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Rihanna’s Marble Baby Bump Won the Met Gala

 Sure, it’s visual effects, but still. By Justin Curto
vulture guides

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
night at the museum

Mannequins Haunt the 2022 Met Costume Institute Exhibit

 Staged by Sofia Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Regina King, and six other poor souls. By Bethy Squires
  1. respect the classics
    This Brian Eno Documentary Will Be Ambient As HellBut will also employ “groundbreaking generative technology,” per his instructions.
    By Devon Ivie
  2. obits
    Cynthia Plaster Caster Albritton, Dead at 74The iconic “reformed groupie” had a collection of rock-star phalli to make Kiss blush.
    By Bethy Squires
  3. how i made this
    Life in Immigration Limbo, Caught on VideoThe artist Guadalupe Maravilla on how he made “Detention Center Performance” with a group of undocumented teenagers.
    As told to Jillian Steinhauer
  4. the group portrait
    A Basquiat Family ReunionThe artist’s sisters have put on an exhibition of his work to remind the world where he came from — and have a party.
    By Carl Swanson
  5. art review
    The Whitney Biennial Falters OnThe 2022 show has just enough high points to get you through it — including three stunning Charles Ray sculptures.
    By Jerry Saltz
  7. prints of princes
    A Case About Andy Warhol’s Prince Artwork Is Headed to the Supreme CourtThe justices will decide if Warhol meaningfully transformed a photograph of the singer enough for fair use to apply.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  8. encounter
    Art Spiegelman Loses His GlassesAs the latest fight over Maus erupts, its artist-creator searches for his spectacles.
    By Abraham Riesman
  9. black lives matter
    The Misguided Empathy of Dana Schutz’s Open CasketThe controversial painting of Emmett Till was equally clinical and tempestuous.
    By Kimberly Drew
  10. art
    How Agnieszka Pilat Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Artist“It’s our obligation to have a relationship with machines so they grow up to be good citizens.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  11. 2022 preview
    The Future’s Not All BadBelieve it or not, there are some things to look forward to this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  12. 2022 preview
    5 New York Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2022With big exhibitions from Faith Ringgold, Charles Ray, and one notorious NFT-maker.
    By Jerry Saltz
  13. art
    Wayne Thiebaud, 1920–2021His paintings of cakes, bathers, landscapes, paint cans, pastries, and cityscapes represent a luscious American sublime.
    By Jerry Saltz
  14. art du jour
    Brian Eno Elegantly Eviscerates NFTs“Now artists can become little capitalist assholes as well.”
    By Devon Ivie
  15. best of 2021
    The Best New York Art Shows of 2021The art world has changed forever. But New York galleries still rule.
    By Jerry Saltz
  16. book review
    Edith Schloss, 20th-Century WomanIn her book The Loft Generation, a fixture of the midcentury New York art scene gets a long-overdue introduction.
    By Jamie Hood
  17. encounter
    At Jamian Juliano-Villani’s New Gallery O’Flaherty’s, ‘Taste Is Out the Door’The painter and her pals thought the art world had gotten too prissy. “This is the thing. No one’s doing anything cool.”
    By Matthew Schneier
  18. obits
    Alvin Lucier, Groundbreaking Experimental Composer, Dead at 90He was best known for the 1969 piece I Am Sitting in a Room.
    By Justin Curto
  19. scams
    The Art World’s ‘Mini Madoff,’ Inigo Philbrick, Pleads Guilty to Wire FraudHe faces a lot of prison time.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  20. 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
  21. encounter
    ‘The Depth Is in the Pictures, Not What I Say About Them’Rosalind Fox Solomon has been making haunting photographs for 50 years. She’s got more stories to tell than she lets on.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  22. art du jour
    David Byrne’s New Book Is (Nothing But) DingbatsIllustrated dingbats, that is.
    By Devon Ivie
  23. drama in the air tonight
    Remember the Phil Collins Alamo Artifacts BattleYears after his massive donation, plans for the Texas museum are imploding.
    By Devon Ivie
  24. encounter
    You Don’t Know Amalia UlmanThe enigmatic artist cast herself and her mother in her new movie, El Planeta, set in her hometown. She swears it’s fiction anyway.
    By Rachel Handler
