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Nov 25, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
On the surface, a four-panel comic seems like it couldn’t be further apart from a feature-length film. After all, a comic’s limited space for a story and implied movements are a far cry from how movies can leisurely pace their narratives and fully capture emotions. Even so, there’s no shortage of art that tries to explore the common ground or overlap between a comic and film — and “Look Back” is one example.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
Beams of sunlight stream through the white-framed windows of an atrium, illuminating a garden outside while casting shadows across floral wallpaper — a seemingly idyllic household.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs |Kaleo Zhu |Dani Biondi |Ella Sabrina Malabanan |Annie Emans |Amelia Knust | +4 more
It’s finally feeling like winter is near, and these songs will let you lean into your chilly-weather sensibilities. November 19, 2024 Sure, it hit 80 degrees on Halloween. But as we creep into the second half of November, it’s hard to deny that students are breaking out their winter coats and bracing for colder days. The switch from warm weather bangers to sweater weather songs can impact our playlists just as much as our clothing.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
If there’s one thing that DJ and producer Skrillex’s return last year showed, it’s that dubstep didn’t die. After the meteoric boom and subsequent bust of its raucous, bass-heavy sound over a decade ago, he adapted his sound to accommodate wider audiences. The development of new styles, like color bass, and a rise in popularity for underground labels primed the genre for revitalization in the 2020s.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
Visually dazzling and just as heartfelt, DreamWorks Animation’s latest effort is nothing short of a triumph. October 16, 2024 Animation is in a precarious spot as of late. Films and other animated projects are facing cancellations, hostile working conditions and constant uncertainty surrounding outsourcing and layoffs, at risk of worsening due to artificial intelligence.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
Peering into the gate in front of the cobblestone of Washington Mews, NYU’s Language & Cultural Houses are a step back in time, promoting historical and artistic exchange for NYU students and the wider community.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
Between Sept. 21 and 23, Emerson Collective hosted its second Climate Science Fair on the High Line. Meant to “immerse the public in climate innovations, exhibitions, and hands-on workshops,” the Climate Science Fair gathered a diverse collection of nonprofit and for-profit organizations alike, including artists, farmers, scientists, community groups and educators to display their research and work to the public.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
If there’s one thing to be said about MGMT, it is that the band has come a long way sonically since its earlier hit songs, like “Kids” or “Electric Feel.” The band’s fifth studio album, “Loss Of Life,” is a welcome return that continues to showcase its capacity for self-reinvention. “Loss Of Life” is a marked step away from the synth-heavy sound found in its debut LP “Oracular Spectacular,” and just as different from the grittier, electronica-heavy songs on its 2013 self-titled album.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
There is no shortage of feuds between prominent figures of the art world — Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art encapsulates one such rivalry. “Manet/Degas” explores the friendship — and rivalry — between renowned 19th-century Impressionists Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas. The two Frenchmen reportedly met in the Louvre Museum in the 1860s, before going on to exhibit their artwork at the Paris Salon.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
nyunews.com | Kaleo Zhu
In her video installation “Muriel Hasbun: Tracing Terruño,” or “Tracing Native Land,” the titular artist muses on the ideas of displacement and movement. Housed at the International Center of Photography on the Lower East Side, the exhibit explores how “la conexión y la separación están siempre en tensión” — how connection and separation are always in tension.
