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Twenty years after his death, Andy Warhol refuses to fade away. His darkness is his legacy.

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.

At 25, he is a growing downtown legend, a graffiti writer turned artist with a beautiful face and a De Menil pedigree, elusive even to the two friends who created his myth. What happens if he’s caught?

Portrait of the artist as a young punk capitalist.

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.

New York needs a museum that really knows how to deal with contemporary art, and the downtown Whitney could be it�if it has the nerve.

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

This year may bring the craziest set of sales yet.

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.