Tracing Mark Rothko’s Eternal Search for the Sublime
In June 1958, Mark Rothko agreed to create a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant, which was to be designed by Philip Johnson in Mies van der Rohe’s …
Art & Design
Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Sees Humanity in Fashion
Welcome to Ways of Seeing, an interview series that highlights outstanding talent in photography and film—the people behind the camera whose work you should be watching. In this week’s edition, …
Grace Wales Bonner’s MoMA Show Honors ‘Spirit Movers,’ Past and Present
For the past year and a half, Grace Wales Bonner has been visiting the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to comb through its nearly 220,000-piece collection. Whether …
Inside the New Bode Womenswear Store in New York City
On a quiet, unassuming block in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood, tucked between an exercise studio and a neighborhood restaurant, gold lettering on a set of arched windows spells out offerings …
Daniel Arnold’s ‘New York Life’ Show Captures the Joy & Chaos of City Living
On any given day in New York City, the photographer Daniel Arnold can be found walking the streets, his camera poised to snap a picture that epitomizes the singular, distinct …
Katie Stout Finds Room to Grow in Upstate New York
One sculpture in progress inside Katie Stout’s new studio is a verdant ceramic creature whose frogginess is belied by shiny gold human lips. The base is a spiral familiar to …
What to See During Paris+ par Art Basel 2023
Paris+ par Art Basel returns to the French capital for the second time this fall, bringing with it a flurry of mind-bending museum exhibitions, gallery shows, pop-up spaces and satellite …
The Many Faces of Artist Jiang Cheng
Jiang Cheng is sitting on a brown leather sofa in his airy, high-ceilinged Shanghai studio. It’s 5 p.m., a couple of hours before he usually starts the day. The studio …
In ‘Koreatown Dreaming,’ Emanuel Hahn Pays Homage to a Vibrant Community of Immigrants
On the cover of photographer Emanuel Hahn’s new book, Koreatown Dreaming, there’s a soulful photo of a man casually standing in front of a fruit truck. Surrounded by tangerines, strawberries, …