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Where to See—and How to Buy—the Declaration of Independence
As the United States of America celebrates its semiquincentennial this Independence Day, three copies of perhaps the most coveted piece of Americana are quietly on view in New York City: The rare Dunlap Broadside, the original printing of the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4,
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Why Is Kanye West at Art Basel? He Bankrolled Vanessa Beecroft’s New Film
There’s a moment that I absolutely live for as a journalist, when I’m on the ground at a major industry event, and suddenly realize it’s all happening. There’s a banana on the wall and the price is well, bananas. Brad Pitt is taking selfies with everyone brave enough to ask. This year in Basel, it
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How Art Lovers Can Watch the Knicks Try to Clinch the Championship Tonight
I cannot remember a more exciting time for sports in New York City. I grew up on Long Island as a true Knicks fan. I will never forget watching them face off against the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers in those fantastic 1990s rivalries. Even though they never managed to win the title, the
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Announcing the Overlook, My New Column!
I want to take a moment to celebrate my first big moment as a freelancer: Friday marked the debut of the Overlook, my new column with CULTURED magazine. “At 101, the Chinese American Artist Ce Roser Is Finally Getting Her Big Break” for CULTURED I am so grateful to editor-in-chief Sarah Harrelson for this opportunity
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A Peek Inside the Crumbling Kennedy Center—Which Trump Can’t Rename
President Donald Trump can’t rename the Kennedy Center in his own honor, a federal judge ruled last week—and he can’t close it down for a two-year, $257 million renovation after the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations on July 4 either. In a 94-page opinion on Friday responding to a lawsuit from Representative Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Judge
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A Chilling Visit to the Epstein Files Reading Room
The sheer volume of the Epstein files is hard to comprehend, with some 3.5 million documents released by the Department of Justice—and approximately 2.5 million believed to be still under seal. But if trying to sift through the files on the online portal is overwhelming, it is another thing entirely to see this library of
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Blown Away By an Art Fair Whirlwind
We all know that the industry calendar is jam-packed with art events around the world, but it seems unnecessarily hectic to have the Venice Biennale vernissage and New York’s May art fairs back to back. Four years ago, I did a 10-day bike trip across Italy in between the two, and it was truly the
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Venice, the New York Auctions, and… the LA Olympics?
As I explore new opportunities, I hope you will be seeing my byline in a variety of new places! My first three articles as a freelancer are now live, with the Art Newspaper and CULTURED, and I encourage you to go read them. I’m so pleased to be working with both publications, which I have
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Melissa McGill Turns Laundry Into Art at the Venice Biennale
I first met Melissa McGill in 2015, when she organized an outing to the ruins of Bannerman Castle, on an island in the Hudson River, for her light art installation Constellation. In 2019, I was aboard the first test sail for Red Regatta, her ambitious public art project in the Venetian Lagoon. So when I heard
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Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand an End to ‘Artwashing’ at the Venice Biennale
I hope you enjoy this dispatch from on the ground at the Venice Biennale! Protesters descended on the Israeli pavilion around 1 p.m. on the first preview day of the 2026 Venice Biennale, temporarily closing the exhibition. The action, organized by the international collective Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA), saw activists clad in keffiyehs march
