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  1. art
    This Artist Is a Gender UnicornCupid Ojala’s pure delight in being who he is.
    By Carl Swanson
  2. The New Astor Place Rhino Sculpture Is a Kitschy MonstrosityIt helps proves my theory that 95 percent of public sculpture is crap.
    By Jerry Saltz
  3. art
    This Nobel Laureate in Medicine Belongs Next to Michelangelo As a DraftsmanSantiago Ramón y Cajal is the only Nobel Prize winner in history — in physiology and medicine in 1906 — to also be a truly great artist.
    By Jerry Saltz
  4. art
    Reuse, Reinvent, Reimagine: The Brilliance of Hans-Peter FeldmannToday, the pioneer of artistic appropriation can be regarded as Instagram before Instagram.
    By Jerry Saltz
  5. Antiguan Master Frank Walter Is a Revelation at ADAAWalter never found the recognition he was looking for; he yearned to have his work seen and acknowledged in his lifetime.
    By Jerry Saltz
  7. art
    These Trump Paintings, by Peter Saul, Are a Highlight of the ADAA FairIn spite of claims otherwise, Saul does not make “political art.â€
    By Jerry Saltz
  8. art
    The Obamas’ Official Portraits Rise to the OccasionKehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald join the canon.
    By Jerry Saltz
  9. the art of the shade
    White House Asks Guggenheim for a Van Gogh, Gets Offered a Golden ToiletThe museum’s curator rejected the White House’s first request, but made a “special offer†in return.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  10. Trump’s Border Wall Prototypes Are Minimalist ArtThe walls look “exactly like a national monument, and perfect minimalist sculpture.â€
    By Jared T. Miller
  11. Wherever the New Artforum Is Heading, I’m Along for the RideIn David Velasco, the magazine has a new editor, new energy, and new purpose. Thank God.
    By Jerry Saltz
  12. public art
    Rupert Murdoch Plants a Wind-Powered Sculpture in Front of Fox News HQ“It’s going to stop traffic,†he predicted.
    By Belinda Rathbone
  13. the industry
    Chuck Close Apologizes After Sexual-Harassment Allegations: ‘I Am Truly Sorry’“I acknowledge having a dirty mouth, but we’re all adults.â€
    By Hunter Harris
  14. exclusive
    MoMA Is Screening Twin Peaks: The Return for FreeIs it future or is it past? Is it TV or is it film?
    By Devon Ivie
  15. 11,000 People Demanded the Met Remove This Painting. They Aren’t Going To. Good.In many ways it is a sign of art’s complexity that it generate a wide variety of responses.
    By Jerry Saltz
  16. year in culture 2017
    The 10 Best Art Achievements of 2017Artists from Kara Walker to Jonathan Horowitz address the Trump era with fire and fury.
    By Jerry Saltz
  17. gallery
    This Artist Filled a Huge Gallery With Tiny Drawings of ProtestersCan you spot your sign?
    By Carl Swanson
  18. new york beginnings
    The Director and the Pharaoh: How Thomas Hoving Created the Museum BlockbusterWhen King Tut became a celebrity.
    By Boris Kachka
  19. art
    Damien Hirst Will Take the Hate With the Love in Venice“As an artist, the best you can hope for is people arguing, mixed reviews. Love it and hate it.â€
    By David Colman
  20. tributes
    I Wish This Tribute to Oscar Wilde Could Remain in New York ForeverThis enchanted mise-en-scène is devoted to Wilde’s tragic last chapter: his trial and imprisonment for homosexuality, followed by his death in exile.
    By Jerry Saltz
  21. $$$$
    Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sold at Auction for Record-Breaking $450.3 MillionMarketed as “The Last da Vinci,†Salvator Mundi was the last known painting by the master in a private collection.
    By Tolly Wright
  22. art
    Where Did Marina Abramovic Institute’s Money Go?The Hudson holy site is being abandoned.
    By Carl Swanson
  23. Jerry Saltz: Christie’s Says This Painting Is by Leonardo. I Really Doubt It.One look at this painting tells me it’s a sham.
    By Jerry Saltz
  24. #art
    Who’s a Better Painter: Taylor Swift or Britney Spears?They’ve each made a foray into the art world.
    By Dee Lockett
  25. portfolio
    The Photographer Who Considers Herself More of a ‘Visual Activist’South African artist Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits seem familiar at first, but the details tell a bigger story.
    By Carl Swanson
  26. art
    Laurie Anderson and Marilyn Minter Say Scream on the 2016 Election AnniversaryA tribute to Yoko Ono.
