Art Review

Kenzi Shiokava Did It for the Love of It

He modeled what a life in art can amount to without acclaim, celebrity, money, and all the other trappings we tell artists are required.

News

Whitney Museum Union Sets Strike Date Ahead of Major Roy Lichtenstein Show

“We’d rather be working and doing our jobs, but our wages are untenable for making ends meet in New York City,” said the union's chairperson.

Pocket Review

A Broomstick in a Man's World

In Emily Mae Smith's surreal paintings, a symbol of women’s work becomes a weapon.

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Announcement

Ruby City Presents "Generative Disruption: Feminist Art from the Collection"

This latest exhibition traces the enduring influence of feminist artistic practice on contemporary art. On view Sept 26 - Aug 29, 2027

Feature

Museum of the City of New York Inaugurates New Activism Center

Two exhibitions at the Puffin Foundation Center chronicle 250 years of organizing, social movements, and civic engagement in the city.

Announcement

Announcing the 2026 Center for Craft Archive Fellows

The Center for Craft selected four fellows researching Indigenous artistry, Black stonework, Middle Eastern embroidery and weaving, and craft practices implemented by blind individuals for the 2026 cohort.

Daily Newsletter

Arthur Jafa’s Elegy to America

Stephanie Wambugu on “I Am Tony” at the New Museum; plus, catch up on last week’s NYC fairs.

Weekly Newsletter

Thanks, I’m Just Looking

The New York art fairs, the worst of the Venice Biennale, Taryn Simon’s incomplete detective story, and Damien Hirst’s gay hole.

Feature

No One Is Reading, Except at the New York Art Book Fair

The overlooked, subversive, and playful currents of politics and queer culture flow freely at the fair’s 20th anniversary edition, held at MoMA PS1.

Art Fairs

Here’s What (Dealers Said) Sold at the Armory Show

If collectors had any concerns about the wars or inflation, they did not seem to share them at the New York fair, where the mood was almost too serene.

Art Review

Arthur Jafa, King of Pop

His eclectic references and intuitive grasp of memes and virality set him apart as an artist taking assemblage and collage to new heights.

Feature

A Tribute to Black Soho Inside a New York Art Fair

Historic archives are displayed alongside works by Emma Amos, David Hammons, Vivian Browne, and more in a presentation at Independent 20th Century.