Feature
A Bushwick Kid at Bushwick Open Studios
During my first visit to the annual event, I found towering paintings that explore our inner child, diasporic tributes to Filipina culture, and light-filled portraits of an artist's trans community.
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German Duo Arrested After Hanging Paintings Next to Mona Lisa
The two men told Paris police the stunt was just "for fun."
Feature
In Chicago, Mexican-American Altars Reimagine Home
As ICE increasingly targets migrant neighborhoods, carefully crafted altars to La Virgen de Guadalupe outside homes transform sidewalks into sites of community and protection.
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New Show at Pratt Manhattan Gallery Explores How Human Bodies Exist with Non-Human Objects
The internationally traveling exhibition shows the complexities and interconnectedness of these relationships. On view September 25 - December 19, 2026.
Daily Newsletter
Taryn Simon’s Evidence as Spectacle
Hrag Vartanian on a play about art, fame, and infatuation; Aruna D’Souza on Taryn Simon at the Guggenheim; the latest in the Leon Black saga; and more.
Weekly Newsletter
The Cathedral of Joy
One-on-one with Alfredo Jaar, Damien Hirst’s secret life, Anish Kapoor's optical trickery, and another BS "most influential" list.
Art Review
No One Is Accountable in Taryn Simon’s Detective Story
In her ambitious exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, injustice seems purely systemic, not the result of individuals behaving badly.
News
Buffalo Puppet Procession Traces Native History Through NYC’s Streets
“Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi” pays homage to 38 Dakota men executed by President Abraham Lincoln in Mankato, Minnesota, in 1862.
Feature
NYC’s Shelter Population Speaks Out in Public Art Project
Alex Strada’s “Public Address” brings handwritten testimonies from over 400 unhoused New Yorkers and shelter staff to a dozen locations across the Bronx.
Performance
The Titillating Tale of Damien Hirst’s Gay Hole
An infectious play by Sleth explores infatuation and fame through an imagined relationship between Hirst and his gay lover, a younger artist whose paintings consist of holes on the ground.
Book Review
What “The Book of Genocides” Teaches Us
Dana Mashoian Walrath’s work of graphic nonfiction points to historical patterns across 10 genocides, from Germany and Turkey to Gaza.
News
Liu Wei’s Met Facade Commission Reflects Our Moment
On view through next June, Liu's sculpture series “Speculation” (2026) contemplates the contradictory elements of collapse and civic transformation.
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Leon Black Plans to Turn Woolworth Mansion Into His Own Museum, Book Reveals
The disgraced financier, whose ties to Jeffrey Epstein are being investigated in Congress, told author William D. Cohan that he wants to turn the Manhattan property into “his version of the Neue Galerie.”