At the Armory Show, First-Time Artists Steal the Spotlight

Sep 6, 2025

Calling Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka’s solo presentation at the Armory Show a “booth” feels somehow wrong, like a reduction of the all-encompassing sanctum that she and Toronto gallery Patel Brown assembled for the Manhattan art fair. Suspended gently from wooden rods are...

How New Collector Habits Are Shaking Up Art Fair Season

Sep 6, 2025

Eduardo Holgado encounters most of his art on Instagram now, perusing posts from galleries and artists before ever setting foot in a fair. But when it comes time to buy, the collector, who is in his early 30s, still needs to experience the work in person. It’s...

Robert Grosvenor, Who Refused to Be Defined by Genre, Dies at 88 

Sep 6, 2025

Robert Grosvenor, whose work resisted artistic classification for more than six decades, died in Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, September 3, at the age of 88. His death was announced by Paula Cooper Gallery, which has represented the artist since the gallery...

Art on Paper Leaps Off the Page

Sep 6, 2025

As I circled around the dozens of booths along the three wide lanes at Art on Paper on Thursday, September 4, one stood out above the rest. On the bare white walls were Moleskine journals, much like the small ones I use, except these were spread open to Nicolas V...

Examining the Legacy of Fascist Cinema’s Grand Dame

Sep 6, 2025

A woman roaming the mountainside splashes her face in an unseen stream. Her hair drips toward a crystal prism glowing in her steady hand. Mist fills the space around her; her silhouette is gilded in light. In this scene from the 1932 film Das blaue Licht (The Blue...

Mystery Abounds in Angela Burson’s Engimatic Paintings

Sep 6, 2025

What do the objects we surround ourselves with say about who we are? For Angela Burson, the shirt we pluck from the closet in the morning and the drink we sip with dinner are especially engaging insights into personal and familial identities. The artist, who is based...