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Rachel Corbett is a journalist specializing in the art world and the author of You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin. She has written for the The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine,

  1. art
    Kehinde Wiley Can’t Believe This Is Happening to HimHe built an empire out of painting young Black men into art history. Can it survive accusations of sexual assault?
  2. encounter
    Thomas Houseago Was Mad at His Dad (and Larry Gagosian)It’s his first NYC gallery show in a decade, thanks in part to Leonardo DiCaprio.
  3. encounter
    Christopher Wool’s Punk-Rock Art Show in a Fidi TowerThe blue-chip artist is over museums, galleries — and pretty much everything else.
  4. torn up and apart
    The Fallout of the Artforum Letter ContinuesArtists and collectors turn on each other.
  5. the year of the nepo baby
    When Dominating the Art Market Is the Family BusinessMeet the art-dealer dynasties who move Warhols and Monets — and their scandal-prone heirs.
  6. art
    The de Koonings in the Storage LockerWhether or not they are authentic, they are for sale.
  7. art and design 2017
    22 Artists, Critics, and Curators on What Makes Protest Art SuccessfulWe asked what works they’d found most powerful in the current climate — and what works from the past they felt inspiring in new ways.
  8. year in culture 2016
    The 10 Best Art Books of 2016From an illustrated Salvador Dalí dinner-party cookbook to tales of modern artist rivalries.
  9. art
    The Reviled Identity Politics Show That Forever Changed ArtHow identity politics became for this era what Impressionism and Cubism were for theirs.
  10. paris photo
    Shaken, the Art World Returns From a Paris Art Fair Cut Short by Terrorism“It was like the terrorists got what they wanted.”
  11. Vito Schnabel’s VIP Show in Old Bowery BankThe non-famous people trying to get into “First Show/Last Show” — which consists solely of white male American artists — were denied in favor of celebrities and museum trustees.
  12. The Backstory for the Robert Irwin and David Hockney Art FeudIt’s all an art historian’s fault, it seems.
  13. Ring, Ring! Who’ll Answer the $12,000 Dildo Phone to Help Out Pioneer Works?Dustin Yellin throws a boldface fund-raising party to benefit his arty village of Red Hook.
  14. art basel miami 2014
    The Miami Market Report: A Sales RecapWho bought what, for how much, and what’s more in-demand than ever before.
  15. art
    How Amalia Ulman Became an Instagram CelebrityThe artist explores the signifiers of the selfie, collective crying, and Amanda Bynes.
  16. selfies
    10 Artists Weigh in on the Art SelfieHow seriously should we take this trend?
  17. art
    We’ve Unearthed a Rare Denis Johnson Story About PiratesLiev Schreiber helped turn it into video art.
  18. art basel miami 2014
    10 Important Things Actually Happened at Art Basel Miami BeachA bird’s-eye view of what mattered down there.
  19. art
    Terence Koh Is Over New York City, Moves Upstate Like Everyone Else The artist is over New York City, heading back to the land.
  20. tonight in the art world
    Tonight in the Art World: 5 Shows to SeeThey’re all in Chelsea!
  21. video
    Kara Walker Secretly Filmed You Taking Selfies in Front of Her SphinxHere is the video.
  22. party chat
    Justin Long Persuasively Explains His Appeal to WomenHow Drew Barrymore unwinds.
  23. party lines
    Russell, Norton at Leaves of Grass PremiereHe thinks you should save your weed for David Lynch.
  24. valley of the dolls
    Jon Stewart Woos BarbieThe ‘Daily Show’ host acted out a G-rated love scene for charity.
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