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  1. scene report
    New Yorkers Are Reading Smut — and the Audience Is Loving ItErotica readings have taken over some corners of the literary scene, with stories less gauzy (and more transactional) than you imagine.
  2. art
    Ranking New York’s Most Toxic Museum BoardsWho might activists try to take down next?
  3. art
    Are Artists’ Bands Still an ‘F You’ to the Art World?From IUD to Psychic TV.
  4. seen
    16 Works Reported to Have Sold for Over $1 Mil in Miami — Only One Is by a WomanPeruse this list of hundreds of reported sale prices from Art Basel Miami Beach.
  5. prada monks
    Theaster Gates and His Band Played an Art Basel Gig at Prada’s VIP ClubAfter a dinner with Kanye.
  6. market watch
    Collectors Shop at Art Basel Miami Beach, Never Mind the Climate-Change NewsWorks by Paul McCarthy, Philip Guston, and more sold for seven figures.
  7. revisionism
    Sotheby’s to Help to Fund an Exhibit on the History of Black CinemaL.A.’s soon to open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (a.k.a. the “Death Star”) beats out smaller Midwestern museums for the prize.
  8. seen
    Art Basel’s Blinky Neon Vagina Artist Suzy Kellems Dominik’s Lumpy #MeToo Totems“I thought it was very important to say, ‘This woman of a certain age, she’s not going to be invisible any longer.’”
  9. art
    Advice From 27 Artists, From Marina Abramovich to Mickalene Thomas, on Making ItYou’ve read Jerry Saltz’s story on being an artist. But what do successful artists themselves say?
  10. tech savvy
    Jillian Mayer Makes Pretty Art From Airport ScannersThink about this during your holiday travel hell.
  11. 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.
  12. art
    A ‘Retrospective’ for Emerging Artists in Bushwick’s Former Pfizer FactoryCurating your friends in a “parody” of art nepotism.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.”
  15. art
    The Best Lesbian Awards Show Extravaganza in New York City, PeriodA family affair commemorating thottiness, carrying, and community leadership.