Damien Hirst

Llyn Foulkes' Art Is a Visionary Spectacle

The Bruce High Quality Foundation Takes on Art, Money, and the Fame Game

How Uptown Money Kills Downtown Art

Are the Recent Gagosian Gallery Defections And Steve Cohen's Legal Troubles Related?

Last weekend brought fresh news for art world titan Larry Gagosian, all of it terrible. Not only have rumors of a planned May Jeff Koons' exhibition at rival David Zwirner gallery turned out to be true, but two of Gagosian's major artists have decamped from the famous powerhouse gallery at a time wh ... More >>

Best in Show: Guy Goodwin, Valeska Soares, Michiel Ceulers

Tall and small

Cemita Versus Torta: Your Mexican Sandwich Primer

Peeling back the top of a sandwich from a Mexican bodega can sometimes cause momentary confusion. "Where's the pickled jalapeno? What's this green stuff?" is all too common a refrain. Here we clear up the difference between the two most popular Mexican sandwiches, the cemita and the torta, and where ... More >>

Three Predictions About the Near Future of Art

Burning police cars, anyone?

This Week in the Voice: Our 39th Annual Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll

This week in the Voice, out today: Our 39th Annual Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Maura Johnston notes that many songs transcended the disappointments and uncertainties of 2011: "A lot of the albums and singles that performed well had a sense of wonder about themselves, inviting the listener along on jou ... More >>

Pregnant-Belly Painting Has Gone Mainstream

via @MariahCareyMimi's "attempt @ festiveness."​It's cute when kids get their faces painted. It's scary when Tom Cruise does. It's just plain weird when pregnant women get their bellies painted, but that's a trend, according to the New York Daily News.

What Do You Do When You're At A Dinner Party...?

​ And they serve something so bizarre you'd wear it as a hat before you'd ever consider consuming it? I was just at a "Pop Art/Pop Up" dinner at the new Sanctuary Hotel, which is jazzily done up with all sorts of modern art references. ("That's art?" said a young person at the table, amazed ... More >>

Fall Guide: Ingrid Calame Finds Beauty in the Grime

James Cohan Gallery hosts the artist's Swing Shift

Duncan Ward's Sub-Altman Ensemble Spoof Boogie Woogie

The Decade's Best Art

The most important artists were those who made the biggest impact on other artists

Let's Renegotiate! 'Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture' at the Kitchen

Irony? Sincerity? The venerable Chelsea venue cooks up an uneven mix of paintings on painting.

(Untitled) Aims Wide and Misses

'The University of  Trash'—or, 'How to Frustrate an Art Dealer'

SculptureCenter hosts a DIY course in pedagogy as practice

GUERRILLA GALLERY

UK street art hits the Bowery

Two New Shows From Overseas, For Better or Perverse

Brits act dirty at Deitch Projects, while Kazakhs puke some mutton. Ah, art.

Joyce Pensato Does Cartman, Felix the Cat, Homer Simpson

Recommendations by R.C. Baker

The New Museum of Contemporary Art debuts its new home

Strong building, weak show: "Unmonumental"

Damien Hirst's Shark, Georges Seurat's Drawings, Scott Hug's Celebrity Silkscreens

Recommendations by R.C. Baker

The Feeler

A life in art—the Voice chats with Peter Schjeldahl, art critic and pleasure addict

Talk to Me, Lou

Lou Reed hangs a photo show, and other tales of Fashion Week

Blade Runner

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist

If there's no iconic image, does an artist's work risk becoming fuzzy in the mind?

Inky Depths

Francesco Clemente, Jasper Johns, Kara Walker, John Currin, and other friends of Dorothy

Misfire

Dire Diary

The gushy artforum.com items read like the Us magazine of art criticism

The Emperor's New Paintings

Hirst is just another symptom of the hype, the hubris, and the money that have swamped the art scene lately

Bourne Again

Tony winner Matthew Bourne returns to New York with 'Theater Stroke Dance'

Art

Fashion Weak

The search for cool, beyond Bryant Park

Blotto, Meet Buzzed

Way beyond tipsy: Are the spirits of abandon and concentration creeping back into art?

Lost and Found

Marc Quinn, a 'Sensation' artist, returns with the toughest, most problematic show around

After Shock

Just back from London, our critic has an optimistic reassessment of the British art scene

Listings

The View

Landscape, Secondhand and Otherwise

Rays of Light

Another Opening, Another 85 Shows

Screen Test 2002

World's Hardest Movie Quiz

Land of Hype and Glory

Art & Entertainment

Bring In the Clowns

The Pursuit of Happiness

They're with Stupid

Double take

The Revenge of the Real

Man and Ape

A Controversy Evolves

Where The Boys Are

Here and Gone

Consumer Guide

No Cigar?