He Wanted to Be John Travolta. Instead, He Became ‘Kaves.’
The event that would be the seed for a Brooklyn kid’s lifelong drive to become famous enough to…
Why the Art Workers’ Coalition’s Battles Still Resonate
IN JANUARY 1969, the Greek artist known as Takis walked into a gallery in New York’s Museum of…
In Venezuela, the Debt Collector Is the Devil
To reach Dr. Diablo’s sanctum, I descended into the basement of a complex of Brutalist towers, its concrete…
A Panorama of Design during the NYCxDesign Festival
This article is part of our Design special section on retrofits. Wretched Flowers Opens an Experimental Space For…
Maya Lin Connects Nature to a New Manhattan Skyscraper and Beyond
On a recent spring afternoon, the renowned artist and designer Maya Lin clambered up and down a rocky…
How Much Art Is Too Much? A Guide to the New York Fairs.
Frieze New York, the labyrinthine art fair, plants itself at the Shed in Hudson Yards on May 13,…
Uncertainty, But Also Optimism, Mark New York Art Week
Phillips, the third largest auctioneer in New York, opens its evening sale (May 19) with property from the…
Ken Griffin Acquires Second Original Printing of the Constitution
The billionaire financier Ken Griffin made news in 2021 when he paid $43.2 million for a rare first…
How a Radical Historian Saved the Schlock of ’76
U.S.A. at 250 Yale’s Bicentennial Schlock collection offers a window into the star-spangled commercialism that swept the country…
How the Brothers Behind Manhattan’s Aicon Art Gallery Found Themselves in Infinite Feuds
Prajit said he was never jealous of his brother, whom he believes is afflicted with lifelong anger management…
Recalling When Lower Manhattan Was New Amsterdam
This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are commemorating the past as they…