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.
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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 Comission Reflects Our Moment
On view through next June, Liu's sculpture series “Speculation” (2026) contemplates the contradictory elements of collapse and civic transformation.
News
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.”
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Announcement
Borusan Contemporary Presents Two New Exhibitions
From “the act of looking” to intelligent technologies, “Olivo Barbieri: Time Space Geometry” and “Haunted” explore how images shape our perception of reality. Opening September 19, 2026.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Piles to start a project, piles during a project, and piles of stuff after it is finished.”
Daily Newsletter
Ed Sheeran Should Stop Thinking Out Loud
Artists skewer the singer for dropping his pro-Palestine openers, tiny hot dogs at Affordable Art Fair, and the bizarre selections of TIME100 Art.
Art Movements
The Best and the Absolute Worst of the TIME 100 List
Amy Sherald shines on the magazine’s uneven list, Artadia names a new director, Johnny Depp's awfulness, and more in Art Movements.
Books Newsletter
A New Batch of Art-World Novels
Satirical art-world novels, poetry collections, and biographies we’re reading this season, plus a review of Ann Patchett’s newest book.
New York Newsletter
An Art-Filled Fall in Upstate NY
Our Upstate fall guide, Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez’s aquatic performance, Snoopy fashion show in Manhattan, and more.
Daily Newsletter
15 US Museum Shows We Can’t Wait For
Plus, artists on feeling deceived by a widely advertised summer residency that lured them in and never materialized.
Daily Newsletter
Art Books We’re Reading This Fall
We recommend art novels, catalogs, memoirs, and more, plus an artist reflects on her portable studio.
Weekly Newsletter
It Doesn’t Get Better Than This
John Galliano pulls out of a show at The Met, the eternal bond between Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, and Alex Katz keeps it moving at 99.
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Ann Patchett and Crying at The Met
Art and grief in the author’s new novel, “Whistler,” plus shows to see in Upstate New York this month.
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Trump Somehow Mad at Stick Figure
Joel Shapiro sculpture removed at the Kennedy Center, how Snoopy unleashed America's imagination, and the untold history of Black American dyeing traditions.
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Two Artists' Odyssey Up the Erie Canal
The shared origins of Liberian and Gullah basketry, artists Z Behl and Kim Moloney’s 350-mile durational performance, and a massive zine library hidden in a Texas apartment.
New York Newsletter
Your Ultimate NYC Fall Art Guide
The best shows to see this season, The Met’s John Galliano exhibition is nixed, and why your City Bike might run slower in certain neighborhoods.
Daily Newsletter
John Galliano Withdraws From Met Show
The British designer was convicted of antisemitic and anti-Asian hate speech. Also: What was Peter Thiel doing at a VIP preview at the British Museum, and should we be scared?
Daily Newsletter
Seeing Krasner and Pollock Together
Lia Strasser on what she got wrong about the AbEx couple, art world homages to Yayoi Kusama, and another museum heist?!
Weekly Newsletter
Maybe This Fall Will Be Kind
Yayoi Kusama, Sliman Mansour, and Dolly Parton pass away, and a major Pompeii show comes to the US.