Art

Plates (2011) by Luc Tuymans at David Zwirner.

Group Show War: Galleries Really Want You to Come to Their Summer Exhibitions

On a breezy evening in late June, visitors to an opening at the Orchard Street gallery Untitled looked confused. But it wasn’t the art—a monochromatic white painting by veteran Swiss avant-gardist Olivier Mosset paired with depictions of buckets and paint-splattered rags by young talent Haley Mellin—that was confusing them. It was Read More

When Good Taste Takes a Vacation

Summer and reality television … they go together like picnic blankets and ants. On deck for this summer is a second season of Jersey Shore, more Real Housewives of Atlanta and even Wipeout, which basically revolves around couples running through the obstacle course from hell. Or, you know, just watch Japanese television. In honor of Read More

Things to Do

So, I Went to a Garden Party…

As New York heads into summer,  the competition for philanthropic dollars heats up. Arts groups (not to mention botanical gardens) are increasingly trying to outdo each other with ever-more-lavish and leafy events, several of them held back-to-back in coming weeks.

Here, a guide to these tony garden parties – the only places Read More