    By Carl Swanson
  27. art
    What If Jimmie Durham, Noted Cherokee Artist, Is Not Actually Cherokee?He’s been called “the art world’s Rachel Dolezal.â€
    By Michael Slenske
  28. art
    Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark’s Fusion of Art, Architecture, and AnarchyThis month, the sprawling exhibition “Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect†takes over the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
    By Laura van Straaten
  29. art
    Radical in Content, Retrograde in Form: What Should We Make of ‘Trigger’?I wish I didn’t feel as conflicted as I do about this show that surveys “gender beyond the binary.â€
    By Jerry Saltz
  30. In Defense of Difficult Art at the Guggenheim’s Controversial ExhibitionThe works displayed involving animals were recently the subject of public outrage.
    By Angie Baecker
  31. new yorker festival 2017
    Police Told Ai Weiwei He’d Seen ‘Too Many Hollywood Movies’ While Talking Rights“Freedom of speech or individual rights or liberty — for police, they think of this as ridiculous.â€
    By Trupti Rami
  32. art review
    The Fearless Chris Ofili Enters His Own Personal Paradise LostThe four paintings are hung behind a cage of cyclone fencing.
    By Jerry Saltz
  33. animal cruelty
    Guggenheim Won’t Show Art Accused of Depicting Animal Cruelty Following Threats“As an arts institution committed to presenting a multiplicity of voices, we are dismayed that we must withhold works of art.â€
    By Dee Lockett
  34. Which Famous Athletes Are Really Into Jim Carrey’s Art?Carrey claims sports stars are fans of his work.
    By Ethan Sapienza
  35. art
    This Exhibit Wants to Challenge Everything You Think You Know About GenderMeet the artists showing in the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender As a Tool and a Weapon.â€
    By Carl Swanson
  36. art review
    Kara Walker’s New Show Is the Best Art Made About This Country in This CenturyIt’s extraordinary to see an artist responding so well to the incredible political storm blowing all around us.
    By Jerry Saltz
  37. fall preview 2017
    What Vulture’s Critics Are Most Excited for This FallA new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, David Hockney at the Met, and more.
    By Vulture Editors
  38. fall preview 2017
    38 Must-See Art Exhibits Opening This FallKara Walker, Chris Ofili, David Hockney, and more.
    By Vulture Editors
  39. fall preview 2017
    Ai Weiwei on His Massive Upcoming Public Art Fund Project“It is like presenting yourself to an old lover; to give to the city what I never had a chance to achieve when I was there.â€
    By Carl Swanson
  40. art
    Protest Art: What Is It Good For?Digging through the Whitney’s archive of resistance.
    By Carl Swanson
  41. artist statements
    Read Kara Walker’s Artist Statement About Being Fed Up With Such Statements“How many ways can a person say racism is the real bread and butter of our American mythology…â€
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. Jerry Saltz: I Give In, MoMA. You’ve Won Me Over. (Halfway, Anyway.)MoMA has been this broken spatial matrix since November 4, 2004, the day it reopened with great fanfare.
    By Jerry Saltz
  43. celebrities are just like us
    Alice Cooper Forgot He Had an Andy Warhol Print Worth Millions in His StorageCooper’s ex-girlfriend bought it for him.
    By Dee Lockett
  44. Hanging in the Babylonests With Hélio OiticicaPre-Instagram pretty boys lounge.
    By Carl Swanson
  45. Looking for New Electricity in the Mostly Static Art WorldIt’s not a matter of art being becoming more political. But the more I look for signs of artistic vitality, the more frustrated I’ve become.
    By Jerry Saltz
  46. podcasts
    WNYC and MoMA Are Making an Artsy Podcast with Broad City’s Abbi JacobsonTwo major New York cultural institutions are coming together to make a podcast baby.
    By Nicholas Quah
  47. Abbi Jacobson’s New Art Podcast ‘A Piece of Work’ Premieres on July 10thBroad City’s Abbi Jacobson is teaming up with WNYC Studios and the Museum of Modern Art for a 10-part podcast about modern and contemporary […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. art
    The Salvador Dalí Paternity Case Proves That Drama Doesn’t End at DeathA judge has ordered that Dalí’s body be exhumed.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  49. banksy
    Is This the True Identity of Banksy?Mystery solved?
    By Tim McGovern
  50. obituary
    Tom Wolfe on Marie Cosindas, an Artist Who Created Something Completely NewA photographer who worked as no one else did.
    By Tom Wolfe
  51. corporate feminism
    The ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Was Originally Supposed to Be a CowThe story of the bovine statue that could’ve been.
    By Gabriella Paiella
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