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David Burnett, [Larry King, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore Preparing a Television Interview], 1992.

How the White House Was Won (in Pictures), and 5 Other Things to Do in New York Now

In the age of television. and now social media, visual imagery has played a key role in presidential elections.
By Alanna Martinez
Queens Museum's Winter Holiday Market.

Holiday Markets for Arts and Crafts, and 7 Other Things to Do

Find artist-made gifts at these holiday markets.
By Alanna Martinez
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. (Photo by )

Bon Iver Plays Red Hook, and 5 Other Art World Things to Do

Grammy award-winning indie band Bon Iver, lead by Justin Vernon, kicks-off the first half of a 10-show concert series for their new album 22, A Million at artist Dustin Yellin's Red Hook arts space Pioneer Works.
By Alanna Martinez
Studio 54 Couch, 1979

Relive Disco at the Museum of Sex, and 5 Other Art World Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Retired electrician Pierre Le Guennec harbored a collection of 271 works by Pablo Picasso, the French newspaper Liberation reported today. Picasso's heir, Claude Picasso, who filled a complaint, dismissed Le Guennec's claim that he could have received the paintings as gifts, telling Liberation that his father would not have given such a quantity of works to anyone, after Le Guennec told he had been given the works as presents, either by Picasso's wife or from the artist himself. AFP PHOTO VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read )

Picasso’s Handyman Claims Hidden Hoard Were Gifts, Ai Weiwei Lashes Out During Talk

By Alanna Martinez
Alex Schweder's The Sound and the Future.

Alex Schweder’s Performative Architecture, and Other Art Things to Do This Weekend

By Guelda Voien
Installation view, The Present is the Form of All Life: The Time Capsules of Ant Farm and LST.

A Selfie Time Capsule in Red Hook, and 5 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Brian Andrew Whiteley, Trump Tombstone.

Donald Trump’s Tombstone Back on Display, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (USA Today), 1990.

Art You Can Take Home at the Jewish Museum, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Carolee Schneemann, Eye Body (From 36 Transformative Actions for Camera), 1963/1985.

X-Rated Art by Women, and 8 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
The Wright restaurant at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Amenities Galore! Museums Are Upping the Extras But to What End?

By Daniel Grant
Art Basel in Miami Beach, 2015, PR

Here’s the More Than 260 Galleries That Will Descend on Miami for Art Basel

By Alanna Martinez
Among them, Uzbekistan-born sculptor Aleksandr Razin whose massive outdoor work made of car bumpers, titled Universal Butterfly, is a showstopper. (The fair "boosted its 'call'" for outdoor sculptures this year, according to Mr. Zito.) If you peer carefully through a porthole tucked away on one side you'll catch an optical illusion formed by slivers of light cutting through a shaft in the sculpture's interior—the effect, according to the artist, looks much like a fluttering butterfly.

An Art Fair Takes Over Governors Island, and 7 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Blood Feast (1963) by Herscell Gordon Lewis.

Druid Film Festival Serves Up a Grindhouse Double Feature, and 4 Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Ydessa Hendeles, Partners (The Teddy Bear Project), 2002.

A Memento Mori-Themed Tour of the New Museum, and 4 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Detail of Joe Dallesandro as Augustin, (1991-1994) by Nayland Blake.

James Fuentes’ Summer Show of Political Art from the ’80s, and 5 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Martha Wilson as GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Martha Wilson to Debut Trump Impersonation at Smack Mellon, and 5 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Jerry Saltz.

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 1

By Ryan Steadman
Works by Jennie Jieun Lee and Graham Collins.

8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World by June 25

By Ryan Steadman
Fashion illustration by Antonio Lopez for M.A.C.

9 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 17

By Ryan Steadman
An artwork by Derrick Adams.

Weekend Edition: 8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 13

By Ryan Steadman
An artwork by Martin Creed.

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 10

By Ryan Steadman
Miley by Marilyn Minter.

WEEKEND EDITION: 8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 6

By Ryan Steadman
S.J. Moodley, [Three Men Dancing in a Line], 1975.

8 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before June 5

By Ryan Steadman
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