Art

critic's notebook

Seeing Red

 The art world is buzzing after the spring auction frenzy. But I only feel grief, like something is dying. By Jerry Saltz
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Jerry Saltz’s 33 Rules for Being an Artist

 How to go from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least live life a little more creatively). By Jerry Saltz
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look book

The Look Book Goes to Frieze Art Fair

 Collectors, dealers, curators, and advisers wore their art-world best to browse the annual fair at the Shed.
  1. chapters
    Lost Days at the Chelsea HotelPatti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Jonas Mekas were just a few of the residents captured in Albert Scopin’s recently recovered photos.
    By Curbed editors
  2. the yesteryear issue
    Jerry Saltz’s ’90s Slideshow“I knew nothing about photography, but I ended up making 40,000 goddamn slides.”
    By The Editors
  3. the yesteryear issue
    Jerry Saltz’s ’90s Art World“I saw 25, 30 shows a week, made hundreds of studio visits, and everywhere I went I brought my camera.”
    By Jerry Saltz
  4. the work of art
    Julio Torres’s Second BrainBefore it became an Off Broadway show and now an HBO special, Color Theories began as scribbles in his notebooks.
    By Adam Moss
  5. chapters
    ‘He Was Genius About Sex’How the photographer Peter Hujar turned cruising into works of art.
    By Andrew Durbin
  7. 2026 preview
    10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2026Will the New Museum actually reopen?
    By Jerry Saltz
  8. art review
    The Crazed Cataclysms of Nicole EisenmanHer paintings at David Zwirner are delirious indictments of politics, art, and money.
    By Jerry Saltz
  9. furniture
    Bianca Censori Made Some Medical Sex-Dungeon FurnitureThe designer and wife of Kanye West says it’s about “collapsing the distinction between object, body, and idol.”
    By Clio Chang
  10. reasons to love new york
    How the Painter Sasha Gordon Marshaled Her Monsters“People assume I’m a bitchy, confident artist when I’m actually really afraid of everything.”
    By Adam Moss
  11. rip
    Frank Gehry, World-Famous Postmodern Architect, Dead at 96Gehry is one of only two architects to guest star on The Simpsons.
    By Bethy Squires
  12. in conclusion
    The Best Art Shows of 2025From tiny clay sculptures to the grandest museum reopenings.
    By Jerry Saltz
  13. the year in culture
    What the Culturati 50 Loved in 2025While we were watching these culture-makers, they were watching each other.
    By The Editors
  14. art review
    The Joyful Sorrows of the Reverend Joyce McDonaldThe minister’s first show at the Bronx Museum is a revelation in clay.
    By Jerry Saltz
  15. art review
    The Shades of Sasha GordonThe painter’s new show at David Zwirner is packed with her demon identities.
    By Jerry Saltz
  16. rip
    Drew Struzan Defined What a Blockbuster Movie Looks LikeEven if you didn’t know Drew Struzan’s name, you recognize his radiant poster art.
    By Bethy Squires
  17. no self portraits
    Bob Dylan’s Art Makes Its Off Broadway DebutMasquerade had a simple pitch: “The Phantom is the genius of music and Bob is the genius of everything.”
    By Devon Ivie
  18. art review
    Fossils From a Future ApocalypseThe fragile visions of Andra Ursuța.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. art review
    The Dream WeaverErin M. Riley’s new tapestries are like Sylvia Plath crossed with a forensic police report.
    By Jerry Saltz
  20. encounter
    Mary Boone, Who Ruled Galleries in the ’80s, Is Back“I was a woman selling unnecessary, glamorous things to rich people. What’s not to hate?” says the art dealer.
    By Carrie Battan
  21. art review
    Making the ’60s Weird AgainThe Whitney’s boisterous survey breathes new life into a stagnant decade.
    By Jerry Saltz
  22. encounter
    Coco Fusco Refuses to Be PigeonholedThe artist gets her first U.S. survey after years of creating work that defies political orthodoxy.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  23. theater review
    Yasmina Reza’s Art Returns, Loaded With BlanksPlus a review of Celine Song’s early play Family.
    By Sara Holdren
  24. fall preview 2025
    10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This FallSome shows thrill, some surprise, some confuse — bless them all.
    By Jerry Saltz
  25. fall preview 2025
    30 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This FallA revived Chess, a new Versailles, and a promising year for the nonmusical play.
    By Jackson McHenry
  26. art
