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Ben Shahn, the Lefty Artist Who Was Left Behind

Shahn was an American phenomenon, but a new retrospective suggests that we’ve come to prize his politics over his accomplishments.
Infinite Scroll

How Cory Arcangel Recovered a Late Artist’s Digital Legacy

Michel Majerus died in a plane crash, but the contents of his laptop are providing a window into his process two decades later. Arcangel says, “It’s like he just stepped out of the room.”
Photo Booth

Pictures from Where the Senses Encounter the World

Cig Harvey’s “Emerald Drifters” is a rallying cry to exist in our bodies.
Infinite Scroll

The Limits of A.I.-Generated Miyazaki

The launch of GPT-4o inspired a rash of A.I.-generated Studio Ghibli-style images. They may bode worse for audiences than for artists.
Video Dept.

The Art of the New Yorker Cover

Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker’s art editor, presents a seminar on how the magazine’s famous covers are crafted each week, joined by the cover artists Sarula Bao and Adrian Tomine.
Cover Story

Barry Blitt’s “Tightrope”

Lady Liberty’s precarious perch.
Cover Story

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “New Heights”

Sunlight flickering on the hustle and bustle of the streets.
Photo Booth

Renée Cox’s Visions of the Future

In a body of work that spans fine art and fashion photography, Cox has repurposed familiar imagery—the Pietà, “The Last Supper”—to broaden the scope of how we envision our deities and our histories.
Cover Story

Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “Shadow Story”

The artist attempts to preserve the most perfect time of year.
Books

The Anguish of Looking at a Monet

More than beauty, more than color, the artist reveals the doubts that bind us.
Postscript

The Indestructible Art of Frank Stella

The artist, who has died at eighty-seven, rattled standards of modernist abstraction rather as Bob Dylan did those of folk music.
Essay

The Haiti That Still Dreams

The country is being defined by disaster. What would it mean to tell a new story?
Cover Story

Pascal Campion’s “Into the Light”

The artist depicts stepping out of the subway into the overwhelming glow of the city.
Culture Desk

New York City Travel Posters Through the Decades

Images from a century past showcase colorful dreams of a magnetic metropolis.
The Theatre

The Art of the Robocall

“Lennox Mutual,” a one-on-one immersive theatrical experience, raises questions about performance, A.I., and corporate culture.
Cover Story

Barry Blitt’s “Slappenheimer”

The artist revisits the infamous Oscars slap to riff on the tensions of this year’s ceremony.
Cartoons

Leaving Bellevue Behind

I remember being told that I was not allowed to leave the hospital until I admitted that what I did was “wrong.”
Cover Story

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “All Clear”

The artist captures New York’s smallest pedestrians as they make their way through the big city.
Page-Turner

Diary of an Abomination

In an illustrated depiction of a young girl’s self-discovery, monstrosity is only skin-deep.
Persons of Interest

​​The Arts Center at Ground Zero Is Finally Here. Can Bill Rauch Make It Work?

Rauch has been called the “nicest man in show business.” Now he’s trying to bring the spirit of community theatre to a building that cost half a billion dollars.