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One Fine Show: “Grandma Moses, A Good Day’s Work” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Grandma Moses, We Are Resting, 1951. Oil on high-density fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kallir Family, in Memory of Hildegard Bachert, 2019.55. © Grandma Moses Properties...
At Basel Social Club, the Office Becomes a Playground of Anti-Productivity
Silvio Larusso’s provocative text installation sets the tone. Courtesy of the artist and Basel Social Club. Photo: Silke Briel As the art world has grown accustomed to the boutique...
Middle Node and What It Takes to Build an Art Scene Outside New York and L.A.
Installation view: Tara Fay Coleman’s “Marginalia” at here gallery in Pittsburgh in 2023. Courtesy of Tara Fay Coleman When Lexi Bishop moved to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles in 2020,...
Performa’s Broadway Benefit Brought Fresh Magic to an Old Format
Fragments of Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Questions). Courtesy Performa, photo: Elyse Mertz There was a certain New York magic last Wednesday night—an unknown and unexpected thrill in the air. Knicks...
‘Giant’ and the Seduction of Certainty
Aya Cash and John Lithgow in Giant. Photo: Joan Marcus Giant takes place on a scorching summer’s day in 1983, in an elegant, ramshackle English country home. Roald Dahl,...
For David Hockney, Looking Was Living
David Hockney at the Orangerie museum in Paris in 2021. THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images The British have a term for people like David Hockney: national treasure. It’s an...
€3.5 Million Raised in 20 Minutes: Inside the American Friends of Versailles Gala
Saskia Connery and Peter Brant Jr. Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images “Versailles… exists as an unparalleled and final statement that is likely never to be repeated,” declares the American...
Why Cutting Humans Too Fast Could Backfire in the A.I. Era
A.I. is transforming business faster than almost any technology before it, but companies removing humans before systems are ready may be creating confusion rather than competitive advantage. Unsplash+ A...
Our Favorite Looks from the Frick Collection Spring Garden Party
James Burn, Laurent Bergeron, Kent Monkman, Peter Jay Sharp, chief curator Aimee Ng, Brad Tinmouth, Harold Rafael and Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen director Axel Rüger. Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com The Frick...
Sun Valley 2026 Guest List: A Mix of Familiar Moguls and Newer Names
Attendees of last year’s Allen & Company Conference leave a morning session July 10, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images This year’s Allen & Company Conference in...
