One Step Ahead

A new book on ballet’s George Balanchine

Features

Masters of the Metaverse

A new digital NFT gallery for NYU artists is reframing the way we view art
An Oral History

The virtual dental museum drilling into the past with 3D artifacts and VR immersion

Also in This Issue

Campus Canvas

Class in session at the Frick Collection, Steinway pianos make a grand entrance, and more
Haute Pursuit

Tracing the surprising entrepreneurial journey of revolutionary fashion icon Coco Chanel
Window on a War

Archival artwork puts war stories and propaganda on display in “Fighting Fascism”
Violet Spotlight

Meet the new director of the 80WSE Gallery
Gallery Tour

Exhibitions featuring a National Geographic trek across the globe, subversive textile art, and more
Where Jazz Once Lived

Musicologist Kwami Coleman channels Downtown Manhattan’s bygone art loft scene
Love at First Listen

Psychologists measure just how long it takes to fall for a song
Poetry Pause

Making time for an ode acquaintance

Featured Video

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Watch visual artist Rana Begum discuss the inspiration behind her art installation in the new Paulson Center with Tisch’s Isolde Brielmaier, associate professor of critical studies in the Department of Photography and Imaging. Focusing on the coexistence of light, color, and form, the installation shifts with the day’s changing light through the windows of the second floor commons.

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