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  1. art
    The End of Nature at Storm King Art Center in New YorkA new exhibition features works by artists responding to mankind’s not so stately ordering up of a change in the world’s weather.
    By Carl Swanson
  2. art
    Huma Bhabha’s New Installation at the Met Brings You Into the Realm of GodsThis is among the best Met roof sculpture installations since the program began in 1987.
    By Jerry Saltz
  3. art
    Breakfast With Anselm Kiefer, Who Made That Flying Lead Book at Rock CenterJust don’t write on his cappuccino, please.
    By Carl Swanson
  4. art
    Frieze Salutes Feature Inc., the Visionary Gallery That Changed the Art WorldMurakami, Pettibon, Tom of Finland … you saw them there first.
    By Carl Swanson
  5. Jerry Saltz: Break the Art FairAs a system, art fairs are like America: They don’t work and no one knows how to fix them.
    By Jerry Saltz
  7. q&a
    How Laurie Simmons’s Photographs Ended Up in Two Galleries at OnceIncluding images of her daughters in body paint.
    By Amy Larocca
  8. art fairs
    9 Art Shows to See This Week On and Off Frieze IslandOur curated itinerary.
    By Brian Boucher
  9. art
    How to Make Your Own Lawrence WeinerThe conceptual artist teaches conceptual lesson to NYC students.
    By Vulture Editors
  10. art review
    Losing Myself in the Paintings of Facebook-Educated Matthew WongAn impressive painter’s debut show at Karma gallery.
    By Jerry Saltz
  11. art
    The Photographer Who Captured Life in Mid-Century Burkina FasoSee lively portraits from 75-year-old Sanlé Sory, in advance of his first American exhibition.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  12. When a Feminist Artist Is Censored by a Feminist GalleryNatalie Frank’s Story of O pictures scared a lot of people. Including her gallerist.
    By Carl Swanson
  13. art
    The Return of the East Village Art ScenePerformance Space New York and today’s cutting edge.
    By Carl Swanson
  14. Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine Art Critic, Wins Pulitzer PrizeOur irrepressible, one-of-a-kind critic gets the big prize.
    By The Editors
  15. art review
    Cy Twombly and the Transporting Power of Art That Barely Uses the Tools of ArtScribbles, jots, smears, and smudges that make my knees buckle.
    By Jerry Saltz
  16. art
    This Artist Is a Gender UnicornCupid Ojala’s pure delight in being who he is.
    By Carl Swanson
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. art
    These Trump Paintings, by Peter Saul, Are a Highlight of the ADAA FairIn spite of claims otherwise, Saul does not make “political art.”
    By Jerry Saltz
  22. art
    The Obamas’ Official Portraits Rise to the OccasionKehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald join the canon.
    By Jerry Saltz
  23. 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
  24. Trump’s Border Wall Prototypes Are Minimalist ArtThe walls look “exactly like a national monument, and perfect minimalist sculpture.”
    By Jared T. Miller
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. the industry
    Chuck Close Apologizes After Sexual-Harassment Allegations: ‘I Am Truly Sorry’“I acknowledge having a dirty mouth, but we’re all adults.”
    By Hunter Harris
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. gallery
    This Artist Filled a Huge Gallery With Tiny Drawings of ProtestersCan you spot your sign?
    By Carl Swanson
  32. new york beginnings
    The Director and the Pharaoh: How Thomas Hoving Created the Museum BlockbusterWhen King Tut became a celebrity.
    By Boris Kachka
  33. 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.”
    By David Colman
  34. 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
  35. $$$$
    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
  36. art
    Where Did Marina Abramovic Institute’s Money Go?The Hudson holy site is being abandoned.
    By Carl Swanson
  37. 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
  38. #art
    Who’s a Better Painter: Taylor Swift or Britney Spears?They’ve each made a foray into the art world.
    By Dee Lockett
  39. 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
  40. art
    Laurie Anderson and Marilyn Minter Say Scream on the 2016 Election AnniversaryA tribute to Yoko Ono.
    By Carl Swanson
  41. art
    What If Jimmie Durham, Noted Cherokee Artist, Is Not Actually Cherokee?He’s been called “the art world’s Rachel Dolezal.”
    By Michael Slenske
  42. 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
  43. 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.”
    By Jerry Saltz
  44. 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
  45. 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.”
    By Trupti Rami
  46. 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
  47. 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.”
    By Dee Lockett
  48. Which Famous Athletes Are Really Into Jim Carrey’s Art?Carrey claims sports stars are fans of his work.
    By Ethan Sapienza
  49. 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.”
    By Carl Swanson
  50. 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
  51. 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
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