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Man Duct-tapes Banana to Wall, Makes $240,000, Credits New York Magazine

 There’s always money in the banana-on-the-wall art. By Christopher Bonanos
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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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Bill Traylor Deserves to Be Exalted Alongside Art’s Greatest Names

 Born into slavery, the artist’s story is a vision of American hell, but his work is transcendent and essential. By Jerry Saltz
  1. art du jour
    Did You Know Lucy Liu Creates Beautiful Erotic Paintings?What a delightful semi-hidden talent.
    By Katie Heaney
  2. obits
    Robert Freeman, Iconic Beatles Photographer, Dead at 82The British-born artist shot the album covers for Help!, Rubber Soul, and more.
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. art
    Hirshhorn Museum Celebrates Intergenerational Artist CrushesLawrence Weiner and Catherine Opie, pothead pals.
    By Hilary Reid
  4. vulture festival 2019
    Wanna Be an Artist? Jerry Saltz Will Teach You How at Vulture FestivalSee? We’re educational, too.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  5. party report
    Basquiat’s Art Career Took Off in Part Thanks to an Indie Film“All of the books that talk about Annina Nosei giving Jean-Michel his first studio, that wasn’t actually true.”
    By Justin Curto
  7. art and architecture
    Two Critics — Art and Architecture — Compare Their New MoMA ExperiencesSaltz and Davidson on the newly expanded museum.
    By Justin Davidson and Jerry Saltz
  8. instagram
    9 of the Funniest Cartoonists and Illustrators on InstagramMix up your feed with some original work by these very talented artists.
    By Nayomi Reghay
  9. cityscape
    The New MoMA Tries to Get Out of Its Own Way. We’ll See If It Can.An attempt to manage the crush of visitors that’s made the museum hard to love.
    By Justin Davidson
  10. art
    What Does the New MoMA Mean for Modernism? And What Was Modernism Anyway?The reimagined Museum of Modern Art tries to open itself up.
    By Jerry Saltz
  11. excerpt
    When Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Met Artist Jordan Wolfson“Everyone’s queer for clout now.”
    By Nathan Pemberton
  14. art
    The Return of the Tribeca Art SceneEven though most artists can’t afford to live here, the galleries are back.
    By Jerry Saltz
  15. loie hollowell
    Loie Hollowell Wants to Be the Amy Schumer of Abstract ArtHer big new show at Pace is about her pregnancy.
    By Hilary Reid
  16. fall preview 2019
    The Canadian Cree Artist Remixing History in the Met’s Great HallIsn’t Kent Monkman’s time-traveling, gender-fluid, indigenous sex goddess exactly what art needs right about now?
    By Jarrett Earnest
  17. fall preview 2019
    The Best and Biggest Art Shows to See to This FallFrom JR, Amy Sherald, Pope.L, and more.
    By Jerry Saltz and Carl Swanson
  18. obits
    Robert Frank, Influential Documentary Photographer, Is Dead at 94Frank broke the mold for photojournalism with The Americans.
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. art
    Richard Prince and Lisa Spellman Regret NothingThe art-world exes on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of her 303 Gallery.
    By Lisa Spellman and Richard Prince
  20. art
    Ranking New York’s Most Toxic Museum BoardsWho might activists try to take down next?
    By Whitney Mallett and Katy Schneider
  21. one grand books
    William Wegman’s 10 Favorite BooksCharles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more.
    By William Wegman
  22. art
    A True Protest BiennialArtists are withdrawing from the Whitney left and right, making good on the radical politics of the show.
    By Jerry Saltz
  23. art
    Why Did It Take So Long for the World to Recognize the Genius of Joseph Yoakum?In fairness, it took me a long while, too.
    By Jerry Saltz
  26. art
    How Alexander Calder’s Wee Circus Was Brought Back to LifeThe show must go on at the Whitney.
    By Hilary Reid
  27. art du jour
    That Fancy Bachelorette Museum Date Would Only Set You Back $10,000Seems reasonable, all things considered.
    By Devon Ivie
  28. art du jour
    Will You Silently Weep at These Paintings Like The Bachelorette’s Hannah Did?The Dutch masters always bring the waterworks.
    By Devon Ivie
  29. art review
    Alexander Calder’s Circus is Back in TownThe artist’s wee sideshow is restored, and back at the Whitney.
    By Jerry Saltz
  30. art
    Study Warhol and Basquiat at a School Turned Gallery in Upstate New YorkNeither of these artists was known as a nature lover, of course.
