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.

Biennials are boring and bloated—yet we trudge from one to the next. There must be a better way to see art.

A museum custom-built for Richard Serra delivers on its wishes for shock and awe.

The Whitney’s “Summer of Love” show needs to come down from its psychedelic high. The stuff just wasn’t that good.

Takashi Murakami’s show is nakedly commercial; “Underdog” strikes an opposite pose, to much the same effect.

Is Andreas Gursky—the highest-priced photographer alive—running out of ideas?

Rirkrit Tiravanija once again makes dinner for gallerygoers—this time, with self-references as a side dish.