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Artists Space
By Nancy PrincenthalJUL-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 Spaces founders rounded some up and offered them the chance to call the shots, all on the states dime.

From Space to Environment, Fluxus to Furniture Music: The Women of Kankyō Ongaku
By Sadie Rebecca StarnesAPRIL 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 LeeMAR 2019 | Dance
While theres been a flourish of big name choreographers and residencies cropping up in Upstate New YorkStephen 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 PardeeMARCH 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 paintings materials: fabric, liquid, and wooden supports.