Art

Venturing Into the Volta Vortex

In the typical fashion of this less stuffy art fair, a mind-numbing mix of showy and subtle artworks offers something for everyone.

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Michelangelo’s “David” Deemed Too Explicit for Subway Ad

Just weeks after the Florida school debacle, an Italian restaurant in Scotland had to edit out the marble statue’s crotch.

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A Quiet Crescendo at the Hunter MFA Show

Worms, A Good Business Model, the second part of Hunter’s thesis show, feels like a living, breathing exhibition.

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Feeling at Home at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair

The ninth edition of the 1-54 fair in Harlem made me proud of my Blackness, a feeling most art spaces don’t often inspire.

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Required Reading

This week, MSG makes a comeback, TikTok reshapes the restaurant industry, and what do the Real Housewives have in common with striking Hollywood writers?

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Who Goes to Frieze NY on a Thursday?

Turns out the second day of the fair draws a blend of mid-tier advisors, artists and their parents, and Chris Rock.

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The Pros and Cons of Being an Activist Filmmaker

Kate Levy has come to recognize that direct involvement with her subjects may come at the expense of her artistic practice, so she took a different approach.

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The Dreams and Demons of Bob Thompson

Thompson wanted to author a world where the struggle between chaos and order, structure and impulse, the rational and irrational is never settled.

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A Rear View of Art History

A new exhibition offers a sensitive and probing critique of what it is like to both view and occupy a contemporary female body.

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The ’70s Are Back, Baby

That 70’s Show, a new “art fair” in Manhattan, is a refreshingly free alternative to this weekend’s astronomically priced shows.

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Supreme Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation in Copyright Case

After years of legal wrangling, the court ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who was not compensated for the 2016 publication of a print from Warhol’s Prince series.

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New York Art Advisor Lisa Schiff Faces Second Lawsuit [UPDATED]

Schiff was hit with two lawsuits in the span of a week accusing her of embezzling funds and running a “Ponzi scheme.”