November 14, 2022

She Loved a Watch, So She Sketched It

November 8, 2022

Jimmy DeSana, Downtown Pioneer and Provocateur, Goes Mainstream

The photographer moved effortlessly between scenes: No Wave music, performance, queer subcultures, downtown nightlife, the Pictures Generation and mail art. A list of things Jimmy DeSana […]
October 3, 2022

Hermès Opens a New Flagship Store in New York, Musical and Dancing Included

The artistic director of Hermès, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, stood on the fourth floor of the French luxury house’s new flagship store a few weeks before its official […]
September 21, 2022

Tyler Mitchell: From Glossy Magazines to a Mega Gallery

The chromatic, crystalline elements in Tyler Mitchell’s new photographs — a tire swing, a white-picket fence, a bouquet of balloons — conjure images of innocence, safety […]
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 […]