Photographer Alfred Stieglitz's iconic New York City photographs opening at the Seaport Museum today. (The late photographer, who was married to Georgia O'Keeffe, died in the city in 1946.) This is the first time the images will be shown together in almost 80 years; the exhibit features "an unprecedented group of legendary early twentieth century" photographs which will be separated into three galleries. more ›

Kanye West's favorite King (Tutankhamun, obvs) has been reunited with his chariot, which was unveiled at his Times Square exhibit yesterday—this is the first time it's traveled outside of Egypt. The chariot was found in his tomb, and is believed to have been used by Tut... in fact, it may have been the very instrument of his death. According to exhibit's organizers, "of the six chariots that archeologist Howard Carter discovered in King Tut’s tomb in 1922, this object from the Antechamber is unique; it is the only one that shows signs of use in life. It has a simpler and lighter construction than the other chariots found in the tomb, and may have served the young king as a traveling chariot, on the battlefield, or even in hunting expeditions. There is a possibility King Tut may have died after a fall from this very chariot." more ›

Kanye West just did a better job at visiting the King Tut exhibition than you. Seriously, what did you wear when you went to pay your respects to Tutankhamun? The exhibit's organizers tell us West came in "wearing some great Egyptian bling—including a pyramid ring [we hear it's a 4-finger $3,000 ring] and a pendant of Horus, the Egyptian god of the sky." Here he is pictured stealing the thunder of King Tut's great-grandmother Tjuya in her paltry golden coffin. (And if you haven't stopped by the Times Square exhibit yet, you have until January 2nd.) more ›

A couple of years ago we looked at some of Richard Sandler's photographs of New York City taken in the 1970s and 80s, and now he's back showing off more of his collection at an exhibit opening later this month. "The Former New York" will focus on the 1980s and highlight many of his subway snapshots; it opens at Millennium Film Workshop (66 East 4th Street) on April 30th, and runs through June 19th. more ›

Famed photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is the subject of an expansive retrospective that opened yesterday at MoMA. His work in the 1930s "helped define the creative potential of modern photography" and made him one of the most influential photographers in history. As a photojournalist, he captured life on the run, exclusively using Leica 35mm rangefinder cameras—as the NY Times noted in their review: "By plane, train, bus, car, bicycle, rickshaw, horse and on foot, he covered the better part of five continents" throughout his career. The show will run through June 28th, and here's little look into the world he saw through his lens. more ›

With Factory photographer Billy Name's negatives gone missing, it might be nice to check out some other snapshots from the days Andy Warhol reigned as the King of Pop Art. more ›

As mentioned in our indispensable daily events newsletter, the 25-foot Egyptian god Anubis has taken over New York waters today. Officials insist this isn't some sort of Trojan Horse trick or signal that we are all going to be mummified soon—it's merely a promotional tool for the upcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibit (tickets on sale today!). The last time Tutmania hit the city was in 1979, when 1.8 million visitors flocked to see his treasures... and Steve Martin addressed the phenomena on Saturday Night Live, calling it a "national disgrace the way we have commercialized it with trinkets and toys, t-shirts and posters." Watch: more ›

Warning: most of this gallery is NSFW! So of course that means someone got naked in the name of art, and it's making museum-goers a little uncomfortable. The Marina Abramović restrospective, which traces the artist's prolific career, only just opened at the MoMA yesterday and it's already offending people! The artist isn't scared to show a little skin, nothing new there, but one part of the installation has patrons squeezing through two naked performers. Awkward. However, the Yugoslavian-born performance artist wouldn't be doing her job if she didn't make her audience experience something they haven't before, no? more ›

Earlier this month Charles Addams took over some space at the Museum of the City of New York with a fitting exhibit spotlighting the cartoonist's own depictions of the city. Over 80 drawings, cartoons, sketches, watercolors, and pencil sketches (some of which were never published), as well as examples of the artist’s personal ephemera are on view through May 16th. A little history: more ›

You may recall that last month an exhibit at a small West Village gallery was shut down by the NYPD because the show featured a nude woman standing in the gallery window. (She was holding a jar of human testicles, by the way, but more on that later.) The NYCLU and famed civil rights lawyer Ron Kuby rallied to the gallery's defense, arguing that a state law on public nudity has an exception for "the breast-feeding of infants or to any person entertaining or performing in a play, exhibition, show or entertainment." In a surprise move, the NYPD agreed, and declared that the model, Megan Hanford, is an integral part of the artwork, and there's nothing lewd or indecent about it. Emboldened, the gallery is now kicking it up a notch! more ›