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Chris Ofili

Oct 17

Ready to Meet the New MoMA? You’ll Need More Time—and Money—Than Ever Before.

Why the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art is a little like Ikea, a little like the old MoMA, and impossible to see in only one day.
By Paddy Johnson
May 2

Frieze New York Clings to Selfie Culture and Escapism for Its 2019 Edition

This year's Frieze New York is as apolitical, contextless and completely divorced from 2019 as an art fair can get. But a few outliers provide a necessary mirror to our time.
By Paddy Johnson
Installation view of Werken by Bernardo Oyarz'n 57th Venice Biennale.
Jun 7

Reflections on the Venice Biennale, Where Politics Is Unavoidable and Size Matters

If this year’s Biennale was meant to be a retreat from world politics, that wasn’t the case when I visited.
By David D'Arcy
Jul 2

Sotheby’s Drubs Christie’s in London Contemporary Sales

By Ryan Steadman
Arnold Lehman - Brooklyn Museum. PHOTO: Emily Assiran/New York Observer
May 13

How Do Museums Collect? Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold Lehman Breaks It Down

By Alanna Martinez
The New York Times editorial page aggressively defended Artist Chris Ofili's controversial dung-covered work The Holy Virgin Mary when it displayed at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in September 1999. (DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images)
May 7

Times Editors Hate Geller’s ‘Hate Speech’ and Love Others’ ‘Free Speech’

By The Editors
Chris Ofili, "Ovid-Acteon" (2011-12). (Photo courtesy the artist and David Zwirner)
Jan 21

The New Museum Extends ‘Chris Ofili: Night and Day’ Through February 1

By Brianna McGurran
<em>Confession (Lady Chancellor)</em>, 2007, by Chris Ofili. (Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner)
Nov 19

A Fresh Look at Chris Ofili, a Painter Propelled by Controversy, at the New Museum

By David Ebony
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "In Bed, the Kiss." (Courtesy Tate Britain)
Sep 30

Art World Abstracts: A Look into the Vast History of Erotic Art, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Jun 13

Folk Art and Modernism Merge At Harlem’s Studio Museum

By Mario Naves
Oct 11

Even in Elephant Dung There Is Beauty

By Anne Roiphe
Oct 4

Money-Not Art-Rules Show

By Hilton Kramer
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