Four new name-brand hotels reveal -- for better or worse -- the influence of boutique design on the mainstream; the new show at P.S. 1 is a screen gem.

Painfully aware the Republican Party has no use for two moderate New Yorkers, Rudy and George have turned their private battle of wills into a schoolyard brawl.

With the mayoral race fully under way, the Democratic hopefuls are courting partners who can deliver votes and support. Here are the ones to watch.

Sure, the pardons smell and the loot looks like shameless greed. But that applies as much to several other White House departures as it does to Bill Clinton's.

Announcing his candidacy for governor last week, Andrew Cuomo pitched the themes of his campaign -- and promptly stuck his foot in his mouth. Which image will prevail?

The battle for Pat Moynihan's Senate seat will ultimately focus on the 8 percent of voters, many of them liberal New York City Jews, still uncertain about Hill or Rudy.

Carl McCall has stellar endorsements and an enviable war chest. So why does his campaign for governor feel like it's losing momentum?

At the Venice Biennale, a new wave in architecture -- digital, abstract, evanescent as a dream -- all but displaced the Renaissance forms of old.

Two weeks before the election, Pataki is still setting the agenda, the press is still rolling over for him, and McCall has yet to break out of an airless, message-free campaign.

Mark Green is in danger of losing because he didn't make voters feel comfortable enough, but maybe it's also time to admit his white-liberal constituency has become the new minority vote.