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  1. books
    Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
  2. art
    Rirkrit Tiravanija Would Prefer Not ToHis new retrospective at MoMA PS1 celebrates avoiding making art.
  3. art
    New York’s Most Beloved PuppetsFrom the childhood comforts of Sesame Street to the gleeful pop perversities of Avenue Q, a new show captures the heritage of puppetry in the city.
  4. art world
    Helen Marden’s Bitter, Lucky LightHer joyful-despite-everything pandemic paintings at Gagosian.
  5. q&a
    A New Documentary Explores the Secrets and Lies of Roy CohnTrump mentor. Joe McCarthy protégé. AIDS victim. More than three decades after his death, he still haunts American life.
  6. quarantine diary
    Julia Fox Is Rewatching Thirteen and Kalifornia in Quarantine“I love a hillbilly and Brad Pitt fantasy moment. And I love serial-killer movies.”
  7. art
    Salman Toor’s Queer RococoThe artist lives, and paints, between worlds — Lahore, Pakistan and New York.
  8. fall preview 2019
    The Best and Biggest Art Shows to See to This FallFrom JR, Amy Sherald, Pope.L, and more.
  9. profile
    Succession’s Sarah Snook Can’t Believe Her LuckWhen the HBO show returns in August, the narrative spotlight will be more on Shiv.
  10. art
    Whitney Biennial Artists Share Mood Boards for Their WorksWhat were they thinking about when they made that?
  11. q&a
    Frank Ocean Knows the People Who Told Him He was Crazy Were Well-intentionedAnd no, he doesn’t use dating apps.
  12. urbanism
    Is Hudson Yards Really the City of Tomorrow?A debate between four starchitects.
  13. art
    Nari Ward’s Salvaged WorldsThe artist reflects on the objects and memories that made him.
  14. seen
    Goodbye (for now!) from SEEN, Vulture’s Pop-Up Art MagazineWow, has it been 47 days already?
  15. art fairs
    Detroit’s Famous Heidelberg Project Goes to the BeachWhat’s next for Tyree Guyton, and his famous DIY civic art installation.
  16. art
    Advice From 27 Artists, From Marina Abramovich to Mickalene Thomas, on Making ItYou’ve read Jerry Saltz’s story on being an artist. But what do successful artists themselves say?
  17. art
    Andy Warhol’s Drawings of Shoes And Boys Tells Us Everything About HimA glimpse of the artist’s pre-fame work.
  18. q&a
    Judy Chicago Is Setting Off Feminist Fireworks in Miami During Art BaselThe artist is continuing her “Atmospheres” series of fireworks-based installations in Miami.
  19. gala!
    Meet the Dynamic Duos at the Hirshhorn GalaSiblings, lovers, business partners, and more! Meet the creative couples honored by the museum at Lincoln Center.
  20. art
    Welcome to SEENA limited-run expansion of Vulture’s coverage of the art world, all around the world.
  21. art
    This Is the Price List for Paula Cooper Gallery’s First Show in 1968$1,500 for a Carl Andre! Cheap!
  22. studio 54
    The Founder of Studio 54 Is Finally Ready to Tell What Really Went Down ThereIan Schrager on getting over his embarrassment for doing time for stealing from the disco, and having Roy Cohn as his lawyer.
  23. art
    On Occupy’s Anniversary, a Rose Blooms in Zuccotti ParkArtist Isa Genzken’s 26-foot-tall flower is planted where the bongos once tried to put a stop to neoliberalism.
  24. fall preview 2018
    KiKi Layne Is the Rookie of the YearShe’s the star of Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight follow-up, If Beale Street Could Talk, which isn’t bad for a total newcomer.
  25. art
    Jenny Saville’s New Paintings Are About Motherhood and #MeTooThe Gagosian show is part of her imagining her own mythic ancestors, a genealogy for a canon that women are no longer so lonely in.
  26. art
    Will the Retail Apocalypse Be Good for the Arts?When a Chase Bank becomes a nonprofit.
  27. Freddie Highmore Is America’s Top DocThe Good Doctor star is now ABC’s No. 1 star, and he comes with zero negative side effects.
  28. art
    The End of Nature at Storm King Art Center in New YorkA new exhibition features works by artists responding to mankind’s not so stately ordering up of a change in the world’s weather.
  29. art
    Breakfast With Anselm Kiefer, Who Made That Flying Lead Book at Rock CenterJust don’t write on his cappuccino, please.
  30. art
    Frieze Salutes Feature Inc., the Visionary Gallery That Changed the Art WorldMurakami, Pettibon, Tom of Finland … you saw them there first.
  31. When a Feminist Artist Is Censored by a Feminist GalleryNatalie Frank’s Story of O pictures scared a lot of people. Including her gallerist.
  32. art
    The Return of the East Village Art ScenePerformance Space New York and today’s cutting edge.
  33. Transparent Continues, Sort of, As a Live MusicalWe saw it last night at Joe’s Pub.
  34. art
    This Artist Is a Gender UnicornCupid Ojala’s pure delight in being who he is.
  35. profile
    After a Very Big Year, Mary J. Blige Is Seeing Herself Anew“I learned that I’m a powerful woman because I don’t have to say much to be heard,” says the R&B star and double Oscar nominee.
  36. gallery
    This Artist Filled a Huge Gallery With Tiny Drawings of ProtestersCan you spot your sign?
  37. how to win an oscar
    Guillermo del Toro Hopes You’re Ready to Fall in Love With a MonsterHis new film, The Shape of Water, is an old-fashioned love story, with the Creature from the Black Lagoon as the misunderstood leading man.
  38. art
    Where Did Marina Abramovic Institute’s Money Go?The Hudson holy site is being abandoned.
  39. art
    Laurie Anderson and Marilyn Minter Say Scream on the 2016 Election AnniversaryA tribute to Yoko Ono.
  40. art
    This Exhibit Wants to Challenge Everything You Think You Know About GenderMeet the artists showing in the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender As a Tool and a Weapon.”
  41. fall preview 2017
    Ai Weiwei on His Massive Upcoming Public Art Fund Project“It is like presenting yourself to an old lover; to give to the city what I never had a chance to achieve when I was there.”
  42. art
    Protest Art: What Is It Good For?Digging through the Whitney’s archive of resistance.
  43. movies
    Robert Pattinson and the Safdie Brothers Talk Going Gritty in Good Time“Rob had a hole in his schedule, and we thought, Let’s make a piece of pulp, you know?”
  44. Hanging in the Babylonests With Hélio OiticicaPre-Instagram pretty boys lounge.
  45. gallery
    How to Tell If Your Child Is a Future Art StarProjectArt hosts an exhibition of the very early works of famous artists.
  46. art and design 2017
    Is Political Art the Only Art That Matters Now?The art world is going to war with Trump. If it doesn’t shoot itself in the foot first.
  47. documentary
    The Truth About the Guggenheim’s Golden-Toilet ArtistYou can now see the Maurizio Cattelan documentary.
  48. art
    Julian Schnabel’s New Plate SpecialA visit with the artist.
  49. gallery
    Raymond Pettibon’s Punk ProphesyThe perfect punk artist for the Trump era has a show at the New Museum. Here’s a sampler.
  50. art
    An Art Exhibit’s Modest Proposal for RefugeesHalil Altindere’s Space Refugee, like much of his work, is both absurdist and humane.
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