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  1. power
    Crime of the CenturiesTomb raiders, crooked art dealers, and museum curators fed billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s addiction to antiquities. Many also happened to be stolen.
    By Greg Donahue
  2. climate change
    Throwing Soup at Paintings Won’t Save the ClimateTheatrical stunts can’t keep fossil fuels in the ground. Only cheap green energy can.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. screen time
    AI Art Is Here and the World Is Already DifferentWork, communication, and even thought change when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
    By John Herrman
  4. encounter
    Beeple’s Post-NFT ChapterThe digital artist made a pile of money on NFTs before the crypto market crashed. Now he has his eyes on the art world.
    By Zachary Small
  5. art
    How Agnieszka Pilat Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Artist“It’s our obligation to have a relationship with machines so they grow up to be good citizens.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  6. opioid crisis
    The Met Will Remove the Sackler Name From Its GalleriesThe move follows years of pressure from activists, who said the museum was legitimizing the family despite its role in the opioid crisis.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. masterpieces
    The Best Pro-Trump Propaganda Painter Has Again Outdone HimselfBehold, the 45th president leading Abraham Lincoln and JFK into battle.
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. art
    Whatever Happened to Those Monoliths?What was all the rage in 2020 feels a little played out now. Maybe try a new shape?
    By Eve Peyser
  9. close looks
    Posted Live From the InfernoJerry Saltz on the pictures from the Capitol—some of the scariest, stupidest ever taken.
    By Jerry Saltz
  10. monoculture
    The Monoliths Are Stupid and I Hate ThemWhy does it feel like someone is trying to sell me something?
    By Sarah Jones
  11. political art
    Behold Governor Cuomo’s Pandemic Mountain Poster, for Some ReasonThe governor has made another overstuffed, antique-style poster to celebrate himself — this time regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
    By Chas Danner
  12. psa
    A Times Square Tribute to All of UsTwo dozen artists say thank-you.
    By Michael Kaler
  13. art
    A Few Suggestions for Andrew Cuomo’s Next PosterThe poster to commemorate his State of the State address is a good first draft, but it could use some improvements.
    By Sarah Jones
  14. cityscape
    The New MoMA Tries to Get Out of Its Own Way. We’ll See If It Can.An attempt to manage the crush of visitors that’s made the museum hard to love.
    By Justin Davidson
  15. deflation fetish
    A Brief Chat With Jan Hakon Erichsen, the Twitter Balloon GuyKnives, balloons, and plywood make a surreal and absurd viral video.
    By Brian Feldman
  16. memewatch 2020
    Let’s Look At NBC Politics’s Terrible Illustration of Joe BidenSigns point to this being Joe Biden. Other signs point to it not being Joe Biden.
    By Brian Feldman
  17. art market
    How a $1,000 Art-Auction Bet Turned Into a $450 Million ‘Da Vinci’The invention of the Salvator Mundi.
    By Matthew Shaer
  18. 50th anniversary
    50 New York Magazine Covers, Designed By 50 New York ArtistsTo celebrate our anniversary, 50 New York artists created 50 New York covers, including Kerry James Marshall, Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshat, and many more.
    By The Editors
  19. documented
    The Photographer Who Documents the Former Sites of Confederate MonumentsArtist Matthew Shain set out to capture the pedestals where they once stood.
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    This Is What Robots Think Nudes AreAI porn is awful, but AI nude portraits are nice!
    By Kari Sonde
  21. cityscape
    There’s a Human Camera Obscura in the New York Public LibraryAn epic drawing of the minutest details from the “Perspective Twins.”
    By Lawrence Weschler
  22. Sean Hannity Uncovers ‘Secret Sperm’ in Obama’s PortraitThe Fox News host promoted (and then deleted) an article titled, “PORTRAIT PERVERSION: Obama Portrait Features ‘SECRET SPERM.’”
    By Eric Levitz
  23. tags
    Artists Won the 5Pointz Case, But the Decision Was Terrible for ArtThe landowner who made his building a graffiti haven should not have been demonized.
