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.
SMOKE BREAK
Carmen Winant on The Last Safe Abortion and the Future of Feminist Photography
November 21, 2025
In this week’s Smoke Break, we caught up with Carmen Winant at Photo Paris after her performative lecture, “What Is a Feminist Picture?”
SMOKE BREAK
Designer Alexander May Wants to Bring Back the Big Daddy Desk
November 17, 2025
“I’m a surface queen,” says the designer, who teamed up with USM to explore his glamorous vision of the modern officescape in a new exhibition called “The Architecture of Work.”
IN CONVERSATION
Nick Cave and Jenny Holzer Wrestle With Legacy at the Obama Presidential Center
November 14, 2025
“Who wants to make crummy art in a Presidential Center?,” quipped Jenny Holzer, who joined Nick Cave last month to discuss their respective commissions for the Obama presidential library, set to open in 2026.
IN CONVERSATION
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Tells Painter Nicole Wittenberg Why He Isn’t a Billionaire
November 6, 2025
Last month, the Wikipedia co-founder paid artist Nicole Wittenberg a visit at her downtown studio to talk about his memoir, “The Seven Rules of Trust,” and the toxic state of the internet today.
DANCE
How the Choreographer Jacob Jonas Turned Pain into Movement
November 4, 2025
After being diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma, the choreographer decided to document his recovery through raw self-portraits and journal entries in “Cemented Beauty,” published by Atelier Éditions.
ART BASEL PARIS
Fabio Cherstich and Helen Marten Invite Us Into their Shared Hallucination
October 24, 2025
“It’s not something to understand, it’s more something that you inhabit,” opera director Fabio Cherstich said of his new performance work “30 Blizzards,” which just opened at Art Basel Paris in partnership with Miu Miu.
ICONS
Photographer Jerry Schatzberg Takes Us Inside His Archives
October 16, 2025
The photographer and filmmaker joined us to look back on his encounters with Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, Faye Dunaway, Jimi Hendrix, and more.
SMOKE BREAK
How Photographer Christopher Sherman Turns His Subjects Into Superstars
October 10, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we headed north to Toronto to join the photographer at the opening of his debut solo exhibition, “Your Shame Bores Me.”
CRUISING
Photographer Arthur Tress Takes Jordan Tannahill For a Walk Around the Ramble
October 9, 2025
In the 1960s, the Brooklyn-born photographer began documenting his visits to New York’s most famous cruising ground. A half-century later, his vibrant, watchful images are finally getting their due.