Magical Pew Supreme This site specific installation stages a confessional set up inviting the visitor to genuflect, reflect and if appropriate, repent. The installation translates the feeling of disconnection between the “natural” world and our over-commercialized Western world. Inspired by my Catholic upbringing and by K. Malevitch’s Suprematism, among various sources, the form and aesthetic […]

NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher delivers Covid Home Test Kits to Samantha of Westbeth Artists Residents Council. Thank you Erik For information on how to get free Home Test Kits for District 3 communities, email: District 3@council.nyc.gov

Marya Zimmet's Debut Album ON THE ROAD TO LOVE Is Such Sweet Surprise It starts slow, like the sunrise. It eases its way into the consciousness, like the dawning awareness that something delicious has entered the sense of smell, that something beautiful has slipped into view, that something surprisingly gorgeous has permeated the ears. Eventually, […]

Two audio plays -- an old radio comedy of anxiety in the modern world, and a soliloquy of lost love -- sprung from the mind of this singular and iconic playwright. Written by David Greenspan Listen to the plays https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/trailers/theres-no-time-comedy-loops/ Directed by Ken Russ Schmoll Sound Design by Leah Gelpe (There's) No Time for Comedy […]

Residents of the downtown artists’ housing reflect on their home and work spaces Stephen Hall contemporary painter with emphasis on climate change “ really the best, greatest moment of your life.” After decades on a waitlist, residents like Karen Santry recall a seemingly destined, life-changing moment: getting a phone call from Westbeth Artists Housing. For […]

Photo:A 1972 installation by the Kitchen at its first home, in the Mercer Arts Center. Credit...Ben TattiTwo storied New York City arts organizations, both with origins in the early 1970s, will soon share a roof, as the Kitchen temporarily relocates to Westbeth Artist Housing. The Kitchen announced the move on Thursday. Founded as an artist […]

SPRING/BREAK Art Show Sept 7 - 12, 2022 Kourosh Mahboubian Fine Art 625 Madison Ave Booth 1022 Spring Break is an internationally recognized exhibition platform using underused, atypical and historic New York City exhibition spaces to activate and challenge the traditional cultural landscape of the art market, typically but not exclusively during Armory Arts Week. […]