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FILM
In “Kinds of Kindness,” Living Spaces Are Designed to Reveal Cruelty

The latest feature film from director Yorgos Lanthimos reverses course from the topsy-turvy...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Phil Davis Questions the Origin Stories You Think You Know

The artist and landscape designer’s solo show at Fernberger turns ephemeral references on their...

CULTURE CLUB
Aperture and Friends Celebrate “The Design Issue” 

On June 12, the photography journal gathered writers, artists, and well-wishers at the Times Square

ART
A Breezy Art Basel Brushes Off the Gloomy Market

“Doom porn” was nowhere to be found at Art Basel, where strong sales were buoyed by manifold...

ART
How Creator Labs Buoyed Daveed Baptiste’s Practice

The 27-year-old photographer, fashion designer, and visual artist Daveed Baptiste reflects on how...

ART
Sara Fitzmaurice Shares Her Art Basel Highlights

The seasoned arts strategist reveals what she’s most excited to see at this year’s fair.

CULTURE CLUB
“Don’t Touch My Hair” Opens at Hannah Traore Gallery

Ever the downtowner’s destination for thought-provoking art, Hannah Traore recently celebrated...

ART
Art Basel Director Maike Cruse on What to Expect in Switzerland

The flagship Swiss art fair will bring 285 blue-chip galleries to Messe Basel, but the newly minted

ARTIST STATEMENT
Catherine Haggarty Crafts a “Collaboration” Spanning Space, Time, and Life

The New York City-based artist’s collection of works on paper, which will be shown along with an...

ART
Before Mapplethorpe, Hujar, and Warhol, George Platt Lynes Elevated the Male Nude to High Art

'Hidden Master,' a new documentary from writer-director Sam Shahid, gathers art-world luminaries...

CULTURE CLUB
New York’s Power Players Come Out for the Whitney Gala

On May 15, the Whitney Museum of American Art celebrated the defining forces of its future-facing...

CULTURE CLUB
The Broad Toasts a First for Mickalene Thomas

On May 23, the Broad Museum helped Mickalene Thomas ring in a career first with the opening...

ART
Jenny Holzer’s Truisms Journey Through the Guggenheim

Decades after the artist’s text-based works spiraled up the rotunda, they again transform the...

ART
Julie Mehretu Imagines a BMW Blasting Through Her Paintings

The Ethiopian-born painter translates her frenetic abstractions onto a BMW M Hybrid V8 to mark the...

ARTIST STATEMENT
With ‘Showtime,’ Lizzi Bougatsos Sets an “Absurdist Stage”

The visual artist and experimental musician opens up about an assemblage made from stained vintage...