Interviews & Essays

Here are 10 ways to embody art this Halloween.

After years of hanging unsuspectingly in an Italian family home, a portrait that has now been attributed to Pablo Picasso is on the verge of official authentication. The titleless work, thought to be of Picasso’s long-time muse and mistress Dora Maar, was found in 1962 by a man named Luigi Lo Rosso, while cleaning out a cellar in Capri. 

A sense of interconnectedness resides at the heart of mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson’s work. In Seed, to produce the least amount of steel plate waste for her monumental figural “stylized abstractions,” Simpson puzzle-pieced the sections to fit together– in part as “a metaphor for our connection.”

Art dealers, particularly those who have reached the heights of Scottish-born author/gallerist Michael Findlay (b.1945), are not known for openly sharing the nuts and bolts of a profession that thrives on exclusivity and lives and dies by “who-you-know.” 

In celebration of The Criterion Collection's 40th birthday party, the archive, streaming service, and boutique blu-ray label has decided to start a new segment of their much beloved video series, "Closet Picks." The project, which first began 14 years ago with inaugural guest Guillermo Del Toro, invites influential members of the film community to pick up to 10 of their favorite films,

Our 2025 ranking sees many familiar schools across coasts, from CalArts and RISD to UT Austin and NYU. The criteria we’ve used to reach our conclusions remains the same: we’re weighing tuition costs, ranges of majors, endowments, post-graduation employment rates, diversity and inclusion levels, student-faculty ratios, and standards of living in the towns and cities where students will live, interact, and above all, create. We’ve also considered intangible factors such as a school’s reputation, its surrounding art community, and affiliated museums.

When one thinks of luxury jewelry, more often than not, David Yurman comes to mind. He and his partner Sybil Yurman met in 1969 and have been collaborating for nearly 50 years. Their eponymous jewelry can be found in retail stores across the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and France, as well as through authorized retailers globally.

Here we look at nine examples of beautiful autumnal imagery and spirit. From Claude Monet's seasonal "Haystacks" to Giuseppe Arcimboldo's strange flora-based portrait series, to Yayoi Kusama's iconic "Pumpkin," these artists explore the true scope of fall.

After years in private collection, a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi that was once incorrectly attributed to her artist’s studio is now on public view for the first time since the 17th century. 

For a design so simple, the history of the smiley face is surprisingly long and contentious.