Art
Essay
The Haiti That Still Dreams
The country is being defined by disaster. What would it mean to tell a new story?
Cover Story
Pascal Campion’s “Into the Light”
The artist depicts stepping out of the subway into the overwhelming glow of the city.
Culture Desk
New York City Travel Posters Through the Decades
Images from a century past showcase colorful dreams of a magnetic metropolis.
The Theatre
The Art of the Robocall
“Lennox Mutual,” a one-on-one immersive theatrical experience, raises questions about performance, A.I., and corporate culture.
Cover Story
Barry Blitt’s “Slappenheimer”
The artist revisits the infamous Oscars slap to riff on the tensions of this year’s ceremony.
Cartoons
Leaving Bellevue Behind
I remember being told that I was not allowed to leave the hospital until I admitted that what I did was “wrong.”
Cover Story
Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “All Clear”
The artist captures New York’s smallest pedestrians as they make their way through the big city.
Page-Turner
Diary of an Abomination
In an illustrated depiction of a young girl’s self-discovery, monstrosity is only skin-deep.
Persons of Interest
The Arts Center at Ground Zero Is Finally Here. Can Bill Rauch Make It Work?
Rauch has been called the “nicest man in show business.” Now he’s trying to bring the spirit of community theatre to a building that cost half a billion dollars.
Under Review
How Has Big Publishing Changed American Fiction?
A new book argues that corporate publishing has transformed what it means to be an author.
Photo Booth
How the Camera Re-Taught an Artist to See
Jay DeFeo’s career was dominated by a single massive painting. Then photography showed her a way forward.
Cultural Comment
How to Decolonize the City
A recent exhibition in Brussels, in radically reframing the art and architecture of Art Nouveau, offered some clues.
The Art World
Cecily Brown’s Attempt to Make Impossible Art
In “Death and the Maid,” at the Met, the painter’s acclaimed style can both thrill and confuse.
The New Yorker Documentary
A Grandmother’s Salt and Pepper Shakers Take on a New Life
In a short documentary, Meredith Moore catalogues her grandmother’s extensive collection, and explores how our obsessions shape our lives.
The Art World
The Puzzle of Putting Video Games in a Museum
After years of neglect, art institutions are coming around to games. Can they master the controls?
Cover Story
Edward Steed’s “A Loveliness of Ladybugs”
The artist discusses the beauty in variety and the lazy days of summer.
Culture Desk
The Comic-Book Aesthetic Comes of Age in “Across the Spider-Verse”
The Spider-Man sequel might be the first superhero film to take full advantage of what comic-book art can achieve onscreen.
Photo Booth
The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku
The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism, is as much defined by its spiritual reckonings as it is by the elemental stuff.
Cover Story
Sasha Velour’s “The Look of Pride”
The artist discusses gender, self-expression, and how drag can be an antidote to shame.
Daily Comment
How Warhol Turned the Supreme Court Justices Into Art Critics
Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent reads as strenuously as a vintage piece by, say, Clement Greenberg, slamming Harold Rosenberg.