ReviewExhibitions
David Wojnarowicz was a poet, a fighter, a hustler, a survivor
The many sides of a complicated artist are explored with the freshness, polish, and insight in the Whitney Museum’s retrospective
InterviewVideo, film & new media
‘I like the liberation of film’: the photographer and experimental film-maker Duane Michals explains why he prefers moving pictures
The 86-year-old artist is showing three new short films at DC Moore Gallery in New York
NewsArt market
Sotheby’s earnings take a hit as demanding consignors and guarantors squeeze its commission margin
Just two paintings significantly damaged the auction house's bottom line in the second quarter
ReviewExhibitions
John Akomfrah digs into history’s darkness at the New Museum
The British film-maker’s first US museum survey at the New Museum shows that he is one of the most forceful and stirring artists of the day—and one of our best social archaeologists
BlogIn the frame
Simon de Pury puckers up and Marina talks Trump—but Helga Davis steals the show at the Watermill summer gala
PreviewExhibitions
David Wojnarowicz’s furiously prolific but short-lived career explored in major show
As US culture wars reignite, the Whitney Museum stages a timely exhibition of New York’s finest firebrand
NewsExhibitions
Ten public art works to see for free around New York this summer
When the sun’s out, get your buns—and other extremities—out to catch some of these projects across the city
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
Celebrate Independence Day with American stories from the Museum of Arts and Design to the Met
NewsBuilding projects
Frick's fourth expansion plan gets green light
But the preservationist group Stop Irresponsible Frick Development has protested the project, saying "the public has not been given a fair opportunity to provide feedback"
NewsPublic art
Public review open for David Hammons’s Day’s End proposal
The “ghost monument” in Hudson River Park would be paid for and maintained by the Whitney Museum
ReviewExhibitions
Joaquín Torres-García, mapped and remapped
Acquavella Galleries’ exhibition of the Uruguay-born Modernist is a primer for the uninitiated and a treasury of rarely seen gems
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From Gainsborough's friendly cows to Giacometti's depictions of people
NewsArt market
New York gallerist Tanya Bonakdar to open first space in Los Angeles
The dealer says her artists encouraged the expansion
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From William Eggleston's America to Lynda Benglis's homecoming
ReviewExhibitions
The Met unpacks its Souls Grown Deep gift
An excellent show add new strands to our understanding of what makes American art uniquely American
PreviewExhibitions
The futuristic architecture that emerged from Mobutu’s Kinshasa comes to MoMA
First US survey of Bodys Isek Kingelez shows how his sculptures addressed urban, social and economic concerns in Congo
PreviewExhibitions
Jackson Pollock and Thornton Dial given equal billing in Met exhibition
Highlights from Souls Grown Deep Foundation acquisition go on show among New York museum's collection
NewsConservation
How do you conserve time-based media? Museums invest in research to keep up with new technologies
Symposium on the subject to open at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts
NewsArt market
Too hot to handle? Frieze New York to compensate all dealers after sweltering fair sent collectors packing
Details yet to be finalised, but the fair is also looking at how to deal with “increasingly erratic weather” after heatwave sent exhibitors into meltdown
NewsArt market
How did the Rockefellers shape the modern art market?
Ahead of the sale of the David and Peggy Rockefeller collection at Christie’s this week, the family's archivist examines their approach
BlogFrieze New York
Frieze New York diary: Scarlett Johansson and John Krasinski arrive at the VVIP preview and more gossip from the fair
InterviewMary Corse
Quantum leap for Mary Corse as clutch of shows brings overdue recognition
Light and Space artist has exhibitions in London and Beacon, followed by New York retrospective
NewsFrieze New York
Angel Otero shares his top picks from Frieze New York
The Brooklyn-based artist has an upcoming show at the Wexner Center for the Arts
NewsFrieze New York
And the Frieze New York stand prizes go to… Nuno Centeno and Jhaveri Contemporary
The jury applauded the Indian and Portuguese galleries for presentations that were "bold" and showed "the spirit of risk"
BlogLinda on the loose
Prelude to the Shed’s free art fortnight is a utopian breath of fresh air
For two weeks, temporary respite in New York's Death Valley is available on a miraculously undeveloped lot at the corner of Tenth Avenue and 31st Street
NewsFrieze New York
New $50m art warehouse opens in Harlem—with Foreign-Trade Zone status
Arcis's 110,000 sq. ft art-storage facility in New York boasts the latest in high-tech security
BlogLinda on the loose
Anselm Kiefer returns to New York—and brings some heavy reading
“Books don’t respect borders,” the artist said of his first public art commission in the US, Uraeus
NewsFrieze New York
Done deals: what's selling in New York this week
Follow our tweets tagged #TANsalestally for notable purchases from Frieze New York and the surrounding fairs
PreviewExhibitions
Cross-border collaboration brings Mexican miracles to the Met
Works in new show range from altarpieces to holy effigies believed to perform miracles
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
Different approaches to place, cities and landscape, from the Brooklyn Museum to the Met
NewsPublic art
