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  1. revisionism
    Sotheby’s to Help to Fund an Exhibit on the History of Black CinemaL.A.’s soon to open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (a.k.a. the “Death Starâ€) beats out smaller Midwestern museums for the prize.
    By Whitney Mallett
  2. tribute
    Remembering Oksana Shachko, ‘Artist, Activist, Terrorist’The Femen co-founder was beaten, jailed, and threatened with execution. It was beautiful to watch her dance.
    By Nicholas Mir Chaikin
  3. seen
    Art Basel’s Blinky Neon Vagina Artist Suzy Kellems Dominik’s Lumpy #MeToo Totems“I thought it was very important to say, ‘This woman of a certain age, she’s not going to be invisible any longer.’â€
    By Whitney Mallett
  4. meme scheme
    Sex Is Cool But Have You Tried These Art Historical Memes?The @drugowl Instagram reminds us that long-dead people depicted in old oil pantings had the same preoccupations as now — love, lies, and insecurity.
    By Rachel Bashein
  5. decentered
    Should You Quit New York and Open a Gallery in the Heartland?From Milwaukee to Birmingham, ten trailblazing art galleries.
    By Laura van Straaten
  7. art school
    Try Copying Your Favorite Master Artwork and See What You LearnMiming Matisse. Parroting Picasso. Hocking Hockney.
  8. canada
    Forget Art Basel Miami Beach — Put on Your Puffer Coat and Head North to TorontoSix exhibitions to check out, including the inaugural show at the new MOCA.
    By Yaniya Lee
  9. how to
    How to Be an Artist? Start by Drawing the Square in Front of You.Hundreds of Jerry’s followers tried the assignment. Here are nine of their works.
  10. studio sounds
    Listen to This Playlist and Get in the Heads of Your Favorite ArtistsFrom Fiona Apple to Fela Kuti, music to inspire a studio practice.
    By Brian Keith Jackson
  11. jock talk
    Artist Rose Nestler Conjures Neo-Greek Gym Rats and CrossFit Bros“I think cis men are in a constant state of transcendence.â€
    By Jordan Larson
  12. art
    Advice From 27 Artists, From Marina Abramovich to Mickalene Thomas, on Making ItYou’ve read Jerry Saltz’s story on being an artist. But what do successful artists themselves say?
    As told to Brian Keith Jackson, Whitney Mallett, and Cara Ober
  13. monumental trouble
    Does the ‘Gay Liberation’ Monument Whitewash Stonewall?An exhibition at the New Museum proposes replacements.
    By Jarrett Earnest
  14. color values
    How to #BrownUpYourGallery, in an Art World That Loves White WomenArtist Mandy Harris Williams makes you an instructional PowerPoint presentation.
    By Mandy Harris Williams
  15. art
    Andy Warhol’s Drawings of Shoes And Boys Tells Us Everything About HimA glimpse of the artist’s pre-fame work.
    By Carl Swanson
  16. vulture guides
    Jerry Saltz’s 33 Rules for Being an ArtistHow to go from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least live life a little more creatively).
    By Jerry Saltz
  17. flower power
    Artist Ebony G. Patterson’s Garden of Poisonous Plants and Glass Body PartsThe Pérez Art Museum Miami said: “Here is the budget — what do you want to do?â€
    By Osman Can Yerebakan
  18. art
    The Best New Architecture Books To Gift For the HolidaysFrom McKim, Mead & White to Mark Foster Gage.
    By Andrés González
  19. art du jour
    A Wild Art Goose Chase in Belgium Ends With Banksy Works in the SlammerAll 58 of them!
    By Devon Ivie
  20. art
    New Art Books to Gift For the Holidays, from Kusama to Bruegel to Vivian MaierNow you just have to go buy a bigger coffee table.
    By Andrés González
  21. 50th anniversary
    50 New York Magazine Covers, Designed By 50 New York ArtistsTo celebrate our anniversary, 50 New York artists created 50 New York covers, including Kerry James Marshall, Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshat, and many more.
    By The Editors
  22. seen
    How to Spend the Day Seeing Amazing Art All Over QueensA field guide for visiting the Queens International, dispersed across the museum and local libraries.
    By Rain Embuscado
  23. tropical resistance
    With the MECA Art Fair, San Juan’s Art Community Rises AgainPuerto Rico a year after Hurricane Maria.
    By Shirine Saad
  24. tech savvy
    Jillian Mayer Makes Pretty Art From Airport ScannersThink about this during your holiday travel hell.
    By Whitney Mallett
  25. q&a
    Ryan McNamara’s Serious, Messy, Kinda Gross Art“I was thinking, Why gunge now? And I thought, Well, it’s ridiculous. There’s something perverse about loving the feeling of slime.â€
    By Chris Stewart
  26. q&a
    Judy Chicago Is Setting Off Feminist Fireworks in Miami During Art BaselThe artist is continuing her “Atmospheres†series of fireworks-based installations in Miami.
