September 7, 2022

Painting Michelle Obama Took 9 Months. Keeping it Secret Took 6 Years.

Susan Sprung, an instructor at the Art Students League of New York, is a realist painter of the old school. When Sharon Sprung was chosen to […]
September 6, 2022

The Artist Who Throws Newton a Curve

COSTA MESA, Calif. — As a teenager in Brooklyn, Fred Eversley filled a pie pan with Jell-O and spun it on a turntable in his father’s […]
August 24, 2022

RM, Boy Band Superstar, Embraces New Role: Art Patron

SEOUL — RM, the leader of the South Korean pop group BTS, first visited Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan to perform for Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show.” […]
August 23, 2022

In Court, She’s Always Judging You

Elizabeth Williams, the courtroom artist who covered the trials of R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell, has an eye for style. “She wore a black-and-white power suit, […]
August 12, 2022

What Would Donald Judd Do?

MARFA, Texas—Donald Judd’s sculptures are ticking. In the high desert 100 gleaming aluminum forms — each the exact same size — are aligned in rows with […]
July 21, 2022

When ‘New Art’ Made New York the Culture Capital

When I was a kid in the early 1960s, my Eisenhower-Republican physician-father always had the latest copies of his favored subscription publications on his home office […]
July 21, 2022

New York’s Last Movie Clerk Knows More Than You Do

Will Malitek owns and operates Film Noir Cinema. If you’ve never heard of it, fine with him. As the founder and sole employee of Film Noir […]
July 21, 2022

New York’s Last Movie Clerk Knows More Than You Do

Will Malitek owns and operates Film Noir Cinema. If you’ve never heard of it, fine with him. As the founder and sole employee of Film Noir […]
July 20, 2022

Was This the Art Party of the Summer?

O’Flaherty’s, a gallery in the East Village, invited everyone to submit work. Then it held an opening. Gallery openings tend to be staid affairs. White wine, […]
July 7, 2022

Robert Colescott Throws Down the Gauntlet

His paintings refer to race and racism, pride and prejudice, in ways that startled, seduced, elucidated, and horrified. Now they are at the New Museum. Watch […]