Art Basel Miami Beach, North America’s premiere haute art fair, where you can pass a Picasso on your right while sneaking a glance at an A-list celebrity to your left, is not often a place where serious critiques of the art world arise. And yet, at this year’s fair, Thomas Sevcik, managing director of…
Last week, Studio-X hosted WASTE STREAMS: REFUSE REFUSE, the fifth event in a series of public dialogues on regional and global waste streams, held in conjunction with Columbia’s current Architecture and Urban Design (AUD) Studio. The event presented a …
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Tamara Greenfield and Caron Atlas share thoughts on how understanding NOCDs can help inform a more holistic approach to cultural policy. |
PARK TOUR AND BIKE RIDE
This Saturday, Architectural League group Design in 5 is hosting a park tour and bike ride of Hudson River Park and the West Harlem Piers, two of…
#OPENCITIES
As our Twitter followers have no doubt noticed, members of the Omnibus team are currently in Washington, DC for Next American City’s conference Open Cities: New Media’s Role in Shaping Urban Policy. It has been two days of …
VOTE!
Tuesday, November 2nd is Election Day — don’t forget to vote! For the procrastinators among us, Gotham Gazette has an election guide, with who’s running, ballot questions, and when and where to show up.
DEATH OF A TUNNEL
It’s final – the ARC tunnel project is…
HAPPY NEW YORKERS
Starting this week on a positive note, a recent survey revealed that most New Yorkers are happy! Or, at least “satisfied.” Of the 1,005 New Yorkers that participated in the first annual Survey on Livability, conducted …
Addressing and defining change and measurable progress often seems like the end result of a project or political campaign, rather than the starting point it ought to be. Last weekend, Creative Time, that hyper-dynamic creative engine for public art …
FILM FESTIVAL
This weekend the Architecture and Design Film Festival presents an intriguing spectrum of 40 films that “cover an incredible range of design-oriented topics, from architecture and urban design to graphics and product design,” says architect and festival co-director …
First up on this week’s roundup: stuff to check out this week. Our October calendars are bursting with a plethora of first-rate events, installations, programs and otherwise worthy additions to your to-do list.
For the advance planners out there, check out the line-ups for another event-packed weekend starting October 8. Next weekend brings both Conflux, a festival devoted to art and technology in the urban environment, and Open House…
