Global Art Biennials: Renovation, Revelation—or Repetition?

Global Art Biennials: Renovation, Revelation—or Repetition?

A new atmosphere seems to be emerging across today’s global biennials that is grounded in immersion, affect and a carefully calibrated sense of experience. Photo: Alessandro Brasile, courtesy Diriyah Biennale Foundation Recent controversies surrounding major biennials suggest that these exhibitions are anything but neutral cultural platforms. The 2022 edition of documenta, curated by the Indonesian…

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Letters to the Editor: Remembering Rex Reed

Letters to the Editor: Remembering Rex Reed

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi I first met Rex in 1972 in Florida. I was a journalism student in my second year of college when I wrote Rex a brief, three-paragraph letter asking to interview him. He responded with a five-page handwritten letter detailing how impossibly busy he was—major deadlines, phones ringing off the hook, hundreds of letters weekly.…

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Boy Meets World Star William Daniels, Wife Bonnie Bartlett Explain Truth About Their “Open Marriage”

Boy Meets World Star William Daniels, Wife Bonnie Bartlett Explain Truth About Their “Open Marriage”

ABC News reporter Roberts isn’t always one for chit-chat. “I don’t like the check-in,” she explaind. “If you’re calling just to say, ‘So, what’s up?’ no, I do not like that.” Everyone’s favorite TV weatherman, however, is a phone guy. And after years of chafing against his frequent calls, a pal proposed something that changed her…

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Is Off Campus Returning for Season 2? Here’s the Truth

Is Off Campus Returning for Season 2? Here’s the Truth

It’s especially thrilling since Grace is one of the author’s favorite characters.  “She rambles when she’s nervous and she’s just so random,” she emphasized. “I’m really excited to see Grace onscreen. I think people will really resonate with her because she is just awkward. There are moments where, in the book, I was writing it…

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Painter Renée Levin’s Unhurried Eye

Painter Renée Levin’s Unhurried Eye

Renée Levin. Courtesy Renée Levin What makes a flower petal, a pearl or a seashell special? On the canvases of Renée Levin, who paints their details writ large, the formation of these objects becomes a kind of miracle. Her go-to motif—extremely detailed objects set against plain backgrounds—is a way of exploring and sharing that miracle.…

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Five Works That Stole the Show at Frieze New York

Five Works That Stole the Show at Frieze New York

Sarah Sze, Badlands (2026) Many years ago, I profiled Sarah Sze (b. 1969) for this publication. Digging into her work and personality, I found her to be a bona fide genius—she was later named an actual genius with a MacArthur Grant—but I found myself wondering what it would be like to collect her. The question…

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