Darius James’s Antic Satire of American Racism

On our mindsChavisa WoodsMarch 7, 2019Darius James, The Nation, Nawal Arjini, Graham Hains

The Whitney Biennial: 75 Artists Are In, and One Dissenter Steps Out (The New York Times)

This year’s Whitney Biennial, considered the country’s most important showcase of contemporary art, has 75 participating artists — and one who has already withdrawn.

On our mindsNew York TimesFebruary 27, 2019whitney museum, Whitney Biennial, The New York Times

Filmmaker’s Incubator –Firelight Documentary Lab – Sends Two Films to Sundance: “Always in Season” and “Words from a Bear”

New York, NY – November 30, 2018 – Stanley Nelson’s much anticipated film on the life of jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, his company Firelight Films announced today. Produced with Eagle Rock Entertainment and American Masters Pictures, MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOLis a definitive account of the man behind the legend.

In addition, two fellows of Nelson’s Documentary Lab, an incubator that supports and mentors filmmakers of color, will be in competition at Sundance: ALWAYS IN SEASON, directed and produced by Jacqueline Olive, which explores the history and legacy of African American lynchings, and WORDS FROM A BEAR, director and producer Jeffrey Palmer’s examination of the Native American writer N. Scott Momaday.

"Oscars 2019: 'Green Book' is worst best picture winner since 'Crash'" - Justin Chang

On our mindsChavisa WoodsFebruary 27, 2019Green Book, Oscars 2019, Justin Chang, Film Critics, film review

L.E.S.P.I. presents "Chinatown: Lens on the Lower East Side" A Contemporary Photography Exhibit

On our mindsChavisa WoodsFebruary 27, 2019Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, lower east side, Photo Exhibit

Dinner with Good Friends

On our minds, PhotosChavisa WoodsFebruary 27, 2019Steve Cannon, a gathering of the tribes

A Massive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mural Pops Up On The Lower East Side (SecretNYC)

If you’ve walked around the Lower East Side recently you’ve probably noticed the larger-than-life portrait of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Houston.

On our mindsChavisa WoodsFebruary 27, 2019Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, LES, Bianca Bahamondes, Lexi Bella

Tribes #12 featured in Grace Wales Bonner Exhibition at Serpentine Sackler Gallery

On our minds, NewsChavisa WoodsFebruary 19, 2019Grace Wales Bonner, A Gathering of the Tribes, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, Steve Cannon, Ishmael Reed

Steve by Andrea Cauthen

Photos, On our mindsChavisa WoodsFebruary 18, 2019Andrea Cauthen, A Gathering of the Tribes, Steve Cannon, photography, black and white

Where Did That Designer Get That Idea? (New York Times)

LONDON — A few weeks before her London Fashion Week show, scheduled for Sunday, the prizewinning fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner was wandering around a show of a different kind at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery here.

Vilma Hodo, a Volunteer here at Tribes

On our mindsChavisa WoodsFebruary 11, 2019vilma hodo, actor, a gathering of the tribes, volunteer

MoMA to Close, Then Open Doors to More Expansive View of Art (New York Times)

As the Museum of Modern Art begins the final stage of its $400 million overhaul, it will close for four months this summer and autumn to reconfigure its galleries, rehang the entire collection and rethink the way that the story of modern and contemporary art is presented to the public.

Daffodils at Tribes

On our mindsChavisa WoodsFebruary 5, 2019flowers, daffodils, a gathering of the tribes, Steve Cannon

Flowers at Tribes

On our mindsChavisa WoodsJanuary 31, 2019Steve Cannon, flowers, A Gathering of the Tribes

Heather James Gallery 2018 - A Year in Review

On our mindsChavisa WoodsJanuary 30, 2019Heather James Fine Art, Art gallery, year in review

You Don't Need Eyes To Have A Vision

On our mindsChavisa WoodsJanuary 30, 2019Steve Cannon, Eyes, Vision

Sly Bang Release Party

On our mindsLarissa ShmailoJanuary 29, 2019sly bang, Larissa Shmailo, launch party

Open Reading at St Marks Poetry Project February 25th

On our mindsChavisa WoodsJanuary 28, 2019St Mark's Poetry Project, Open reading

Proposed Public Art Project David Hammons, Day's End

The Whitney has proposed a public art project by David Hammons (b. 1943) that would be located in Hudson River Park along the southern edge of Gansevoort Peninsula, directly across from the Museum.

On our mindsChavisa WoodsJanuary 14, 2019David Hammons, Day's End, whitney museum, the whitney, Gordon Matta-Clark

Did ‘Hamilton’ Get the Story Wrong? One Playwright Thinks So (The New York Times)

The 15 or 20 minutes before the performance ticked by the same way they do on nights when Rome Neal presides over jazz at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. But this time Mr. Neal was directing a reading of a play. It takes aim at the sensation that is the theatrical juggernaut “Hamilton” and its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.