Art News

Four years after the ArtCraft exodus, a happy ending worth reading skeptically

Cleveland's displaced artists say their new building is better. The fuller picture is more mixed, and more instructive for any city watching studio stock vanish.

Cover story mhairi mcfarlane: A reader's guide to the comfort-lit phenomenon of Mhairi McFarlane

Why contemporary women's fiction keeps topping reading lists, traced through one author's steady arc from romantic comedy to something heavier and truer.

Art fairs vs galleries — Art fairs vs. museums: where should a new collector start?

The fair floor, the gallery back room and the museum shop each teach a new collector something different — and the order matters more than the destination.

The Frick reopened its upstairs for the first time, and changed how the collection reads

The Frick Collection reopened in April 2025 after its Selldorf Architects renovation, opening second-floor galleries of the Gilded Age mansion for the first time in its history as a museum.

How the buyer's premium works at Christie's and Sotheby's

How New York decides which artist gets a public art commission

A 1982 city law quietly shapes the sculptures, mosaics and murals in New York's firehouses, courthouses and schools. Here is how the selection actually works.

How a public artwork gets commissioned in New York

New Museum promotes Massimiliano Gioni to director

The New Museum has named Massimiliano Gioni its Toby Devan Lewis Director, announced in early July 2026, completing a leadership transition that began with Lisa Phillips's retirement in April.

New Museum fall 2026 season leans on an Arthur Jafa survey

The New Museum's fall 2026 program, announced June 8, 2026, puts Arthur Jafa's first US museum survey across two floors of the expanded Bowery building, with a Diego Marcon premiere and a Bowery history show alongside.

Brooklyn Navy Yard brings three public art commissions back to Flushing Avenue

Brooklyn Navy Yard public art returns in 2026 with three temporary commissions along Flushing Avenue, on view from mid-May through early November and announced by the Yard on June 17, 2026.