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Ismail Okafor

Contributing Writer

Ismail Okafor covers Artists, Soundtrack News and Storytelling.

Articles by Ismail Okafor

Plaza with abstract sculpture and benches in morning light

How public art gets commissioned in New York, from percent-for-art to the subway

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New York's major art museums offer several routes around full-price admission

New York's major art museums offer several routes around full-price admission

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Converted industrial studio building with glowing windows in winter

What an artist residency means in New York

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Diverse visitors climbing a grand museum lobby staircase in daylight

How to visit the Brooklyn Museum

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Empty chairs in a morning sculpture garden corner

First visit to MoMA

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Numbered diagram showing four steps of drip painting technique

Where to see Jackson Pollock in New York

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Visitors of mixed ages waiting in an installation queue

Where to see Yayoi Kusama in New York

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Dark museum gallery with a single projector beam of light

Where to see Kara Walker in New York

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Gallery intercom buzzer panel beside a locked entrance door

Lower East Side galleries in a day

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Sunlit prewar apartment facades on a quiet Upper East Side block

Where to see Alice Neel in New York

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