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  1. one grand books
    William Wegman’s 10 Favorite BooksCharles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more.
    By William Wegman
  2. art
    A True Protest BiennialArtists are withdrawing from the Whitney left and right, making good on the radical politics of the show.
    By Jerry Saltz
  3. art
    Why Did It Take So Long for the World to Recognize the Genius of Joseph Yoakum?In fairness, it took me a long while, too.
    By Jerry Saltz
  4. art
    How Alexander Calder’s Wee Circus Was Brought Back to LifeThe show must go on at the Whitney.
    By Hilary Reid
  5. art du jour
    That Fancy Bachelorette Museum Date Would Only Set You Back $10,000Seems reasonable, all things considered.
    By Devon Ivie
  7. art du jour
    Will You Silently Weep at These Paintings Like The Bachelorette’s Hannah Did?The Dutch masters always bring the waterworks.
    By Devon Ivie
  8. art review
    Alexander Calder’s Circus is Back in TownThe artist’s wee sideshow is restored, and back at the Whitney.
    By Jerry Saltz
  9. art
    Study Warhol and Basquiat at a School Turned Gallery in Upstate New YorkNeither of these artists was known as a nature lover, of course.
    By Matthew Silver
  10. behind the scenes
    Whitney Biennial Artists Reveal the Creative Processes Behind Their 2019 WorkJeffrey Gibson is one of five artists sharing their stories in an upcoming video series.
    By Milan Polk
  11. art
    Women Artists on Their Favorite Artworks at Their Local MuseumsFor a new book, It Speaks to Me, Jori Finkel asked 50 artists to discuss an artwork they find inspiring.
    By Vulture Editors
  12. art
    Whitney Biennial Artists Share Mood Boards for Their WorksWhat were they thinking about when they made that?
    By Carl Swanson
  13. whitney biennial
    The New Whitney Biennial Made Me See Art History in a New WayThis show demonstrates unmistakably that subject matter is just as important as form.
    By Jerry Saltz
  14. art
    This Fully Functional Brooklyn Handball Court Is Actually an Art InstallationBring your own balls.
    By Mathew Silver
  15. art du jour
    Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney Celebrate Love With This Unique PortraitTruly one of a kind.
    By Devon Ivie
  16. art du jour
    Does Jake Gyllenhaal Constantly Frame Photos of Himself?An incredible bit of art gossip.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  17. art
    For Decades, We All Ate Trump Up. Artist Andres Serrano Asks, ‘Why?’In a Chelsea bar, an artist created a Trump Junk Shop of the president’s 30-year rise to power — most of which passed without our really noticing.
    By Jerry Saltz
  18. art
    Tom Slaughter’s Polaroid PortfolioThe artist known for his Pop-y paintings and prints had a side project: shooting Polaroid photos, constantly, of everything that interested him.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  19. notre dame
    Artwork Moving to Louvre After Paris’s Notre-Dame FireAbout 5 to 10 percent of the art was lost in the blaze.
    By Milan Polk
  20. art
    How a $1,000 Art-Auction Bet Turned Into a $450 Million ‘Da Vinci’The invention of the Salvator Mundi.
    By Matthew Shaer
  21. public hearings
    L.A. Official Tasked With Making Brad Pitt Stop TalkingDuring a recent funding meeting, the actor’s time got cut off.
    By Lisa Ryan
  22. snl
    How the SNL Portrait Became Its Own Art FormThe show’s official photographer runs us through 11 of her favorite shots.
    By Devon Ivie
  23. art
    A Radical New History of Queer Modernism, 1933–1950The bodies are sensual, on display, sexually presenting, in carnal states of being — all expressing an otherwise forbidden sexuality.
    By Jerry Saltz
  24. art
    Is This Really, Truly the End of Western Art?The Bruce High Quality Foundation returns, with a mummy sarcophagus and a pack of smokes.
    By Mathew Silver
  25. art
    The Painting Jerry Saltz Can’t Stop Thinking AboutPaul Cadmus’s Herrin Massacre is an orgy of ferociousness.
    By Jerry Saltz
  26. criticism never sleeps
    Jerry Saltz Is Turning ‘How to Be an Artist’ Into a BookMore signature insight from New York’s own art critic.
    By Katie Rothstein
  27. one grand books
    Kenny Scharf’s 10 Favorite BooksHaruki Murakami, Carl Jung, and more.
    By Kenny Scharf
  28. art
    What Does It Mean for Basquiat to Be Back in the East Village?Not that he’d recognize the place if he were still alive.
