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CULTURE CLUB
“Don’t Touch My Hair” Opens at Hannah Traore Gallery

Ever the downtowner’s destination for thought-provoking art, Hannah Traore recently celebrated...

ART
Art Basel Director Maike Cruse on What to Expect in Switzerland

The flagship Swiss art fair will bring 285 blue-chip galleries to Messe Basel, but the newly minted

ARTIST STATEMENT
Catherine Haggarty Crafts a “Collaboration” Spanning Space, Time, and Life

The New York City-based artist’s collection of works on paper, which will be shown along with an...

ART
Before Mapplethorpe, Hujar, and Warhol, George Platt Lynes Elevated the Male Nude to High Art

'Hidden Master,' a new documentary from writer-director Sam Shahid, gathers art-world luminaries...

CULTURE CLUB
New York’s Power Players Come Out for the Whitney Gala

On May 15, the Whitney Museum of American Art celebrated the defining forces of its future-facing...

CULTURE CLUB
The Broad Toasts a First for Mickalene Thomas

On May 23, the Broad Museum helped Mickalene Thomas ring in a career first with the opening...

ART
Jenny Holzer’s Truisms Journey Through the Guggenheim

Decades after the artist’s text-based works spiraled up the rotunda, they again transform the...

ART
Julie Mehretu Imagines a BMW Blasting Through Her Paintings

The Ethiopian-born painter translates her frenetic abstractions onto a BMW M Hybrid V8 to mark the...

ARTIST STATEMENT
With ‘Showtime,’ Lizzi Bougatsos Sets an “Absurdist Stage”

The visual artist and experimental musician opens up about an assemblage made from stained vintage...

CULTURE CLUB
Public Art Fund Brings the Art to Its Spring Party

On May 15, a crowd of 350 turned out to raise more than $1 million for Public Art Fund’s annual...

Culture Club
Faena Art Gala Wows with Garden of Earthly Delights Theme

On May 10, Faena Art hosted its annual fundraising gala at Faena Forum in Miami Beach. The theme...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Anastasia Komar Prods at Science’s “God Complex” Question

Cutting-edge biotech, the Garden of Eden, and profound meditations on the future of civilization...

CULTURE CLUB
At Its Annual Spring Benefit, Print Center New York Honors Pat Steir

On May 14, artists, collectors, and supporters of one of Manhattan’s defining institutions...

CULTURE CLUB
New York’s Culturati Partied for Amref with Kehinde Wiley

On May 4, Amref Health Africa’s annual ArtBall drew luminaries of the culture and entertainment...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Parme Marin Catalogs the Dualities of Artistry and Motherhood

Marin merges a decade-long fashion career with expertise in ceramics and paintings in an incisive...