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EXHIBITION
Society Awards Pulls Back the Curtain on the Artistry of Awards Season

As the primetime Emmys draw near, Society Awards stages a first-of-its-kind exhibition that gives...

ART
A Wide-Reaching Auction of Queer Art and Ephemera

A major auction of LGBTQ+ art and ephemera at Swann Auction Galleries offers proof of—and rising...

ART
A Hand-Painted Video Game Set in Monet’s Eyeball

Taking place inside Claude Monet’s irises to help him finish paintings as his vision...

ART
The Reason Why Basquiat Is Everywhere

The late artist is appearing on everything from Coach handbags and whiskey bottles to phone cases...

FASHION
Hair Has a Surprisingly Hairy History

From gravity-defying bouffants to the politically charged hairstyles of a tumultuous 20th century,...

ART
Carmen Winant Documents the Dignity of Labor

At the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the restless writer, professor, and artist mounts thousands of

ART
Fotografiska Lets Four Photographers Run Wild

For a new exhibition at the photography museum’s New York outpost, it immersed four talents in...

ART
In an Arid Colorado Valley, a Gently Profound Earthwork

Through scores of plant-like sculptures scattered across 160 acres, artist Marguerite Humeau mounts

ART
Ukrainian Painter Pazza Pennello Remains Unshaken

One of the Odessa-born artist’s pop-inflected canvases embodies the tranquil resilience radiating

ART
Jean-Michel Othoniel Explains the Hypnotic Potential of Flowers

Gesturing toward rebirth, spirituality, and enlightenment, the French artist recasts the Brooklyn...

ART
The Sensual Subversion of J.C. Leyendecker

The early 20th-century illustrator, the subject of a current show at the New York Historical...

BOOK
A New Book Tracks the Past and Future of Dyestuffs

Anthropologist and textile artist Lauren MacDonald details the difficulty with which traditional...

ART
The Fraught Mythologies of New England Widow’s Walks

On Martha’s Vineyard, Charlap Hyman & Herrero smoke out the hidden mysteries of New England’s...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Zhang Zipiao’s Fleshy, Psychologically Charged Still Lifes  

Mesmerized by videos of gastrointestinal surgeries viewed over her mother’s shoulder as a child,...

ART
Robert Smithson, Geological Agent

Five decades after the enigmatic Land Artist’s untimely death, he continues to lay the groundwork