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ARTS and CULTURE

City Watch: Council Arts Chair Urges NYC to Boost Budget in ‘Cultural Capital of the World’

By David Brand | April 28, 2022

Brooklyn Councilmember Chi Ossé wants to commit 1 percent of New York City’s budget to the arts sector, which shed more than 208,000 jobs during the early months of the pandemic.

Councilmember Wants to Make 'Open Culture' Program, Which Stages Art Shows on NYC Streets, Permanent

Across NYC, Millions of Daffodils Will Mark Lives Lost to 9/11 and COVID

NY Prison Arts and Reentry Programs Persist Throughout Pandemic

PHOTOS: A Look at the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit in New York

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Opinion: Rezoning is an Opportunity to Plan SoHo’s Future, For Artists and Beyond

By Mary Rolland | March 3, 2021

‘I believe if we want to preserve SoHo, we must rezone within reason. To address the disjointed policies and permits that currently cause headaches, but also to save the stunning landmarked buildings at the heart of this debate.’

ARTS and CULTURE

Opinion: Supporting NYC’s Immigrant Arts Ecosystem Through Crisis and Beyond

By Eli Dvorkin and Laird Gallagher | February 15, 2021

‘Yet while immigrants now account for nearly one-third of all artists in the city and play an essential role anchoring New York’s position as a global leader in contemporary culture, the pandemic is threatening their livelihoods.’

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PHOTOS: NYC’s Trump Years

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 20, 2021

A look back on some of the pivotal moments in New York during the last four years, from protests to the immigration ban to Trump’s impact on local elections.

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The Check In: COVID-19 and Latino Artists

By Jeanmarie Evelly | December 11, 2020

This week, City Limits’ Spanish-language reporter and editor Daniel Parra talks about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino arts organizations in the city and nationwide.

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City’s Latino Artists Disproportionately Impacted By the Pandemic

By Daniel Parra | December 10, 2020

Latino artists report lower rates of health insurance, greater economic losses and higher unemployment. A higher number of them have seen their health or their family’s health directly impacted by COVID-19.

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Latino artists and COVID

Artistas latinos impactados desproporcionadamente por la pandemia

By Daniel Parra | December 8, 2020

Artistas latinos reportan: mayores pérdidas económicas, mayor desempleo, en mayor medida han visto su salud o la de su familia afectada directamente por el coronavirus y en un mayor porcentaje no tienen seguro médico.

Art at the Limits

Watch: Amid Isolation and Distance, the Sounds and Dance of New York’s Soul Break Through

By Jarrett Murphy | November 27, 2020

An organization that fosters traditional dance from the city’s many ethnic groups is taking its work, and the movements and music of its performers, online.

Art at the Limits

Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19

By David Brand | November 24, 2020

In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse crisis with no clear end in sight.

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Subway Art Campaign Tackles Anti-Asian Bias During COVID-19

By Nicole Javorsky | November 10, 2020

From the start of the city’s coronavirus crisis in February 2020, the city’s Commission on Human Rights received more than 566 reports of discrimination, harassment, and bias related to COVID-19, 184 of which were anti-Asian in nature.

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Could a New ‘New Deal’ Put Artists to Work Shaping the City?

By David Brand | October 13, 2020

Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.

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