The Art World at Home: Shed Curator Emma Enderby Is Doing Virtual Studio Visits, and Watching TV With Her Cats
Enderby is currently at work on the latest iteration of the Shed s Open Call exhibition series.
Emma Enderby. Photo: Jeremy Liebman.
In December, the Shed, the multi-platform New York cultural center in Hudson Yards, announced the 27 artists who has been chosen for its latest “Open Call” series of exhibitions and events. Each artist receives up to $15,000 to realize a project through the Shed, and among the winners are Emilie Gossiaux, Leslie Cuyjet, and Esteban Jefferson.
We caught up with Emma Enderby, the center’s chief curator, to learn about her role in the project, why she loves her windowsill, and how she developed a newfound approach to time.
March 11, 2021 at 3:00pm
New York’s Museum of Chinese in America has canceled an exhibition of work by pioneering artist collective Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network after nineteen of the group’s members withdrew in protest of what they contend is the museum’s support for a large new jail in Chinatown, where the institution is located. The exhibition, “Godzilla vs. the Art World: 1990–2001,” was to open in May focusing on the efforts of the collective over the 12-year span of its existence, during which it published a newsletter, organized “slide slams,” and sponsored symposiums on Asian American art in an effort to elevate its presence on the national art scene and to foster intergenerational and interdisciplinary collaboration on a more local scale.
The Uncertain Recovery of Manhattanâs Chinatown
Alternate-side parking: In effect until March 28 (Passover).
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Jenny Wu, 28, planned to have her wedding banquet next year at Jing Fong, the largest restaurant in Chinatown.
For many, the dim sum palace was the prime spot to hold weddings, birthdays, graduations and reunions. But that is no longer possible: After 28 years in operation, the banquet hall closed down this past Sunday.
The restaurant will continue to offer takeout and some outdoor dining. But Jing Fongâs banquet hall was geographically and symbolically at the heart of Chinatown, and the shutdown underscored the uncertain recovery of one of New Yorkâs most famous immigrant neighborhoods.