    By Phoebe Hoban
  29. bronx bred bohemians
    Frederic Tuten’s Memoir Is a Love Song to a Lost New YorkInquisitive, respectful, adventurous, and often horny, he was Diane Keaton’s boyfriend for a while.
    By Ira Silverberg
  30. brit awards 2019
    Beyoncé and Jay-Z Accepted an Award in Front of a Meghan Markle PortraitHang this whole moment in the Louvre.
    By Dee Lockett
  31. frieze
    For the First Time, an Art Fair Worked in Los AngelesWhat did Frieze Los Angeles have that no other fair ever has?
    By Jerry Saltz
  32. scam season
    Art Dealer Mary Boone Is Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud“The Art of the Dealer” suddenly has a whole new connotation.
    By Rebecca Alter
  33. art
    Nari Ward’s Salvaged WorldsThe artist reflects on the objects and memories that made him.
    By Carl Swanson
  34. obits
    In Remembrance of Artist Robert RymanHis all-white paintings seem as if they were fated to come into existence from the beginning of Modern Art.
    By Jerry Saltz
  35. art du jour
    Ellsworth Kelly Is Making Mail Cool AgainWith … stamps!
    By Devon Ivie
  36. art
    Are Artists’ Bands Still an ‘F You’ to the Art World?From IUD to Psychic TV.
    By Whitney Mallett
  37. the art of anger
    Jim Carrey Isn’t Just a ‘Celebrity Artist’The fledgling political cartoonist walks Jerry Saltz through seven of his works.
    By Jerry Saltz
  38. art
    Dana Schutz Takes Back Her Painterly NameHer canvasses are hyper-assertive, full of operatic grandeur, self-mocking turbulence, disfigured hideousness and the psychopathology of her figures.
    By Jerry Saltz
  39. music
    Top That, Pitbull: Artist to Play Toto’s ‘Africa’ Forever in African DesertArtist Max Siedentopf will see your “Ocean to Ocean” from the Aquaman soundtrack, and raise you a permanent sound installation.
    By Halle Kiefer
  40. cameos
    Turns Out Nev Schulman From Catfish Has the Oddest Little Bird Box CameoKind of hard to see with that blindfold on, but he’s in there.
    By Halle Kiefer
  41. obits
    Sister Wendy Beckett, the Nun Who Taught Us to Love Art, Has DiedShe loved nudes, atheists, and Piss Christ. We could use more nuns like her.
    By Bethy Squires
  42. art du jour
    Some Drunk Arsehole Tried to Destroy a Banksy MuralSeasons greetings from Wales.
    By Devon Ivie
  43. best of 2018
    Hear Vulture Writers Discuss the Best Pop Culture of 2018 for Two Glorious HoursMatt Zoller Seitz, Jerry Saltz, Emily Yoshida, Dee Lockett, Sara Holdren, and Maris Kreizman shared favorites from the year in culture.
    By Vulture Editors
  44. seen
    Goodbye (for now!) from SEEN, Vulture’s Pop-Up Art MagazineWow, has it been 47 days already?
    By Carl Swanson
  45. american artifact
    This Cotton Gin Motor in a Glass Box at the Whitney Evokes the Legacy of SlaveryKevin Beasley turns this relic he bought off eBay into a musical instrument.
    By Drew Zeiba
  46. emerging artists
    Matthew Leifheit and Nicole Wittenberg’s Art-Historical Machines for DesireA homoerotic nod to Velázquez; conjuring Munch’s The Kiss
    By Jarrett Earnest
  47. gallery ghouls
    Michel Gondry’s Son Has an Art Gallery in Their Williamsburg Living Room15 Orient focuses on the alien and abject.
    By Katy Diamond Hamer
  48. coming soon
    Banu Cennetoğlu Uploaded 12 Years of Her Digital Life Into a 128-Hour-Long FilmThe film shows everything, regardless of boredom or embarrassment: Separations, reunions, funerals, hospitals, openings, demonstrations, her divorce.
    By Osman Can Yerebakan
  49. family feud
    Did Georgia O’Keeffe Keep Her Sister, Also a Painter, From Getting Famous, Too?The siblings of famous artists get out from under their shadows in three shows.
    By Jane Drinkard
  50. seen
    Artist Sable Elyse Smith Was Horrified by a Kids’ Coloring Book About the CourtsUnpacking “Judge Friendly” and archetypes of innocence becoming a cover for state violence.
    By Tiana Reid
  51. seen
    Seen in Singapore: Edgy Art To See Right Now In the Orderly City-StateOne show invites you to try on slippers made from spent bullet cartridges.
    By Harry Burke
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