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Painting Stolen from Bushwick Gallery Turns Up on Roosevelt Island

Sometime this morning, a painting went missing from English Kills Art Gallery.

Art

Sexy, Satin Surfaces: Paintings from the Dawn of the Dutch Golden Age

On its own, a painting by Joachim Wtewael can seem like a two-dimensional manifestation of an absurdly complex gâteau – gorgeous, delicious, but perhaps best taken in in small servings.

Interview

Beer with a Painter: Thomas Nozkowski and Joyce Robins

Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins are married, and I have admired the work of both for years. When I asked them to be the first “Beer with a Painter” subjects interviewed jointly as a couple, they were completely game.

Art

It's Not New, but It's Still NEWD: Bushwick's Very Own Art Fair

For the second year, an art fair is joining the Bushwick Open Studios happenings. The NEWD Art Show returns with 11 exhibitors to the warehouse space of The 1896.

Art

Lighter than Air: Desire Across Millennia

NAPLES — In the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, there's a tiny Roman fresco, about a foot square, of a semi-nude woman and man floating against an azure sky, one of many such fragments you'll find there.

Opinion

The Unbearable Lightness of Beardos

The master of the cat meme, Scott Chasse has a knack for paring down his imagery into their bare bones, so much so that they transform into glyphs or signs that are both familiar and alien in their message.

Opinion

So Many Emotions and Gay Love Cliches

Artist Jennifer Chan is masterful at remixing images and video clips from pop culture, overlaying text with a '90s special-effects aesthetic and often setting the carefully coordinated pieces to catchy pop songs.