The peculiar appearance of Forrest Bess, the “pseudo-hermaphrodite” painter, at the 2012 Whitney Biennial still stands out in my memory. The eleven paintings were vivid and haunting, and…
To mark World AIDS Day, the New York–based arts nonprofit Visual AIDS, which supports HIV-positive artists and fights the disease through art, released a slide show called Radiant Presence
Martin Wong loved firemen. The late East Village artist, whose paintings stand as some of the most original and brave art produced in New York in the past 40 years, painted an intimate portrait
The most elegant show in Venice? That would have to be “Slip of the Tongue,” the exhibition that artist Danh Vo has organized at billionaire François Pinault’s museum at the Punta della…
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “Martin Wong: Painting Is Forbidden,” which is on view at the CCA Wattis Institute for…
On a mercifully warm March morning, around 20 Martin Wong enthusiasts gathered outside the Lower East Side apartment building the Chinese-American artist and collector occupied for most of the 1980s…
A new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York showcases works by Martin Wong and his street-artist friends Keith Haring, Lady Pink, Lee Quiñones, Dondi, and many more
A collection of works by New York graffiti artists assembled by artist Martin Wong will be the subject of an exhibition opening next month at the Museum of the City of New York.
Lining the walls in the fifth-floor gallery that houses the show are shelves and display cases containing a riot of objects: tchotchkes, paintings, scrolls, books, a novelty lamp in the shape of a ham…