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spotlight: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park is a visionary reimagining of 30 acres of post-industrial Queens shore...
06/03/2025

spotlight: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park is a visionary reimagining of 30 acres of post-industrial Queens shoreline into a resilient and multifunctional public space. 
 
Designed by SWA/Balsley in collaboration with and , the park, which opened to the public in July 2018, serves as both a vital community resource and as a blueprint for sustainable urban design, seamlessly weaving together infrastructure, ecology, and civic life.
 
Once a barren industrial site, the park now offers expansive green space, access to the water’s edge, and sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. Its layered design supports a range of recreational uses while also functioning as a protective buffer for the surrounding residential neighborhood.
 
We were proud to support this transformative project, which continues to influence how cities envision the future of their waterfronts in an era of climate adaptation and equitable urban development.

Images courtesy of SWA/Balsley

The Clemente was honored to help celebrate the opening of the the newly reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the ME...
06/02/2025

The Clemente was honored to help celebrate the opening of the the newly reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the MET Museum with “From ME to WE: Jamming with Manny Vega: An Interactive Art-Making Workshop on Diasporic Histories”!

Visitors examined their own diasporic memories in interactive art-making workshops that explored works in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas collections.

“From ME to WE” was developed as part of The Clemente’s Historias initiative

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Image credit to Samantha Sacks.

RISD students are working to develop environmentally conscious design proposals in the spring Hyundai Motor Group-suppor...
05/30/2025

RISD students are working to develop environmentally conscious design proposals in the spring Hyundai Motor Group-supported studio, “Future Structures: Biodesign Research and Regenerative Design.”

As part of a multi-year partnership between RISD and Hyundai, the course challenges students to apply lessons from nature to future mobility solutions.

Above, senior Gresh Chapman shares his Coke-bottle algae farm, a working prototype for filtering vehicle emissions as part of his carbon-neutral van project. Junior Karu Kumar experiments with origami-inspired forms to develop modular seating that mimics the strength, elasticity, and compact folding of an earwig’s wing. Also in the studio, junior Christina Wang builds a no-contact sensory system based on the African elephant nose fish, which uses electric fields to detect its surroundings. Her concept aims to monitor a driver’s vital signs and enhance automotive safety.

Last night, hosted the panel “Cross Currents: Collecting Australian Indigenous Art With Respect and Resonance.” The con...
05/28/2025

Last night, hosted the panel “Cross Currents: Collecting Australian Indigenous Art With Respect and Resonance.” The conversation, which featured participants like ’s D’Lan Davidson, actor and collector , curator Kelli Cole, and reporter Eileen Kinsella, explored the various dimensions and repercussions of collecting Indigenous Australian art, with the goal of building a more respectful, tradition-honoring future for Indigenous art.

“People Everyday” opened this evening to a warm reception at the Liu Shiming Art Gallery, featuring over 35 works by Han...
05/27/2025

“People Everyday” opened this evening to a warm reception at the Liu Shiming Art Gallery, featuring over 35 works by Hank Willis Thomas and Liu Shiming.

Curated by Emann Odufu, the exhibition explores the human body, care, and community as powerful agents of change. Make sure to visit - “People Everyday” is on view until July 31.

Last night, Hal Bromm Gallery opened its doors for “The Q***r Show, Part II.” Q***r people, despite being on the margins...
05/23/2025

Last night, Hal Bromm Gallery opened its doors for “The Q***r Show, Part II.” Q***r people, despite being on the margins of society, have always been at the forefront of the avant-garde, as seen in the exhibition’s older works by David Wojnarowicz, Nayland Blake, and . All of the other works, by artists like , , and , were created in the last six years as America renewed and continued its efforts to make the lives of q***r people more difficult. “The Q***r Show” foregrounds these artists who imagine and realize q***r futures through their practices and creativity.

The exhibition will be on view until July 25 at (90 West Broadway, New York, New York).

