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The Australian photographer’s latest series, �Under the Sign of Scorpio,� considers 40 other powerful astrological sisters, from Marie Curie to Hillary Clinton, represented by the artist in costume against Photoshopped backgrounds of nebulae and explosions.

It was a year of gigantism: A huge show of Dada. Norman Foster’s diamond-faceted 46-story tower. A $135 million Klimt. The Lower East Side galleries kept gaining stature. And the Morgan Library bulked up without sacrificing its charm.

Artist John Currin discusses his influences.

A critical walking tour of four of this fall’s highest-profile gallery shows.

For his forthcoming book, Artists (Edition 7L/Steidl), the former Columbia art-history student spent the past six years touring studios and biennials for the privilege of seeing contemporary art �when it’s halfway done, almost there.�

Fred Tomaselli aims to alter your consciousness without the nasty side effects, pouring layers of high-gloss resin over dizzying, psychedelic arrays of pills, pressed leaves, and magazine cutouts.

If Cindy Sherman had turned her �Untitled Film Stills� into an actual film, the result might have been like a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee.

Even though the New Museum’s not reopening on the Bowery until next year, the area is already reconsolidating its reputation as an arts district. What’s worth seeing�or not?

The postapocalypse hits Chelsea.

From Oregon’s clear-cut forests to Israel’s pine groves planted over the ruins of evacuated Arab towns, these artists show the �natural� environment as less a refuge than a global battleground.