A virtuoso of the eighteenth-century version of viral memes and fake news, he had a sense of political theatre that helped create a radical new reality.
Museum shows capture the great realist painter’s vision of the city and, at Just Above Midtown, the work of artists of color from the seventies and eighties.
A startup promises to match would-be stars with mentors such as DJ Khaled and Will Smith—like a mashup of MasterClass and Cameo. Can Jason Alexander help an aspiring Costanza make it in acting?
In Long Island City, Hooni Kim, of Danji, offers a wide array of the Korean sides known as banchan, plus soups, stews, marinated meat to cook at home, and a selection of made-to-order dishes.
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