Features

Curry Up!

Installation  view of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s untitled (free/still), 2011–12, at the Museum  of Modern Art in New York.

Following Rirkrit Tiravanija’s recipe for success
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News

Bringing the Met Up to Date

British curator Sheena Wagstaff has been hired to expand the venerable museum’s contemporary-art programming

British curator Sheena Wagstaff has been hired to expand the venerable museum’s contemporary-art programming Read More

ARTnewsletter Market

Art Fairs Join Forces With ‘Virtual’ World

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NEW YORK—Over its 14-year history, the annual Armory Show art fair has grown into one of the biggest events in the art world. Now the fair has turned to online art marketplace Paddle8 for what organizers describe as a “virtual … Read More

Looking at Art

All in the Family

Esther Hamerman, Polish Village, ca. 1950s.

An exhibition pairs artworks by New York painter Nicole Eisenman and her great-grandmother, Esther Hamerman, a Polish-born folk artist Read More

News

Mite Makes Right

Paul Hazelton’s Death Duster, 2011, made from a synthetic-fiber duster and collected dust.

Soot, sand, dust, and smoke are things that museums typically try to avoid, but these substances are the latest subject in a series of materials-focused shows at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Read More

News

A Matter of Opinion

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Concerns about liability have led several artist’s foundations to stop authenticating their work Read More

Profiles

Doodle Unto Others

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For an artist best known for his zany doodles depicting life in its brutal absurdity, David Shrigley leads a surprisingly disciplined existence, involving a strict work routine, jogging, and yoga. “You can’t just lie on the roof and smoke joints … Read More

Looking at Art

Addressing the Queen

Justin Mortimer's painting The Queen, 1998

A show explores changing images of the British monarch Read More

News

Sports, Illustrated

Harold Edgerton’s stroboscopic photograph Football Kick, 1938.

An exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts explores the transformation of sports from leisure activity to mass spectacle Read More

Features

The Cindy Sherman Effect

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By inventing her own genre, Cindy Sherman has influenced the way generations of artists think about photography, portraiture, narrative, and identity Read More