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 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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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. art
    How the Black Portraiture Boom Went BustThe racial reckoning of 2020 sent prices soaring. Now, no one’s buying.
    By Rachel Corbett
  4. 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
  5. art review
    Rashid Johnson’s Visual FeastThe new Rashid Johnson survey at the Guggenheim is sprawling and stunning.
    By Yinka Elujoba
  7. 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
  8. art
    Critics Are Fuming About the New MoMA Head“What a disappointing and unsurprising choice.”
    By Rachel Corbett
  9. 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
  10. art review
    Behold the FrickThe newly renovated museum is bigger and better than ever.
    By Jerry Saltz
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. remembrances
    Walter Robinson, Rogue Pirate of the Art WorldThe longtime man-about-downtown died this week at age 74.
    By Jerry Saltz
  14. art review
    Caspar David Friedrich’s Lonely IslandsA retrospective at the Met captures the German romanticist’s epic melancholy.
    By Jerry Saltz
  15. extremely online
    The Hyperpigmentation Drawing Meme Is a Work of ArtCall it TikTok’s modern-day Mona Lisa.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  16. 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
  17. physical media
    The Art Lost in L.A. FiresCount Warhol artworks, Gary Indiana’s library, and Schoenberg scores among the losses.
    By Justin Curto
  18. q&a
    Mickalene Thomas Doesn’t Need the Whitney BiennialIn conversation with an artist who has always claimed her own spaces.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. year in culture
    Vulture’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024From brat summer to a scandalous fall, here’s what our readers loved most this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  22. profile
    Lorraine O’Grady Finally Has the World’s AttentionAt 86, the artist had cemented her (belated) trailblazing status.
    By Jillian Steinhauer
  23. art review
    Night BitchesAlex Katz, Matthew Barney, and Jamian Juliano-Villani face the darkness.
    By Jerry Saltz
  24. best of 2024
    The Best New York Art Shows of 2024Outsiders, Renaissance masterpieces, crazy quilts, and more.
    By Jerry Saltz
  25. the work of art
    How Jonathan Franzen Learned to Write a Franzen NovelTo finish The Corrections, he had to kill his protagonist — and his idea of what a book should be.
    By Adam Moss
  26. ring ring … banana phone!
    It’s One Banana, Michael. What Could It Cost? $6.2 Million?Comedian, the piece of fruit taped to a wall, sold to a crypto bro at auction.
    By Jason P. Frank
  27. art
    The Extremely Chaotic Life of Jamian Juliano-VillaniLess than six months after her Gagosian solo show, the downtown artist-slash-gallerist lost her gallery and all her money.
    By Jay Bulger
  28. art review
    Maps of Things PastThe brilliant art-world cartographies of Loren Munk.
    By Jerry Saltz
  29. art
    Kehinde Wiley Can’t Believe This Is Happening to HimHe built an empire out of painting young Black men into art history. Can it survive accusations of sexual assault?
    By Rachel Corbett
  30. art review
    Maybe KAWS Is Not So Bad After AllHis collection of outsider art, on display at the Drawing Center, is a marvel.
    By Jerry Saltz
  31. tributes
    Gary Indiana’s Exuberant VenomThe late critic and novelist documented the seedy vanities and sorrows of American life with bitchiness and, sometimes, sympathy.
    By Brandon Sanchez
  32. art review
    The Met’s Siena Renaissance Show Is a MasterpieceGo see it now.
    By Jerry Saltz
  33. scene report
    Charli XCX Sculpts a MomentThe jobless made a pilgrimage to Storm King.
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. art review
    A Black Surrealist Finally Gets His DueA solo exhibition of the poet and visual artist Ted Joans is a mostly fitting tribute to an artistic visionary.
    By Jack Denton
  35. art review
    A World Without WeatherThe flat and deep paintings of Hilary Pecis.
    By Jerry Saltz
  36. art review
    What Is a Brooklyn Artist?A sweeping survey at the Brooklyn Museum provides a lot of answers, none of which satisfy.
    By Jerry Saltz
  37. art review
    Yvonne Well’s Patchwork HistoriesA new show spotlights how the artist’s abstract quilts tell the story of the African diaspora.
    By Jerry Saltz
  38. encounter
    Thomas Houseago Was Mad at His Dad (and Larry Gagosian)It’s his first NYC gallery show in a decade, thanks in part to Leonardo DiCaprio.
    By Rachel Corbett
  39. fall preview 2024
    10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This FallAn Alvin Ailey retrospective sets the tone for an array of eclectic offerings from the art world.
    By Jerry Saltz
  40. art review
    Abigail Goldman’s American Horror StoryHer new show, “State of Nature,” depicts our depraved moment in miniature — literally.
    By Jerry Saltz
  41. public art watch
    A Sixteen-Foot-Tall Pigeon Comes to Nest on the High LinePlease don’t feed Iván Argote’s monumental Dinosaur.
    By Carl Swanson
  42. wwjd
    Da Vinci Would Have Loved the Olympics’ Controversial ‘Last Supper’The Catholic church of France, however, did not.
    By Jason P. Frank
  43. remembrance
    The Power and Grace of Barbara GladstoneThe venerated gallerist worked for the love of art.
    By Jerry Saltz
  44. art review
    Jenny Holzer’s Word SaladHer takeover of the Guggenheim reads like intellectual clickbait for the extended Trump era.
    By Jerry Saltz
  45. art review
    Maurizio Cattelan’s Enormous Wall of KitschA shiny bauble meant to comment on capitalism and to sell.
    By Jerry Saltz
  46. games people play
    Suing Richard PrinceStung when he felt ripped off by a famous artist, a photographer turned to the courts.
    By Choire Sicha
  47. profile
    Emil Ferris Still Believes in MonstersThe graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming.
    By Mark Yarm
  48. sexual assault
    Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual AssaultBy Joseph Awuah-Darko, a British-born artist working in Ghana.
    By Bethy Squires
  49. art review
    LaToya Ruby Frazier’s MoMA Show Does Too MuchThe photographer wants to “stand in the gap between working-class and creative-class people.” But her show’s venue makes that impossible.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  50. favorite things
    Jerry Saltz’s 78 Indispensable Instagram AccountsInstagram changed our art critic’s life. Here, he recommends 78 of his favorite accounts that you should follow.
    By Jerry Saltz
  51. announcements
    Discover Jerry Saltz’s Favorite ThingsOur chief art critic is writing a pop-up, subscriber-only newsletter about the cultural works that shape his outlook.
    By The Editors
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