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  1. seeing out loud
    3-Sentence Reviews: Condo, Perich, and MoreRapid-response criticism and a gigantic blue whale.
    By Jerry Saltz
  2. Swizz Beatz Wants to Change the Art World The rapper, producer, painter, and collector shows the scope of his ambition in Miami.
    By Matthew Giles
  3. Meet London’s Subway GalleristIt’s not exactly underground art, even if it’s below the surface.
    By Kenny Schachter
  4. art
    How Tom Sachs Reinvented the Tea CeremonyA look inside his ceramic studio with Jeanne Greenberg-Rohatyn.
    By Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn
  5. new museum
    What’s Actually Incubating at the New Museum’s Tech Incubator?Talking to Julia Kaganskiy, the director of New INC.
    By Alexandra Pechman
  7. What Artists Read in 19981998 reading lists from Matthew Barney, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, and more.
    By Jerry Saltz
  8. art
    Sitting for Francesco ClementeSotheby’s Lisa Dennison on her one truly significant work of art. 
    By Wendy Goodman
  9. art
    Terence Koh Is Over New York City, Moves Upstate Like Everyone Else The artist is over New York City, heading back to the land.
    By Rachel Corbett
  10. Lynda Benglis: NSFW 40 Years After ArtforumA prickly conversation with the author of the art world’s most famous “advertisement.â€
    By Tom Eccles
  11. art
    26 Female Artists on Lynda Benglis and the Art World’s Gender Problems (NSFW)Forty years after that ad, it still shocks, awes, and inspires.
    By Katy Diamond Hamer
  12. art
    24 Hours in the Art World: The Sleepover EditionBring out the furry pajamas for Creative Time’s pillow-fight extravaganza.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  13. art
    Dan Loeb Rolls Sotheby’s and Its CEO“This was obvious and inevitable,†said one source.
    By Andrew Rice
  14. art
    Listen to Cory Arcangel’s Piano DancesThe artist contributes to the canon with his appreciation for the Korg M1. 
    By Thessaly La Force
  15. seen in the studio
    SEEN in the Studio: Kalup LinzyThe video and performance artist takes us inside his Crown Heights apartment.
    By Sarah Trigg
  16. hugo boss prize
    Is the Hugo Boss Prize Really Better Than the Turner?Congrats, by the way, to Paul Chan. 
    By Ian Volner
  17. seeing out loud
    3-Sentence Reviews: All Hail Susan Te Kahurangi KingRapid-response criticism at Andrew Edlin and five other galleries.
    By Jerry Saltz
  18. seeing out loud
    Lisa Spellman Is a National TreasureFor 30 years, she’s shown a room can change the way we see the world.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. seeing out loud
    Lisa Spellman Is a National TreasureFor 30 years, she’s shown a room can change the way we see the world.
    By Jerry Saltz
  20. art
    Look! Jackie O on the Art Scene Back in 1966Vintage photos from the Whitney Museum’s very first gala.
    By Thessaly La Force
  21. art
    Look! Jackie O on the Art Scene Back in 1966Vintage photos from the Whitney Museum’s very first gala.
    By Thessaly La Force
  22. art
    A Brief History of Butts in ArtFrom classical to contemporary.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  23. art
    How Awkward Is It to Sit Next to Larry Gagosian at David Tang’s Birthday Party? A dispatch from the art scene in London.
    By Kenny Schachter
  24. art
    New York Through the Eyes of a Grumpy Frenchman Perrotin Gallery is featuring a new show of Claude Rutault’s work.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  25. new moma at 10
    Everybody Has Always Hated MoMAA #TBT look through our archives reveals not much has changed since (at least) 1976.
    By Thomas B. Hess
  26. art
    We Smoked a Cigarette in the Whitney Last NightSaying good-bye to the Breuer Building on Museum Mile.
    By Kaitlin Phillips
  27. tonight in the art world
    Tonight in the Art World: 5 Shows to SeeThey’re all in Chelsea!
