ARCHIVES
Marilyn, Björk, and Liza, Through the Lens of Douglas Kirkland
February 4, 2026
“Seductive, intriguing, and slightly dangerous” is how Françoise Kirkland, wife of the late photographer, describes a new book featuring his images of Hollywood icons from Marilyn Monroe to Grace Jones.
ART
Drake Carr Draws a Very Versace Campaign
February 3, 2026
For Chapter 2 of Versace Embodied, the brand commissioned a large-scale work by the New York artist.
COLLECTORS
“In Couture, Nothing Is Too Expensive For Me”: Inside Mouna Ayoub’s Dior Auction
January 29, 2026
“Couture will always be the center of my life,” says the French socialite, who’s auctioning off some of her most precious Dior pieces in Paris this weekend.
SMOKE BREAK
“Famously Naked, Publicly Shameless”: Inside the Whitney Art Party With Martine Gutierrez
January 28, 2026
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we stepped aside with the co-chair of the Whitney’s annual Art Party to talk setting spray, performance art, and the power of friendship.
STUDIO VISIT
“Are You Afraid of Death?”: Sterling Ruby, in Conversation With Karla Welch
January 28, 2026
As he prepared to open his new exhibition at Sprüth Magers, the 54-year-old artist called his old friend Karla Welch to talk fashion, forensics, and Formula 1, among other things.
ARCHIVES
“White Music Is In Incredible Decline”: David Bowie, by Glenn O’Brien
January 26, 2026
On the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s 10th studio album, “Station to Station,” we went into the archives to revisit his Interview spread, by Glenn O’Brien and Herb Ritts.
DEBUT
Artists Jennie Jieun Lee and Matt Dillon on Doubt, Discipline, and Diaspora
January 23, 2026
Ahead of her museum debut at the Aldrich, the South Korean artist and ceramicist talked to her friend and collector Matt Dillion about discipline, doubt, and origin stories.
IN CONVERSATION
For the Painter Nicolas Party, Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
January 22, 2026
Ahead of his new show at Karma Gallery, “Dead Fish,” the Swiss-born painter joined countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to talk forgery, flow states, and artistic freedom.
SHOOTER
Roe Ethridge’s Wholesome Pornography
January 16, 2026
Ahead of his solo show at Gagosian Athens, the photographer called up our senior editor to discuss collage, handcuffs, and Chanel commissions.
HISTORY
The Day Pier Paolo Pasolini Kept Andy Warhol Waiting
January 9, 2026
In October 1975, days before he was murdered, Pier Paolo Pasolini was due to meet his contemporary Andy Warhol. The photographer Dino Pedriali was on hand to document it.
COLLECTOR
Salon 94 Founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Takes Us Inside Her Upper East Side Home
January 7, 2026
“I don’t ask anybody what they think the Pesce looks like with the Odundo,” said the 58-year-old curator during a walkthrough of her personal art collection. “I actually don’t care.”
PERFORMER
Bianca Censori’s Naked Truth
December 16, 2025
Following her debut performance in Seoul, the artist and architectural designer sits down for an unconventional interview.
VIBRATION
Arthur Jafa on Strip Clubs, Transhumanism, and the Boundless Black Imagination
December 15, 2025
Ahead of his MoMA’s Artist’s Choice series the 65-year-old provocateur spoke with his friend, musician Christelle Oyiri, about control, collapse, and everything in between.
POP
Cloudy Heart Is the First Pop Star Built for the Infinite Scroll
December 12, 2025
Jon Rafman’s AI pop star answers questions from other digital-native artists about the weird, corrupted online world that created her.
QUESTIONNAIRE
In a Group Show at Amity, These Artists Consider the Possibilities in Collapse
December 8, 2025
We asked three emerging New York artists—Willa Wasserman, Christopher Gambino, and Brittany Adeline King—to answer a questionnaire about dreams, rejection, and success.
BASEL
“Tartan Is Where It’s At”: Sarah Morris Takes Over Burberry Miami
December 5, 2025
The prolific painter and filmmaker tries to avoid art fairs, by her own admission. But she returned to Basel for the first time in nearly two decades this week to unveil a brand-new commission with Burberry.
ICON
How Photographer and Pin-Up Girl Bunny Yeager Pioneered a New Erotica
December 4, 2025
“If Bunny showed us anything,” says the director of a new documentary exploring the photographer’s legacy, “it’s that ambition coupled with determination and hard work goes a really, really long way.”
MIAMI
Inside El Monte, Twins Elliot and Erick Jiménez’s Inaugural Museum Show
December 2, 2025
The 36-year-old twin brothers and collaborators joined us to talk about spirituality, shooting Bad Bunny, and their first solo exhibition, now on view at the Pérez Art Museum.
OPENING
Why Rachel Anna Simon Can’t Stop Painting Spider-Man Getting Head
November 25, 2025
“If some people are offended, what can you do?” said the artist after the opening of her solo show at Market Gallery, which features Spider-Man in a number of sexually compromising positions.
SMOKE BREAK
Artist Isabelle Albuquerque Takes Us Inside Her Floral Fantasy
November 24, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we caught up with the sculptor at the opening of her new show “Alien Spring,” now on view at Nicodim Gallery.