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"Brazen" Couple Tries to Walk Out of Manhattan Gallery With a Basquiat
The suspects attempted to take a Basquiat artwork valued at $45,000 from Taglialatella Galleries but instead made off with a half-empty bottle of whiskey.
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New York’s Beloved Alamo Cube Isn’t Spinning Anymore
The cube, which has fallen into disrepair, was strapped in place by supportive metal implements at its base.
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Art Dealer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for $86M Fraud Scheme
Inigo Philbrick misrepresented the ownership of and fraudulently traded in works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama, and others.
Art
Willie Cole Recycles Musical Instruments Into Outstanding Sculptures
Time is itself a recycling process for Cole, whose freewheeling spirit transcends linearity in his excavations of art and music history.
Art
Mexican Artists and Designers Take Over Rockefeller Center
Intervención/Intersección, the latest venture from MASA Galería, is a humming subversion of what public art can look like.
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Museum of Arts and Design Exhibition Explores the International Language of Dress
The first global survey dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art features works by 35 contemporary artists, including Nick Cave, Kent Monkman, Louise Bourgeois, and Mary Sibande.
Art
Stanley Lewis in a Wayward World
Lewis's tattered canvases and pasted over drawings mirror a world in need of constant upkeep and repair.
Art
Notes and Pictures From Frieze New York
I won't bother you with talk about how obscenely decadent and out of touch the Frieze art fair is. And yet...
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FAT HAM at the Public Theater Spins Shakespeare Into a Celebration of Community
Who says tragedy has to be tragic? Co-presented with National Black Theatre, this fresh, Pulitzer-winning take on a classic centers Black joy and liberation.
Art
Highlights From Columbia University's MFA Thesis Exhibition
Every corner and crevice of Columbia University's MFA Thesis show feels lived in, reflecting not just artists’ experience quarantining with their work, but also that of re-entering society.
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Whitney Workers Crash Gala to Protest "Lowball" Wages
The union said that grass hedges were erected around the entrance, blocking the gala's guests from seeing the protest outside.
Art
A Spirit of Confident Feminism at Salon Zürcher
The small New York art fair celebrated its 26th edition with the works of 11 women artists.