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  1. theater review
    Look, I Made a Woman: LempickaThe musical somehow turns a radical bisexual painter, living and loving in Paris between the wars, a little bit boring.
    By Sara Holdren
  2. a brush with death
    How a Seizure at the Dentist’s Led Sharon Stone to Painting“All you losers, you could grow up to be Sharon Stone.” –Jerry Saltz
    By Bethy Squires
  3. in conversation
    Tracey Emin Is SeriousThe artist has always worked in the confessional mode. After surviving cancer, she sees no reason to hold anything back.
    By Jerry Saltz
  4. profile
    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Can’t Believe She’s Still the FirstHer new Whitney retrospective is the only one so far to honor a Native American artist. She’s not doing it alone: “My community comes with me.”
    By Joshua Hunt
  5. art review
    For Gillian Wearing, Authenticity Is a Matter of OpinionIn her Guggenheim show “Wearing Masks,” the British artist explores the gray area between the self and performance.
    By Anna Furman
  6. art review
    John Currin Is the Caligula of PaintingA new show is even more unsettling and disturbing than those that made his controversial name.
    By Jerry Saltz
  7. chuck close
    Chuck Close, Artist MutineerA critic considers the legacy of an intractable force in portraiture who turned himself into an artist non grata.
    By Jerry Saltz
  8. art
    Dana Schutz Takes Back Her Painterly NameHer canvasses are hyper-assertive, full of operatic grandeur, self-mocking turbulence, disfigured hideousness and the psychopathology of her figures.
    By Jerry Saltz
  9. shredding
    Banksy Claims That Painting Was Supposed to Be Totally Shredded“In rehearsals it worked every time.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. vulture recommends
    The Art Books Jerry Saltz Is Loving This FallBeautiful volumes about often under-celebrated artists, from groundbreaking Delacroix to Hilma af Klint, pioneer of Abstraction.
    By Jerry Saltz
  11. art
    Henry Taylor’s Wild Heart Can’t Be BrokenEven after a star turn at last year’s Whitney Biennial, the art world still wants to see the master painter as an outsider.
    By Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
  12. This Artist Transforms Humans Into PaintingsThey look shockingly real. Or rather, shockingly fake.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  13. Fun Fact: Mr. Robot’s Carly Chaikin Is Also a Gifted PainterAdd that to her list of talents. 
    By Christine Nguyen
  14. These Optical Illusions Are Actually Humans Masked in Body PaintNope, that’s not a flower.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  15. This Designer Creates Mesmerizing Art Films This is what happens when you mix ink, oil, soap, and a little bit of glitter.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
  16. This Artist Uses Water As a Canvas to Paint a Rendition of Starry NightThe technique is called ebru.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  17. This Artist Makes the Trippiest Dripping Paint VideosWho knew watching paint dry could be so exciting?
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  18. Morley Safer Once Sent Me His Strange PaintingsI didn’t hate them.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. This Hand-painted Movie About Vincent Van Gogh Brings His Paintings to LifeIt’s pretty incredible to watch.
    By Adam Banicki
  20. The Maddening Fate of the Bad-Boy Female ArtistDana Schutz, Katherine Bernhardt, and why the art world overlooks its dangerous women.
    By Jerry Saltz
  21. seeing out loud
    Richard Prince’s Instagram Paintings Are Genius TrollingPrince is creating a rock-and-roll hip-hop ghetto patois of street dude, hipster, showman, and hunter.
    By Jerry Saltz
  22. art
    Meet Winkelhimer Smith, the Squirrel Who PaintsWinkelhimer Smith prefers watercolors, chewing on acorns (just like any fine artist).
    By Eliot Glazer
  23. clickables
    Watch a Cool Turkish Water-Painting Music Video for Project Jenny, Project JanBy artist Hikmet Barutçugil.
    By Amanda Dobbins