Feature
The Small Miracle of Greenpoint Open Studios
The annual festival, which went on hiatus during the pandemic, welcomed visitors into the workspaces of over 250 artists in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Daily Newsletter
Jerry Gogosian Dies at 40
News about Hilde Lynn Helphenstein’s sudden death shocked the art world.
News
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein of “Jerry Gogosian” Found Dead in Brazil
The curator and commentator built a following for her online persona and satirical memes of the art world.
News
Kingston Locals Can't Stand City's “Soulless” New Signage
New site markers installed in the Hudson River Valley city last month have been decried as “bland,” “ugly,” and “sterile slop.”
Books Newsletter
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery
Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Art Review
Celia Paul Transcends Her Own Mythology
She puts her own spin on autobiography, exceeding her own cult status as a monastic artist.
Feature
Unofficial Iraqi Pavilion Pops Up in Venice, but Not That One
Ali Eyal and David Horvitz satirize America’s oil war in an installation at a Chevron gas station on Venice Boulevard.
Opinion
Society’s Repair Begins With Art
We must cultivate spaces with the capacity to hold another kind of cultural experience that forges a reintegration of art and life.
Opportunities
Opportunities in June 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the VH Award, Bennett Prize, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Daily Newsletter
What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn’t Say
Plus, Brooklyn’s joyful and whimsical new subway mosaic.
Weekly Newsletter
In Minor Keys, Khaled Sabsabi, Louvre Heist Film
Also, why did a New York gallerist use AI on an Ansel Adams photo?
Opinion
The Art Market Post-Pollock
After spring's marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn't.
Art Review
Nicola Florimbi’s Paintings Are Unsettling and Necessary
Her depictions of individuals in settings that seem both out of time and of this moment represent one of many engaging paradoxes.
News
Patagonia Sues Drag Queen "Pattie Gonia" for Trademark Infringement
“This is how corporations bully individuals who cannot match their resources,” said the artist and activist.
News
New Brooklyn Subway Mural Adds a Touch of Whimsy to Commuting
ruby onyinyechi amanze’s mosaic “May Your Road Be Light and Fun” at Borough Hall excerpts drawings from over 10 years of the artist’s practice.
Art Review
Martha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York
Her photographs showcase an intensely physical side of the city: breaking down boxes to dance upon, spray-painting subway cars.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Over the past decades my material has been light.”
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Announcement
Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia
Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.
Book Review
The Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum
A new book maps the network that allowed Douglas Latchford to violently rip Khmer statues from their homes and funnel them into Western institutions.
Community
Art Movements: Wolfgang Tillmans Wins Europe's Richest Art Prize
The first public exhibition of Jack White's artwork, Cheryl Finley gets the David C. Driskell Prize, and more news to know.
Community
Required Reading
This week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.
Art Review
David Humphrey Is Allergic to Style
The artist challenges the status quo of postmodernism, not by knocking it over but by slyly subverting it.
Obituary
Figurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92
He carved out a space for himself in the downtown art scene as a bold artist and gallerist who championed contemporaries such as Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine.