NEW YORK, NEW MUSIC

During the early 1980s, New York experienced a community-driven musical renaissance. The result was an era of creativity and genre-defying performance that stands as one of the most influential in musical and cultural history. A wide range of music, from punk to pop to hip-hop to salsa to jazz, mixed in a dynamic arts scene that stretched across clubs and bars, theaters, parks, and art spaces. This 3000 sq ft exhibition includes 50 videos, 300 objects, and a video lounge to tell the story.

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“New York, New Music” chronicles a variety of genres, including rap, jazz, salsa and dance music, but the videos in the exhibition emphasize post-punk, the gnarled, joyously uncommercial cousin of new wave that happens to be having a moment.

- New York Times

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Museum of the City of New York
May 2021-April 2022

Curated by Sean Corcoran

Team included: Xiaoxiao Guo, Francesca Campanella, Johanna Vargas 

Photographs courtesy of Brad Farwell