    By Justin Davidson
  24. public art
    Rupert Murdoch Plants a Wind-Powered Sculpture in Front of Fox News HQ“It’s going to stop traffic,” he predicted.
    By Belinda Rathbone
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    This 10-Year-Old’s Superhero Is So Good, Twitter Made Fan ArtThe hero’s name is Janet, and she wields a pair of scissors.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Woman Destroys $200,000 Worth of Art in Pursuit of a SelfieThe domino effect is hard to watch.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Fending Off the Apocalypse With Blingee ArtThe absurd creations of artists and technologists at this year’s Seven on Seven conference.
    By Dayna Evans
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    This Painter Turns Memes Into Surrealist PaintingsThe series honors Black History Month.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  29. political art
    European Magazines Go Dark With Their Trump CoversSeveral magazine publishers have turned their covers into some pretty ominous political poster art.
    By Chas Danner
  30. Watch: This Kinetic Sculpture Mimics the Movements of a Flock of BirdsIt is made using 400 suspended “birds”.
    By Bailey Malone Kircher
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    The EO2 Digital Art Display Is a Fascinating Gift for Art LoversOne 23-inch screen that can be thousands of different pieces of art.
    By Jake Swearingen
  32. This Firefighter Surprised Instagram With His Impressive, Minimalist PhotographyHe’s a firefighter.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt
  33. There May Be a Tiny, Mysterious Art Museum Hidden on the MoonNobody knows for sure.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
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    Picasso Baby Is the Greatest Internet Artist You’ve Never Heard Of“I think if Picasso was alive today, I would still have more Twitter followers.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    The Secret Furry Patrons Keeping Indie Artists AfloatHow furries became the Medicis of digital illustration.
    By Brian Feldman
  36. For Two Hours Today There Was a Naked Trump Statue in Union SquareAn art project’s brief glory.
    By Jen Kirby
  37. This Artist 3-D-Prints His Work With ClayArtist Taekyeom Lee built a 3-D printer and clay extruder that can produce small- and medium-scale ceramic objects.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt
  38. This Mind-Bending Artwork Is Actually a Harsh Critique of AmericaLook again.
    By Adam Banicki and Cait Munro
  39. These Computer Animations of Chinese Opera Dancing Are Bizarrely MesmerizingThe coolest thing you’ll see all day.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  40. This Mildly Ridiculous Furniture Is Designed to Support Your Smartphone MarriageMeet the Slumpie.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  41. SFMOMA’s Hottest Artwork Is the Pair of Glasses This Teenager Put on the FloorTeens attempt prank; unwittingly create art.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  42. Apple CEO Loves iPhones So Much He Saw One in This 300-Year-Old PaintingNo Tim, that’s not an iPhone.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Man Breaks 120-Year-Old Statue of Portuguese Royal in Pursuit of Perfect SelfieBrutal.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  44. How a Bot’s Bizarre, Useless Objects Became a 3D-Printing ControversyCan bots create art? Or is it just spam?
    By Brian Feldman
  45. India Is Using These Optical Illusions to Get Drivers to Slow DownThis is super trippy. 
    By Christine Nguyen
  46. These Pigeons Are Lighting Up the Brooklyn Night SkyIt’s a project called “Fly by Night,” which sends 2,000 extremely well-trained pigeons into the night sky.
    By Katy Schneider
  47. Watch Shia LaBeouf Watching His Own Movies LiveThe actor is back with a narcissistic piece of performance art. 
    By Kyle Chayka
  48. photography
    Gaze in Horror at This Summer-Traffic CompositeThe Long Island Expressway when the city tries to head to the beach, photographed by Felix R. Cid.
    By Felix R. Cid
  49. international affairs
    ISIS Claims It Blew Up the Ancient City of NimrudNew video appears to show explosions at the archaeological site.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. international affairs
    How ISIS Is Destroying Ancient Art in Iraq and SyriaAmong its many other horrific crimes, the terror group is ransacking the region’s historic sites.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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