    The Six Female Artists With Major Solo Shows This FallSasha Gordon, Olivia van Kuiken, Ana Cláudia Almeida, María Berrío, Adebunmi Gbadebo, and Karen Barbour on how they prepared for their big solo shows.
    Photographs by Jay Kolsch
  27. art review
    A Love Letter to VermeerThe Frick’s austere new show about the Dutch master is a quiet triumph.
    By Jerry Saltz
  28. the hamptons issue
    46 Artists Who Live and Work in the HamptonsLaurie Anderson, Ross Bleckner, Eric Fischl and 43 artists keeping the Hamptons from turning into Key West.
    By Bob Morris
  29. encounter
    ‘The Depth Is in the Pictures, Not What I Say About Them’Rosalind Fox Solomon made haunting photographs for 50 years. She told us about her trajectory from Tennessee housewife to artist.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  30. the hamptons issue
    Does Larry Gagosian Like His Bookstore?The art dealer seems to think there is too much children’s stuff at BookHampton, his newest acquisition.
    By Brock Colyar
  31. shock and awe
    Sparks Are Li’l Album-Cover FreaksRanking the band’s most museum-worthy artworks with the brothers themselves.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. announcements
    Introducing How to Look at Art, by Jerry SaltzA New York Night School course from our senior art critic.
    By The Editors
  33. encounter
    The World’s Thirstiest Art DealerNick Hissom is over his tabloid-fodder breakup, even if he’s not ready to let go of his Cartier Love bracelet.
    By Ben Widdicombe
  34. look book
    The Look Book Goes to Rashid Johnson’s Opening NightNearly a thousand attended “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” the artist’s solo exhibition at the Guggenheim.
    By Jeremy Rellosa
  35. art
    How the Black Portraiture Boom Went BustThe racial reckoning of 2020 sent prices soaring. Now, no one’s buying.
    By Rachel Corbett
  36. art
    How Is AI Art Different From Human Art?Two critics — one AI-skeptical, the other AI-curious — discuss the merits of art made by machines.
    By Jerry Saltz and David Wallace-Wells
  37. art review
    Rashid Johnson’s Visual FeastThe new Rashid Johnson survey at the Guggenheim is sprawling and stunning.
    By Yinka Elujoba
  38. art
    The Billionaires Are Battling Over a Giacometti SculptureDavid Geffen, lion of the old-guard art world, is up against Justin Sun, tech provocateur.
    By Rachel Corbett
  39. art
    Critics Are Fuming About the New MoMA Head“What a disappointing and unsurprising choice.”
    By Rachel Corbett
  40. art review
    The Wary Gaze of Amy SheraldA majestic new show at the Whitney features the artist’s gift for portraiture that seethes with subtleties.
    By Jerry Saltz
  41. art review
    Behold the FrickThe newly renovated museum is bigger and better than ever.
    By Jerry Saltz
  42. the work of art
    Lisa Yuskavage Becomes the ProtagonistAfter 35 years of painting her signature girls, the artist has turned to a new subject: herself.
    By Adam Moss
  43. art review
    The Exhilarating Anger of Christine Sun KimHer new show at the Whitney reveals that language is a social currency that constantly places the deaf at a disadvantage.
    By Jerry Saltz
  44. remembrances
    Walter Robinson, Rogue Pirate of the Art WorldThe longtime man-about-downtown died this week at age 74.
    By Jerry Saltz
  45. art review
    Caspar David Friedrich’s Lonely IslandsA retrospective at the Met captures the German romanticist’s epic melancholy.
    By Jerry Saltz
  46. extremely online
    The Hyperpigmentation Drawing Meme Is a Work of ArtCall it TikTok’s modern-day Mona Lisa.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  47. heists
    Graffiti Artist RETNA Claims an Auction House Sold His Stolen WorkThe graffiti artist says that his former landlord and Heritage Auctions illegally seized his property for profit.
    By Rachel Corbett
  48. physical media
    The Art Lost in L.A. FiresCount Warhol artworks, Gary Indiana’s library, and Schoenberg scores among the losses.
    By Justin Curto
  49. q&a
    Mickalene Thomas Doesn’t Need the Whitney BiennialIn conversation with an artist who has always claimed her own spaces.
    By Jerry Saltz
  50. year in culture
    The Bests of 2024All the books, podcasts, and anime (plus TV, movies, music, and more) that captivated our critics (and John Waters) this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  51. video games
    Come for the Art, Stay for the ArtPunching Nazis is just a bonus in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
    By Lewis Gordon
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