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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. mutual benefit
    Did You Know Ellsworth Kelly and Alexander Calder Were Pals?An exhibition exploring their friendship.
    By Jane Drinkard
  9. 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
  10. art
    A ‘Retrospective’ for Emerging Artists in Bushwick’s Former Pfizer FactoryCurating your friends in a “parody” of art nepotism.
    By Whitney Mallett
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. art
    Catherine Opie on the Midterms, MoCA, and her New Film, The ModernistThe artist’s film is about burning down utopia.
    By Julie Belcove
  15. 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
  16. art
    Jake Kean Mayman’s Deceptively Decorative Paintings Will Teach You HistoryBrush up on American Imperialism.
    By Michael Slenske
  17. art
    This Long-Running MoMA Show Might Restore Your Faith in UtopianismFinding solace in Bodys Isek Kingelez.
    By Jerry Saltz
  18. art
    Welcome to SEENA limited-run expansion of Vulture’s coverage of the art world, all around the world.
    By Carl Swanson
  19. art
    This Is the Price List for Paula Cooper Gallery’s First Show in 1968$1,500 for a Carl Andre! Cheap!
    By Carl Swanson
  20. art
    John Waters Is the Godfather of Baltimore’s Art SceneThe Prince of Puke’s museum retrospective inspires six artists to reflect on his transgressive influence on his hometown.
    By Cara Ober
  21. art
    Hugo Boss Prize–Winning Artist Simone Leigh on Helping Younger Women Artists“I do think that it’s more interesting when you pass through a gate to hold a door open than it is to slam it behind you.”
    By Whitney Mallett
  22. art
    The Best Lesbian Awards Show Extravaganza in New York City, PeriodA family affair commemorating thottiness, carrying, and community leadership.
    By Whitney Mallett
  23. art world
    How Does the Art World Live With Itself? I Live and Breathe It and I’m Not Sure.I used to think the art world was at war with money, and vice versa. I’m starting to think we’re in a new equilibrium, defined by ambivalence.
    By Jerry Saltz
  24. shredding
    Banksy Claims That Painting Was Supposed to Be Totally Shredded“In rehearsals it worked every time.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  25. women and power
    Jenny Holzer Made Good Things Out of HorrorThe 68-year-old Conceptual artist has become an idol for our online era.
    By Amanda Fortini
  26. art du jour
    Heavenly Bodies Is the Most-Visited Exhibit in the Met’s HistoryOver a million people saw it.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  27. reboots
    Banksy’s ‘Self-Destructed’ Painting Is Reborn As a New WorkAnd the winning bidder is keeping the piece, strips and all.
    By Trupti Rami
  28. pranks
    Hell Yeah: Banksy Painting Self-Destructs After Selling for Over $1 Million“Girl with a Balloon” was torn into strips by a shredder mounted in its frame, which, you have to admit, is hilarious.
    By Halle Kiefer
  29. art
    The de Koonings in the Storage LockerWhether or not they are authentic, they are for sale.
    By Rachel Corbett
  30. art
    The Rediscovered Legacy of Soho’s Most Outrageous Genderqueer Performance ArtistStephen Varble captivated New York City with his guerrilla performances in the 1970s.
    By Jenna Adrian-Diaz
  31. art du jour
    Abbi Jacobson Began Illustrating Because She Didn’t Have Space for Anything ElseWe chat with the Broad City star about some of her favorite illustrations.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. art review
    What Was Delacroix Doing? A Relic of One Era, He Somehow Invented Many Others.Somehow his infuriatingly messy paintings point directly to Cézanne, Manet, Renoir, van Gogh, Matisse, de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, and Kara Walker.
    By Jerry Saltz
  33. art
    On Occupy’s Anniversary, a Rose Blooms in Zuccotti ParkArtist Isa Genzken’s 26-foot-tall flower is planted where the bongos once tried to put a stop to neoliberalism.
    By Carl Swanson
  34. art du jour
    Richard Phillips on Mary Boone’s Complicated Legacy and His New York Cover“All along in my paintings, there’s positive and negative readings of them, and I have to embrace both.”
    As told to Devon Ivie
  35. fall preview 2018
    49 Must-See Art Shows Opening This FallFrom Daniel Arsham, Carmen Herrera, Irving Penn, and more.
    By Vulture Editors
  36. fall preview 2018
    The Future Belonged to Hilma af KlintThe 20th-century mystic and pioneering abstract painter finally gets taken seriously at the Guggenheim.
    By Jerry Saltz
  37. trailer mix
    The Price of Everything Trailer: HBO Dives Into the Art MarketFeaturing New York’s own Jerry Saltz!
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. who is america
    Sacha Baron Cohen Sent Bonkers Letter to Duped Who Is America? Art Gallerist“Anyway, say la vie!”
    By Devon Ivie
  39. architecture
    The MoMA’s Tribute to Yugoslavia’s ‘Concrete Utopia’ Is a RevelationThis hugely ambitious show portrays an idiosyncratic, multiethnic, and open postwar society that propelled itself into the industrial age with brio.
    By Justin Davidson
  40. who is america
    Art Gallerist Duped by Sacha Baron Cohen Thinks He Is ‘Absolutely’ an Artist“Art and satire, it hurts. I just wish everybody would quit taking themselves so seriously.”
    By Devon Ivie
  41. art
    Jenny Saville’s New Paintings Are About Motherhood and #MeTooThe Gagosian show is part of her imagining her own mythic ancestors, a genealogy for a canon that women are no longer so lonely in.
    By Carl Swanson
  42. art
    David Wojnarowicz’s Whitney Retrospective Is Overdue, But Couldn’t Be TimelierThis is an astonishingly relevant, urgently important show that reflects on what it means to be human in a time of encroaching political darkness.
    By Jerry Saltz
  43. art
    The Louvre Now Has a Tour Based on Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s ‘Apeshit’ VideoThe Carters’ Guide to Art History.
    By Halle Kiefer
  44. art
    Jay-Z Told Will Smith Video of Him Slapping a Prank Reporter Was His Best Work “I just want you to know you’ll never make a better piece of entertainment.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  45. new york beginnings
    How the Long Fuse on Chelsea’s Art Boom Was LitBack when the High Line was a derelict place to do drugs, the enigmatic Dia Art Foundation began the neighborhood’s transformation.
    By Andy Battaglia
  46. art
    Henry Taylor’s Wild Heart Can’t Be BrokenEven after a star turn at last year’s Whitney Biennial, the art world still wants to see the master painter as an outsider.
    By Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
  47. art
    Will the Retail Apocalypse Be Good for the Arts?When a Chase Bank becomes a nonprofit.
    By Carl Swanson
  48. art du jour
    Why the Louvre Allowed Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Film Their ‘Apes**t’ Video“The deadlines were very tight.”
    By Devon Ivie
  49. vulture lists
    The Simple Art Historian’s Guide to Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s ‘Apeshit’ VideoSure, there’s the Venus de Milo. But how much do you know about Jacques-Louis David?
    By Devon Ivie
  50. Why Is the Met’s New Show About the Body in Art History So Stultifying and Dull?This is what happens with an excess of hyperrealism.
    By Jerry Saltz
  51. 3 Sentence Reviews of Marlene Dumas, Dan Colen, and 11 Other Art-World Big ShotsLet’s read the tea leaves on the upper end of the food chain.
    By Jerry Saltz
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