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 […]
July 4, 2022

Schiaparelli, The Mother of Strange Fashion

PARIS — A woman wears a long thermometer on a hook hanging from her ear, her chin upturned and eyes gently closed, in a photograph taken […]
June 29, 2022

Art, Darling

Antwaun Sargent sat nursing a Negroni at Frankies Spuntino, his haunt in Brooklyn, as he described the perks of his multilayered career. “I had dinner with […]
June 7, 2022

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Costume Designer Shirley Kurata Becomes the Story

With the success of the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the work of Shirley Kurata is in demand, but her personal style has always had […]