    By Matthew Silver
  31. behind the scenes
    Whitney Biennial Artists Reveal the Creative Processes Behind Their 2019 WorkJeffrey Gibson is one of five artists sharing their stories in an upcoming video series.
    By Milan Polk
  32. art
    Women Artists on Their Favorite Artworks at Their Local MuseumsFor a new book, It Speaks to Me, Jori Finkel asked 50 artists to discuss an artwork they find inspiring.
    By Vulture Editors
  33. art
    Whitney Biennial Artists Share Mood Boards for Their WorksWhat were they thinking about when they made that?
    By Carl Swanson
  34. whitney biennial
    The New Whitney Biennial Made Me See Art History in a New WayThis show demonstrates unmistakably that subject matter is just as important as form.
    By Jerry Saltz
  35. art
    This Fully Functional Brooklyn Handball Court Is Actually an Art InstallationBring your own balls.
    By Mathew Silver
  38. art du jour
    Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney Celebrate Love With This Unique PortraitTruly one of a kind.
    By Devon Ivie
  39. art du jour
    Does Jake Gyllenhaal Constantly Frame Photos of Himself?An incredible bit of art gossip.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  40. art
    For Decades, We All Ate Trump Up. Artist Andres Serrano Asks, ‘Why?’In a Chelsea bar, an artist created a Trump Junk Shop of the president’s 30-year rise to power — most of which passed without our really noticing.
    By Jerry Saltz
  41. art
    Tom Slaughter’s Polaroid PortfolioThe artist known for his Pop-y paintings and prints had a side project: shooting Polaroid photos, constantly, of everything that interested him.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  42. notre dame
    Artwork Moving to Louvre After Paris’s Notre-Dame FireAbout 5 to 10 percent of the art was lost in the blaze.
    By Milan Polk
  43. art
    How a $1,000 Art-Auction Bet Turned Into a $450 Million ‘Da Vinci’The invention of the Salvator Mundi.
    By Matthew Shaer
  44. public hearings
    L.A. Official Tasked With Making Brad Pitt Stop TalkingDuring a recent funding meeting, the actor’s time got cut off.
    By Lisa Ryan
  45. snl
    How the SNL Portrait Became Its Own Art FormThe show’s official photographer runs us through 11 of her favorite shots.
    By Devon Ivie
  46. art
    A Radical New History of Queer Modernism, 1933–1950The bodies are sensual, on display, sexually presenting, in carnal states of being — all expressing an otherwise forbidden sexuality.
    By Jerry Saltz
  47. art
    Is This Really, Truly the End of Western Art?The Bruce High Quality Foundation returns, with a mummy sarcophagus and a pack of smokes.
    By Mathew Silver
  50. art
    The Painting Jerry Saltz Can’t Stop Thinking AboutPaul Cadmus’s Herrin Massacre is an orgy of ferociousness.
    By Jerry Saltz
  51. criticism never sleeps
    Jerry Saltz Is Turning ‘How to Be an Artist’ Into a BookMore signature insight from New York’s own art critic.
    By Katie Rothstein
  52. one grand books
    Kenny Scharf’s 10 Favorite BooksHaruki Murakami, Carl Jung, and more.
    By Kenny Scharf
  53. art
    What Does It Mean for Basquiat to Be Back in the East Village?Not that he’d recognize the place if he were still alive.
    By Phoebe Hoban
  54. bronx bred bohemians
    Frederic Tuten’s Memoir Is a Love Song to a Lost New YorkInquisitive, respectful, adventurous, and often horny, he was Diane Keaton’s boyfriend for a while.
    By Ira Silverberg
  55. brit awards 2019
    Beyoncé and Jay-Z Accepted an Award in Front of a Meghan Markle PortraitHang this whole moment in the Louvre.
    By Dee Lockett
  56. frieze
    For the First Time, an Art Fair Worked in Los AngelesWhat did Frieze Los Angeles have that no other fair ever has?
    By Jerry Saltz
  57. scam season
    Art Dealer Mary Boone Is Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud“The Art of the Dealer” suddenly has a whole new connotation.
    By Rebecca Alter
  58. art
    Nari Ward’s Salvaged WorldsThe artist reflects on the objects and memories that made him.
    By Carl Swanson
  59. obits
    In Remembrance of Artist Robert RymanHis all-white paintings seem as if they were fated to come into existence from the beginning of Modern Art.
    By Jerry Saltz
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