    By Rachel Corbett
  28. art
    Floral Trend Finally Hits the Art MarketThe auction record has been set — for any female artist. 
    By Julie Baumgardner
  29. new moma at 10
    This Artist Turned the MoMA Into the Death StarHas the museum gone to the dark side?
    By Thessaly La Force
  30. seeing out loud
    MoMA’s 10-Year StruggleHappy anniversary, Yoshio Taniguchi Building!
    By Jerry Saltz
  31. review
    MoMA’s Schemes for Fixing Urban Problems Are Either Too Dainty or Too SweepingThe museum’s “Uneven Growth†exhibition feels shaky and simplistic, predicated on a vague and reductive view of global economics and an inflated belief in the power of architecture.
    By Justin Davidson
  32. art
    Jeff Koons to Be Evicted!Coming Soon: another high-rise. His West 29th Street toy factory is to close.
    By Carl Swanson
  33. art
    Sigmar Polke Can’t Stop, Won’t StopThree gallery shows of the German genius just opened, right on the heels of his MoMA show.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  34. video
    Kara Walker Secretly Filmed You Taking Selfies in Front of Her SphinxHere is the video.
    By Rachel Corbett
  35. collective design fair
    New York’s Collective Design Fair Has a Plan to Boost Italy’s EconomyW’s Stefano Tonchi, who is Italian, will curate.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  36. video
    Watch This Guy Re-create a Keith Haring Mural Out of BalloonsMeet Robert Moy, the balloon-artist master.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  37. three-sentence reviews
    3-Sentence Reviews: Picasso, Clemente, and MurakamiRapid-response criticism and Pablo’s enormous penis.
    By Jerry Saltz
  38. slideshow
    Scenes from an Art Fair, Trying Not to Be An Art FairWatching paint dry might not be as boring as you’d think.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  39. slideshow
    Scenes from an Art Fair, Trying Not to Be An Art FairWatching paint dry might not be as boring as you’d think.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  40. video
    Video: How to Paint Nude Portraits With Your ToesTim Noble and Sue Webster’s naked monkey-love continues.
    By Carl Swanson
  41. books
    Can the Book World Build Its Own Art Basel?Probably not, but it’s trying.
    By Boris Kachka
  42. art
    Takashi Murakami Gives a Tour of His Nuclear-Meltdown WorkAnd talks about his gig at Disneyland Tokyo too.
    By Carl Swanson
  43. art
    Was Ray Johnson a Great Artist or a Great Networker?Turns out who you know is just as important as what you do.
    By Julie Baumgardner
  44. art
    Kathryn Bigelow’s Proto–Fight Club Art Film Surfaces at MoMA Why we’re obsessed with the early work from the director of The Hurt Locker.
    By Dawn Chan
  45. art party
    Disco Fever … at the Guggenheim?A Krautrock disco from Düsseldorf descends onto the Upper East Side institution with nostalgia in tow.
  46. art party
    Disco Fever … at the Guggenheim?A Krautrock disco from Düsseldorf descends onto the Upper East Side institution with nostalgia in tow.
  47. bill de blasio’s new york
    The Rich Irony of Barry Diller’s Floating ParkThe media billionaire’s just-announced plan to build an artificial island in the Hudson is the type of deal this mayor pledged to reject.
    By Justin Davidson
  48. art
    Did Wendi Murdoch Buy Art From Reena Spaulings?The former Wing Shoon seafood restaurant is now a hip gallery.
    By Thessaly La Force
  49. seeing out loud
    When Did the Art World Get So Conservative?When we’re treating works of art as ruthlessly and unsubtly as we would hate speech, is it political progress or aesthetic ignorance?
    By Jerry Saltz
  50. How an Assistant Stole Jasper Johns’s WorkJames Meyer worked for Johns for 27 years and pocketed $3.4 million from his scheme. 
    By Robert Kolker
  51. announcements
    Introducing SEEN: 33 Days in the Art WorldNew York’s been a part-time art magazine for 40 years. This is our experiment in taking it full-time. For a month.
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