If you’re looking for the best things to do in NYC this week, or even for today, there are tons of fun options, including the Whitney Biennial, “Aṣẹ: Afro Frequencies” at ARTECHOUSE, the Affordable Art Fair, Pasties and The Wolf, the “Dogs of New York” art exhibit, and awesome free events in NYC! For more ideas, scroll down to see this week’s best things to do in NYC.
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Best things to do in NYC this week
Photograph: Shaye Weaver for Time Out New York 1.Whitney Biennial Art Art Art nerds can’t wait until the Whitney Biennial, which happens every two years.It’s always a gigantic showcase of some of the coolest, newest, and most provocative art at a big New York City museum.It’s the Whitney Museum of American Art’s landmark exhibition series and the longest-running survey of American Art, on view March 20-August 11.
This year, the Biennial is themed “ Even Better Than The Real Thing” and features the work of 71 artists and collectives.
It does a lot in this iteration.
T he survey examines rapidly advancing technologies and machine learning tools; t he body and subjectivity as it pertains to queer identity, body sovereignty, motherhood, the aging body, and the trans body; m aterial agency and the use of unstable media; and lots more.
Overarching is the focus on “the real,” an extremely present topic these days with the onslaught of incorrect ChatGPT answers, horrifying deep fakes and art made by AI.
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