Artists Space

By Nancy Princenthal

JUL-AUG 2020 | ArTonic

Shocking but true: Artists Space, essential model for a generation of feisty, funky, youth-driven nonprofits, is nearly half a century old. More surprising still, initially it depended entirely on government support, at a time when both the governor of New York (Nelson Rockefeller) and the US president (Richard Nixon, newly re-elected) were Republicans. Promising to make up for a dearth of opportunity for young artists, Artists Space’s founders rounded some up and offered them the chance to call the shots, all on the state’s dime.

From Space to Environment, Fluxus to Furniture Music: The Women of Kankyō Ongaku

By Sadie Rebecca Starnes

APRIL 2021 | Music

This two-part essay takes an expansive look at the female artists that both prefigured and forged kankyō ongaku across disciplines, as well as the myriad influences informing their work.

Up Space, Down Space: Moving Dancers of New York

By MG Lee

MAR 2019 | Dance

While there’s been a flourish of big name choreographers and residencies cropping up in Upstate New York—Stephen Petronio and Jonah Bokaer, among others— emerging, local groups are also looking upstate for space and solitude to rehearse.

Dona Nelson: Stretchers Strung Out On Space

By Hearne Pardee

MARCH 2021 | ArtSeen

At a time when paintings are projected on walls or traded as digital tokens, Dona Nelson continues to engage viewers in close interaction with painting’s materials: fabric, liquid, and wooden supports.