Art Street Art, Street Life: From the 1950s to Now

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Given our current love of all things wheatpaste or graffiti, the street has become an outdoor, urban gallery of sorts. Curator Lydia Yee of the Bronx Museum, however, is more interested in artists who imposed their performance antics on the public, by taking their art out onto the sidewalk. Street Art, Street Life chronicles Vito Acconci's ambiguously criminal stalking activities in Following Piece, and the homeless posturing of photographer Tehching Hsieh, who spent an entire year in New York without going indoors. Mounted in the borough that gave birth to hip-hop — one of the most important street-art movements of the 20th century — the exhibition also features a schedule of block parties, break-dancing competitions, and lectures.

– Adda Birnir

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