annex | New York Cultural Events, Articles, and Videos

an index of events, articles, and videos across art, architecture, design, performance, publishing, and film.

Articles

The Art Newspaper / Art / Jun 26

Comment | Art Basel’s Zero 10 grows up and outgrows the digital community that led to its inception

The article reviews the third edition of Art Basel's digital art showcase, Zero 10, highlighting its historical context and questioning its target audience.

The Art Newspaper / Architecture / Jun 26

At Mexico City’s Laboratorio Arte Alameda, restoration shapes artistic practice

A site-specific project emerges from the conservation of the museum’s 16th-century building

Flash Art / Design / Jun 4

"état bruit" Konschthal Esch |

The article reviews the "état bruit" exhibition at Konschthal Esch, highlighting various installations that explore contemporary art reflecting the "channels, signals, and background noises" of present-day life.

Videos

01 / Louisiana Channel / Art

Artist Mandy El-Sayegh: A Visit to the Studio

”I love these boring things, but they’re so precious to me as a kid.” Inside her studio, artist Mandy El-Sayegh explores how painting can hold complex and often difficult subject matter within a space of intuition and flow, “a child-like state.” ”I try to get into a warm place because I’m dealing with quite heavy subject matter.” Iridescent colours – inspired by the shifting tones of opal – frequently overlay more...

02 / Art21 / Architecture

Navigating Homesickness through Sculpture (Do Ho Suh) | Art21

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Do Ho Suh, from the "Stories" episode in Season 2 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series. "Stories" premiered in September 2003 on PBS. Do Ho Suh is filmed painting outside his childhood home. Themes of homesickness, public and private space, military conflict, conformity and difference, and art’s relationship to architecture are touched on by Suh as he...

03 / Art21 / Design

Delcy Morelos: "I don’t create sculptures; I design an experience."

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment featuring Delcy Morelos from the "Human Nature" episode in the twelfth season of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series. "Human Nature" premiered in June 2026 on PBS. Delcy Morelos was born in 1967 in Tierralta, Colombia, and lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia. Learn more about the artist: https://art21.org/delcymorelos Support the production of films and educational m...

04 / e-flux / Performance

Samia Halaby: Kinetic Painting

A conversation between artist Samia Halaby and Sanna Almajedi, recorded live following a performance (https://www.e-flux.com/events/621554/kinetic-painting-with-samia-halaby-in-collaboration-with-nbsp-amir-elsaffar/) at e-flux on September 10, 2024. In the performance, Halaby used a computer program that she coded in the early '90s to generate abstract shapes. These were manipulated in real-time alongside sonic im...

05 / Louisiana Channel / Poetry

Writer Danez Smith: Poems Have Saved My Life

Acclaimed poet Danez Smith reflects on the power of poetry as a space for empathy, transformation, and collective experience. Reading from the poem “Colorado Springs,” Smith explores themes of family, queerness, vulnerability, and the fears that shape parental love. Throughout the interview, Smith describes poems as “gathering spaces across time,” places where readers meet not only the poet but also generations of...

06 / Louisiana Channel / Publishing

Writer Max Porter: I Want the Language to be Squirming

In this in-depth conversation with Louisiana Channel, acclaimed British novelist Max Porter reflects on the relationship between language, music and literary form, revealing how rhythm, voice and collaboration shape his work. Porter rejects the notion of a singular authorial voice, describing himself instead as "a handler of voices" and "a conductor of voices." He discusses his attraction to polyphony, dialect and...

07 / Art21 / Film

José de Jesús Rodríguez's Back & Forth | Art21 "New York Close Up"

This documentary short follows the artist in a moment of creative transition as he adapts the techniques of mosaic to his multilayered compositions, embracing more openness, gesture, and ambiguity in this emerging body of work. Explore other Art21 films in the "New York Close Up" series at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL70298B8E028D372C Support the production of films and educational materials about conte...

08 / Storefront for Art and Architecture / Architecture

The Right to the City: Homelessness and Advocacy

On the occasion of Alex Strada’s exhibition Public Address, Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer Jennifer Egan and Will Watts, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy at Coalition for the Homeless, join Strada, Artist in Residence at the Department of Homeless Services, for a conversation on the state of homelessness in New York City. The city remains the only municipality in the United States to guarantee a right to shel...

This week

Jul

Architecture

Crumbling Land

Exhibition closing of 'Crumbling Land' at Citygroup.

Citygroup

Lower East Side
4:00 PM
RSVP required

Free admission

Aug

Art

First Friday: Summer 2026 Series—August: ‘Iknowyou’vewonderedwherei’vebeen;adrift,astare,atilt,asigh,exhale’ — WaveHill X The Bronx Museum

Join us for a themed party celebrating artist David Antonio Cruz’s exhibition.

The Bronx Museum

Bronx
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free

Aug

Art

‘7th AIM Biennial’ Culminating Open House: Exhibiting Artists In Conversation

Join us for a conversation with artists from the 7th AIM Biennial.

Bronx Museum

Bronx
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Free