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Lévy Gorvy is pleased to announce Warhol Women, an exhibition devoted exclusively to Andy Warhol’s portraits of women from the early 1960s through the 1980s. On view from April 25 through June 15 at Lévy Gorvy’s landmark building on Madison Avenue, the selection of paintings, covering the full scope of Warhol’s career, invites the viewer to […]
The highly collectable and coveted Visionaire, multi-format album of fashion and art, is back with latest edition Visionaire 56 Solar, in collaboration with Calvin Klein Collection.
This time around, the creatives have come up with a book that appears to be all white, with black & white imagery. Take this baby outside, and watch it go […]
Curated by Basquiat scholar Dieter Buchhart, the exhibition is the first concentrated examination of the extraordinary body of work that the artist created using Xerox photocopies as his principal medium and compositional focal point. The series will be captured by more than 20 historic works—many of which have rarely been exhibited publicly—and will be accompanied […]
FRIDAY 1
Santigold is performing an intimate gig tonight to benefit The Art of Elysium‘s arrival in NYC. The Art of Elysium is a non-profit organization which encourages actors, artists, and musicians to volunteer their time and talent to children battling serious medical conditions. Tickets and RSVP nyrsvp@theartofelysium.org.
The Jane, 113 Jane St, NYC, 212-924-6700, 9pm, $100, […]
SATURDAY 2
Buraka Som Sistema
Portuguese electro group Buraka Som Sistema are known for their brand of kuduro- an upbeat sound from Angola that has elements of punk and deep tribal house. Tonight BSS play tracks from new album Black Diamond, featuring hit tracks Sound of Kuduro with M.I.A. and Aqui Para Voces.
Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St […]
R&B singer Ashanti has been confirmed to play Dorothy in the musical The Wiz which will run in New York this summer.
The musical, which made its Broadway debut in 1975, won seven Tony Awards and was made into a movie in 1978. Quincy Jones produced the movie’s soundtrack, with Michael Jackson playing Scarecrow and Diana […]
The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism. In the 18th-century Atlantic world, a new culture of consumption, fueled by the slave trade, colonialism, and imperialism, enabled access to clothing and goods that indicated wealth, distinction, and taste. Black […]
THURSDAYS
NYC’S super hot Latin party is every Thursday night at Hush Bar. DJs Alex Mendez & Efe Ramirez.
Hush Bar, 348 West 52nd Street, NYC, 11:30 PM
