The New York City Aesthetic, 1962 - Now

A trio of new works tracks some 60 years in the cultural life of New York City: an extraordinary exhibition at the Jewish Museum showcasing the “new art” that emerged in 1962; a eulogistic documentary about the Chelsea Hotel; and a hagiography of hip-hop legend Biggie Smalls. Beyond chronicling the city and its scenes, these works capture what, since Walt Whitman, has been New York’s clearest aesthetic through line: that we “behold this compost and behold it well!”