Financial District’s Fearless Girl will move to a new home this year
The statue will be installed outside of the New York Stock Exchange building—and the Charging Bull may follow her
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From a shameful period in US history to a bright new monument for the 21st century
PreviewExhibitions
Mel Chin ‘floods’ Times Square for New York show
Interventions are being co-ordinated across the city as part of the Queens Museum’s exhibition
PreviewExhibitions
Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas brings acrobatics and improvised sculptures to New York
The artist is creating a new work and performance at The Kitchen and launching Mexican gallery Kurimanzutto’s US outpost this month
NewsMartin Luther King
Harlem gallery performance evokes Martin Luther King Jr’s final moments
Jazz musician Melvin Gibbs remembers the Civil Rights Leader’s death and the impact it had on the African American community at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
PreviewExhibitions
Adrian Piper, who took conceptualism to Macy’s, gets major New York retrospective
Museum of Modern Art dedicates entire sixth floor to 280-work show—a first for a living artist
PreviewExhibitions
History repeating itself? Three major US shows look at 1930s art and political climate
Exhibitions of Grant Wood, Precisionism and interwar Europe draw parallels with today
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FeatureArt's Most Popular
Ranked: the top ten most popular shows in their categories from around the world
Including Old Masters, Asian, Post-Impressionist and Modern
NewsArt's Most Popular
The price of gallery-going in London—and how it compares with Paris and New York
Blockbuster shows don't come cheap
PreviewExhibitions
Laid bare: seven centuries of the human body in colour
Sleeping Beauty waxwork joins Donatello and Degas sculptures at Met Breuer
NewsStreet art
Banksy brings his street art social critique to New York
The UK graffiti artist has put up a string of murals and stencils in the city
News
Gallerist Sean Kelly donates his James Joyce collection to The Morgan Library and Museum in New York
The museum will stage a comprehensive exhibition in 2022
NewsConservation
How much of conservators’ work should be visible and how much should be hidden?
The release of a pre-conservation image of Leonardo’s $450m Salvator Mundi reignites debate over the transparency of conservators’ interventions
NewsArt market
Tough new scrutiny by district attorney rattles New York antiquities trade
Will New York district attorney’s new unit clean up the antiquities market—or shut it down?
InterviewTEFAF Maastricht 2018
Tefaf’s new chairman: ‘There needs to be less secrecy about everything’
Nanne Dekking, thinks transparency will push fairs into the 21st century
PreviewExhibitions
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: David Bowie blockbuster gets New York remix
Around one-fifth of the objects in the Brooklyn Museum's show were not included in previous iterations
NewsBuilding projects
The Shed's opening commissions are all about cross-disciplinary collaboration
Visual artists including Gerhard Richter and Steve McQueen will work with performers like Sia, Quincy Jones and Steve Reich
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From an updated Bowie blockbuster to an octogenarian's new work
AnalysisArt market
ADAA's Art Show misses Armory week crowds, but focused displays of challenging works still prove popular
Exhibitors reflect on how art market has changed since the 1980s at 30th edition of New York fair
PreviewExhibitions
A golden age in the Americas when even artists were 'spoils of war'
Indigenous peoples valued luxury objects more as tools of statecraft and for communicating with the divine than for their precious metals
NewsThree to see
Three to See: New York
Catch Judy's Chicago Dinner Party (her)story before it closes, and Robert Ryman's drawings as the show opens
NewsStreet art
New York judge awards 5Pointz street artists $6.75m for whitewashed works
The developer’s destruction of their legally protected art was “an act of pure pique and revenge”, the court found
PreviewExhibitions
New Museum Triennial aims to deliver a message for our times
Every selected artist has a "degree of political and social engagement", curator says
Exhibitions
I threw a pie at an artist and didn't enjoy it as much as you would think
Jennifer Rubell's performance uses pie-throwing, and its roots in both political protest and slapstick humour, to explore consent and violence
PreviewExhibitions
Medieval or modern? Show on 'time' in the Middle Ages reveals similarities between life then and now
Morgan Library exhibition includes 55 calendars, Bibles and chronicles
NewsBiennials & festivals
Prelude to a launch: New York’s new arts centre The Shed to host 12-day festival this May
Multi-disciplinary cultural centre is due to open in 2019
NewsExhibitions
Three to see: New York
From Basquiat's $110m skull in Brooklyn to Viennese luxe in uptown Manhattan
PreviewArt market
Spotlight on… Master Drawings New York
Exhibitions to seek out at Manhattan's annual gallery trail, which now embraces paintings and sculptures
PreviewArt market
Object Lessons: our pick of New York's Winter Antiques Show
Alaskan seal mask, Japanese Buddhist deity and an 18th century Chinoiserie screen on show at event's 64th edition
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From Marilyn Minter's pleasant disruption to a celebratory goodbye in Harlem
CommentLetters
Letter to the editor: the Frick's viewing garden is worth preserving
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