We recently visited Mystic Seaport Museum for a preview of their upcoming exhibition Monstrous: Whaling and its Colossal...
05/22/2025

We recently visited Mystic Seaport Museum for a preview of their upcoming exhibition Monstrous: Whaling and its Colossal Impact!

Scroll for a sneak peek of the dozens of whaling objects, artworks, and ephemera on-view, including a 51-foot scratchboard drawing of a s***m whale by Jos Sances, samples of scrimshaw, and 19th-century photographs of whale capture taken by captain’s wife Marian Shaw Smith.

Don’t miss the opening this Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 24! While there, you can explore the Charles W. Morgan, the last remaining intact whaling ship and the oldest of its kind.

The students of the WANTED Design Schools Workshop presented their final projects yesterday on the ICFF main stage, show...
05/21/2025

The students of the WANTED Design Schools Workshop presented their final projects yesterday on the ICFF main stage, showcasing innovative responses to this year’s theme: “Eating in NYC: Reconnecting and Redesigning Food Systems.”

Over just four days, 30 students from international design schools collaborated in six interdisciplinary teams, guided by industry experts and guest mentors, to create impressive solutions. Projects ranged from pop-up tasting kitchens at farmers markets connecting consumers directly with farmers, and communal dining experiences for NYC students without traditional campuses, to public installations teaching New Yorkers about local produce sourcing, and designs to transform NYC’s composting into a fully circular system.

This year’s workshop was developed in partnership with and supported by , , and .

: Bruce Nauman’s Topological Gardens illuminated the U.S. Pavilion in 2009 with neon and sculptures inside and out. Cur...
05/21/2025

: Bruce Nauman’s Topological Gardens illuminated the U.S. Pavilion in 2009 with neon and sculptures inside and out. Curated by Carlos Basualdo and Erica Battle from , the exhibition (3 locations across .art.biennale) also received the prestigious Golden Lion award.

Blue Medium managed all media efforts, artist and donors events for a project that is said to have redefined the boundaries of space, light, sound and meaning. Nauman’s glowing Vices and Virtues encircling the neoclassical pavilion was an ever-present image in the media that year. That year, we also represented the Australian and Icelandic Pavilions and hosted a stellar barbecue lunch for media and colleagues on La Certosa.

RISD returns to the ICFF + WANTED during this year’s NYCxDESIGN with “Grounding Space,” a dynamic student exhibition exp...
05/19/2025

RISD returns to the ICFF + WANTED during this year’s NYCxDESIGN with “Grounding Space,” a dynamic student exhibition exploring materiality, tradition, and the fantastical through reimagined furniture, and graduate work from RISD’s collaboration NYC-based design studio Bestcase. Catch it all at ICFF Booth W887 at the Javits Center, May 18–20.

Esto No Tiene Nombre is a one-woman show created and performed by Denice Frohman and inspired by the eponymous Latinx le...
05/14/2025

Esto No Tiene Nombre is a one-woman show created and performed by Denice Frohman and inspired by the eponymous Latinx le***an zine. The play chronicles the oral histories of Latina le***an elders through a powerful tapestry of vignettes — from pre-Stonewall police raids in Philly to stolen first kisses — as Frohman grapples with her own story of coming out.

Esto is a Historias commission presented in partnership with .columbia at Columbia University.

Limited tickets are still available via ’s bio.

(Image credit to David Evan McDowell)

For this year’s edition of TEFAF New York, Friedman Brenda is presenting two rooms that highlight both historical and ne...
05/09/2025

For this year’s edition of TEFAF New York, Friedman Brenda is presenting two rooms that highlight both historical and new work by some of the most influential artists and designers the gallery has worked with over the years.

The installation features works by Ettore Sottsass, John Chamberlain, John Mason, Faye Toogood, Byung Hoon Choi, Andrea Branzi, Andile Dyalvane, Najla El Zein, Christopher Le Brun, Raphael Navot, Samuel Ross, and Frank Stella, each contributing to the rich dialogue between material, form, and innovation that defines the gallery’s program.

TEFAF New York is at the Park Avenue Armory until May 13.

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