“Jasper Johns: Gray”shows off an imagination that works in non-imaginative ways.

When Guy Ben-Ner goes to Ikea, he’s not there for the meatballs.

The gallery gold rush has allowed artists who’ve spent decades on the fringes to grab at the prize.

Has the New Museum sold itself short?

At Gavin Brown, Urs Fischer takes a jackhammer to Chelsea itself.

Kara Walker’s silhouettes don’t just broach America’s touchiest subject—they detonate it.

The late Steven Parrino was bent on destroying painting in order to save it.

Why you should give a crap about Chris Ofili’s new paintings.

MoMA relives painting’s postwar near-death experience.

The European megashows, under the glitz, are all about the power of the unexpected mix.