  25. trailer mix
    Benedict Cumberbatch Is the First Man to Make Cat Memes in Louis Wain TrailerIn which people in Victorian dress yell, “You have squandered it on wretched cats!”
    By Rebecca Alter
  26. art
    Jasper Johns and MeThe artist who invented contemporary art also changed my life.
    By Jerry Saltz
  27. fall preview 2021
    10 Must-See Art Shows to Catch This FallJerry Saltz on his most anticipated New York museum shows — from Jasper Johns at the Whitney to the Bronx Museum’s Biennial.
    By Jerry Saltz
  28. 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
  29. obits
    Chuck Close, Artist and Photorealism Trailblazer, Dead at 81He had recently been plagued by a series of sexual harassment accusations.
    By Devon Ivie
  30. 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.
    By Carl Swanson
  31. art
    Dancing on Your Own (With 99 Other People)A temporary club for our in-between moment.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. money
    Dispatches From the NFT Art BoomThe artists, collectors, and sellers betting big on the blockchain.
    By Matthew Schneier
  33. money
    Think of NFTs As a BrushMaybe one day, they will be an artistic tool as powerful as any other.
    By Jerry Saltz
  34. the group portrait
    Photo: A Rooftop Artists’ Salon in SohoFigure drawing alfresco.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  35. in-person events
    The Met Gala Returns With a Two-Part American Fashion CelebrationThe ball will now take place the second Monday in September.
    By Zoe Haylock
  36. art review
    In Artist Cory Arcangel’s Latest Show, Kim Kardashian Provides the MaterialThe artist gives the smartphone game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood the white-cube treatment at Greene Naftali.
    By Katie Rothstein
  37. back catalogue
    Artist Dawoud Bey on 6 of His Photos That Pushed His Work ForwardThe photographer opens up about what it took to make some of his most iconic images, ahead of his upcoming Whitney retrospective.
    As told to Sasha Bonét
  38. art review
    The Detonations of Alice NeelThe artist’s portrait show at the Met is packed with raw emotional power.
    By Jerry Saltz
  39. nfts
    Screen Time at the ‘World’s First Physical NFT Gallery,’ Whatever That MeansWhat would it mean to go to a gallery show where the original works are on display, but not really there?
    By Rebecca Alter
  40. art
    The Frick on Madison Finally Lets You See Fragonard Up CloseEmpowered by its new setting, work once considered frivolous becomes visual thunder.
    By Jerry Saltz
  41. art du jour
    Someone Really Spent $69 Million on This Nice JPG“Everydays — The First 5000 Days” is a digital collage.
    By Devon Ivie
  42. profile
    Lorraine O’Grady Finally Has the World’s AttentionAt 86, the artist has cemented her (belated) trailblazing status.
    By Jillian Steinhauer
  43. art review
    Heartbreak and Resurrection in ‘Grief and Grievance’ at the New MuseumA brutal, essential show that pulls from the canon of Black contemporary art.
    By Jerry Saltz
  44. obits
    Ricky Powell Was the Eyes of New York CityIn many ways, the late hip-hop photographer and “fourth Beastie Boy” represented a version of the city that has all but faded away.
    By Max Lakin
  45. art
    Roni Horn’s ‘I Am Paralyzed With Hope’ Is a Flag for a New AmericaThe last thing I saw on Inauguration Day was a work of art on Instagram that put a spell on me.
    By Jerry Saltz
  46. my single is dropping
    FKA Twigs Teams With Headie One and Black Activists for ‘Don’t Judge Me’ VideoThe video features Kara Walker’s installation Fons Americanus.
    By Justin Curto
  47. close looks
    Posted Live From the InfernoJerry Saltz on the pictures from the Capitol—some of the scariest, stupidest ever taken.
    By Jerry Saltz
  48. best of 2020
    The 10 Best Art Shows of 2020Jordan Casteel, Noah Davis, and anything you could see in person.
    By Jerry Saltz
  49. last night on late night
    Neal Brennan Gave Chris Rock an Original Artwork by Rachel Dolezal“I have an original Rachel Dolezal in my hallway.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. art
    Hear a Quarantine Love Letter for the ViolinGeorge Condo and Leila Josefowicz collaborated while apart.
    By Hilary Reid
  51. art
    Bringing the Beauty OutFor the photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop, the moment was always now.
    By Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa
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