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Little Island NYC: “It’s a Park”

Edited by Kathryn Cooperman When I first glimpsed the Little Island construction site from the High Line in October 2020, I knew I would have to come back to see it when it was completed. Construction on Manhattan’s newest green space began in 2018 and it opened on May 21st of this year. Designed by […]Read Post ›

4 Art Experiences to Explore in New York this Summer

Written by Kathryn Cooperman; edited by Catherine Harlow. Cover image per SLFMag on Tumblr of a sculpture from Kusama: Cosmic Nature. With pandemic restrictions slowly lifting and the art scene bustling again in New York, there will be some exciting art exhibits to visit this summer. Below, I’ve listed some particularly intriguing offerings that I […]Read Post ›

The Impact of COVID on Art and Design: Three Predictions

We are one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. What will be the long-term impacts of COVID on art and design?

Crazy Rich Asians: A Conversation with Annie and Tiffany

Crazy Rich Asians dominated the American box offices in August and has been the topic of much conversation in the Asian American community since the trailer was first released in the Spring. This is the first Hollywood film since 1993’s Joy Luck Club with a full cast of Asian American leads (which incidentally uses some […]Read Post ›

Notes from the Venice Biennale

Part 2 of a series on Venice.

Venice: The Impossible City

Earlier this year, at the end of April, I was packing and preparing to move to Venice for two months. I’d been hired for an internship with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and I was excited to be going back to Italy: in 2013, I’d lived in Rome for a summer and studied in Bologna, but […]Read Post ›

Biking and Art in the Twin Cities: An Exploration

Falling in love with art, from a bike.

When America was supposedly great

I’m going to jump in on this debate about “Make America Great Again,” largely in order to talk about how we have constructed this idea of a time when the United States was some perfect union. Let’s assume that America has never actually been great, considering the amount of racism, sexism, ableism, classism and xenophobia […]Read Post ›

Happy Holidays from New York: 12 Ways to Get Into the Holiday Spirit

Not All That Glitters is Gold: A Closer Look at Trump’s Tower

My first lesson in architecture was that buildings are built by those with money and power. This is a thought that I am sure comforts and flatters Donald Trump immensely, as he seems to think of himself as a powerful man and he has built a lot of buildings.