    By Carl Swanson
  27. art
    Wildfires and Dead Palm Trees Haunt the L.A. Dream in Zoe Crosher’s New Show“It was really like the end is nigh, and it was a little too close.â€
    By Michael Slenske
  28. amazon
    Artist Hiba Ali Worked at an Amazon Fulfillment Center and Makes Art About ItA truth-talking cardboard delivery box exposes superstructural greed.
    By Drew Zeiba
  29. artphone
    The Best Tool for Creativity on Your iPhone Might Just Be the Notes AppA Q&A with Chris Ritter, an artist who uses the Notes app to sketch.
    By Aude White
  30. vulture guides
    Jerry Saltz’s Guide to the Met for the Crowd-AverseA nearly hidden entrance, the line-free underground cafeteria, and a jaw-dropping yet somehow always deserted room.
    By Jerry Saltz
  31. art
    Sol LeWitt’s Daughter, Eva LeWitt, Grows Her Own CareerShe has an exhibition at the Jewish Museum.
    By Katy Diamond Hamer
  32. photography
    Lyle Ashton Harris on Basquiat, Black Panther, and Afrofuturism’s Queer RootsAt Salon 94, the artist revisits self-portraiture.
    By Antwaun Sargent
  33. q&a
    Francesco Clemente Worries New York Is Too Safe a Place to Produce Great ArtThe Haute Bohemian painter on the Beats, Peter Brant, and the pleasures of burned-out buildings.
    By Anne Slowey
  34. art
    Ron Athey Still Bleeds for YouThe provocateur returns to Performance Space New York and loses his head.
    By Tim Murphy
  35. seen
    Anna Maria Maiolino Made These Drawings Before She Left Her Husband 50 Years AgoFrustrated by domestic pressures and a language barrier in New York, the Brazilian artist turned to her sketchbook.
    By Osman Can Yerebakan
  36. clarifications
    Everything You Know About Vincent van Gogh Is WrongAt Eternity’s Gate director Julian Schnabel addresses a few common myths about the troubled artist.
    By Julian Schnabel
    As told to Jerry Saltz
  37. reunions
    Willem Dafoe Sits Down With His Old Friend Jerry Saltz to Talk van GoghAfter decades apart, the two reunite to discuss Dafoe’s riveting performance in Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate, about the artist’s last days.
    By Jerry Saltz
  38. big d
    Emojis, Inflatable Whales, and Blade Runner Rodeo at Dallas Art FestivalThis year’s Aurora brought in curators from around the globe.
    By Rain Embuscado
  39. diy
    DIY Signal Gallery Closes: Is the Golden Age of the Bushwick Art Scene Over?Two 20-somethings cultivated an artist-first environment in the former rug warehouse where they also lived.
    By Max Lakin
  40. art
    Manet, Matisse, Mickalene Thomas: A Show About the Black Model in Art HistoryBut what does it mean that it’s at Columbia University’s West Harlem Expansion Campus?
    By Tiana Reid
  41. photography
    On the Nearly Indescribable Light in Diane Arbus’s Last PhotographsIs it about to rain? Dusk? Something else? Go to David Zwirner to see.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  42. trailer mix
    Photographer Jay Maisel Won the Boho-Artist Real-Estate Jackpot in 1966The trailer for a new documentary about the Gilded Age bank building at 190 Bowery, Maisel’s home for 50 years, which he bought for $102,000.
    By Whitney Mallett
  43. appreciations
    Everything You Wanted to Know About Andy Warhol in Eight WorksAn appreciation of an American revolutionary, ahead of the Whitney’s can’t-miss new retrospective.
    By Jerry Saltz
  44. mutual benefit
    Did You Know Ellsworth Kelly and Alexander Calder Were Pals?An exhibition exploring their friendship.
    By Jane Drinkard
  45. gala!
    Meet the Dynamic Duos at the Hirshhorn GalaSiblings, lovers, business partners, and more! Meet the creative couples honored by the museum at Lincoln Center.
    By Carl Swanson
  46. art
    A ‘Retrospective’ for Emerging Artists in Bushwick’s Former Pfizer FactoryCurating your friends in a “parody†of art nepotism.
    By Whitney Mallett
  47. vote
    It’s Election Day: Is Anyone Going to Listen to the Art World?From billboards to Instagram, trying to make the electorate more engaged.
    By Shirine Saad
  48. fomo
    The Gregor Hildebrandt Opening You Wish You Were At (With Kinder-Punk Art Band)Perrotin Gallery put together another buzzy spectacle you probably saw on Instagram.
    By Ben Widdicombe
  49. art
    Narcissister’s Documentary About Her Pornographic Performance Art and Her MotherThe masked gender provocateur reveals the poignant family story behind her subversive practice.
    By Tim Murphy
  50. art
    Catherine Opie on the Midterms, MoCA, and her New Film, The ModernistThe artist’s film is about burning down utopia.
    By Julie Belcove
  51. art
    Kayode Ojo’s Show Has a Male Chastity System and Balenciaga JeansThe artist’s New York solo debut finds inspiration in fashion and advertising to comment on value, perversion, and betrayal.
    By Whitney Mallett
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