Matthew Tierney’s Three-Act Exhibition, “Empires Fall | The Dance Goes On”

Captured motion gives way to concentrated emotion, at NYC's Bryant Toth Fine Art

Even before entering Bryant Toth Fine Art, one can witness the power of color that’s been restrained, precisely framed and hung just beyond the glass. The works, by artist Matthew Tierney, capture dancers in a position of movement, and allude to movements of the past and future. Tierney’s exhibition, “Empires Fall | The Dance Goes On,” sits at many intersections: politics and dance, paint and …

Ai Weiwei’s New NYC Project “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”

Ai Weiwei’s latest NYC art installation is made up of some 300 pieces all over the city and makes a strong point about immigration and refugees. With a fence circling the Unisphere in Queens, a cage in Washington Square Park, and more “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” encourages New Yorkers to take a moment and think about the problematic nature of borders—metaphorical and physical. He …

Brad Walsh’s Human Ecosystem of Sounds, ANTIGLOT

An instrument-free album with vocal layering and manipulated body percussion

From the opening track forward, Brad Walsh‘s new album ANTIGLOT pulls the mind and spirit to a state of active meditation. For all its mystical elements—and the moments of rhythmic hypnotism—this is not background music. Walsh wants listeners’ attention and he manages to secure it without instruments or lyrics. It’s a tremendous departure from his last full-length, Six Infinite, and comparisons to Björk’s Medulla are …