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  1. local lore
    The Williamsburg Building That Painted Over BasquiatWere the residents of a former factory on South 11th Street living in the “Sistine Chapel” of SAMO graffiti?
    By Diana Budds
  2. the group portrait
    A Basquiat Family ReunionThe artist’s sisters have put on an exhibition of his work to remind the world where he came from — and have a party.
    By Carl Swanson
  3. 21 questions
    Legacy Russell Wants to Live in the Whitney’s Tiny Adobe HousesThe Kitchen’s executive director and chief curator answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    As told to Diana Budds
  4. chinatown
    The Jail Money TrapThe Museum of Chinese in America was desperate to buy its building. The city found a reason to pay for it — one that threw Chinatown into turmoil.
    By Esther Wang
  5. 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
  6. encounter
    At Jamian Juliano-Villani’s New Gallery O’Flaherty’s, ‘Taste Is Out the Door’The painter and her pals thought the art world had gotten too prissy. “This is the thing. No one’s doing anything cool.”
    By Matthew Schneier
  7. art
    New York’s Most Beloved PuppetsFrom the childhood comforts of Sesame Street to the gleeful pop perversities of Avenue Q, a new show captures the heritage of puppetry in the city.
    By Carl Swanson
  8. street view
    MoMA’s ‘Automania’: Car Culture, Minus the CultureA show that doesn’t get much past the chrome and glossy paint.
    By Justin Davidson
  9. big boxes
    The Astor Place Kmart Was My Place to Be NormalI bought most of my clothes there, and ate cheap pizza in the café.
    By Jerry Saltz
  10. museums
    The Queens Museum Has Become a Pandemic Community Hub“The answer to ‘What can we be as a museum?’ comes from the question of ‘What do people need us to be?’”
    By Diana Budds
  11. design edit
    Slouchy Ceramics, Deconstructed Furniture, and Other Things I Liked This WeekSelected pieces from four new design exhibitions and one crowdsourced Instagram account focused on graphic design finds
    By Diana Budds
  12. up high
    This Artist Posed As a Hungarian Billionaire Buyer to Get Into 25 PenthousesAdopting a new persona, then photographing the view from the 100th floor.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  13. street view
    The Art on This Big Bushwick Project Is Not Just a Marketing PloyDenizen aims to engage with its Brooklyn surroundings.
    By Justin Davidson
  14. space of the week
    Preview an Immersive Installation of Contemporary Queer ArtworkTextile artist Liz Collins curated portraits by 95 queer artists to create an totally transformative experience.
    By Wendy Goodman
  15. fall design
    A Soho Loft That Still Feels Like a Soho LoftOther than adding a kitchen and a bathroom, the artist Dorothea Rockburne hasn’t done much to the place since she moved in more than forty years ago.
    By Wendy Goodman
  16. ask the experts
    A Master Framer on How to Preserve Artwork for Decades“No work should ever be hung so sunlight passes directly over it.”
    By David Walters
  17. space of the week
    At Home With Françoise GilotThe 98-year-old artist, who had two children with Pablo Picasso and went on to marry Jonas Salk, still paints every day in her New York apartment.
    By Wendy Goodman
  18. design hunting
    Fake Being a Cool Art Girl With These Affordable PrintsSeven online shops with great, cheap posters.
    By Trupti Rami
  19. art & design
    The Director of the Brooklyn Museum Keeps a Degas by Her DeskTo decorate her office, Anne Pasternak borrows the museum’s vast collection, including artwork by Gene Davis, Kiki Smith, Kara Walker, and more.
    By Wendy Goodman
  20. art & design
    A Fabric Artist’s Very Fuzzy Brooklyn StudioSarah Zapata’s Red Hook work space is adorned with her colorful yarn rugs.
    By Whitney Mallet
  21. design hunting
    The Designer Bringing Cloisonné Into the 21st CenturyMarc Newson’s latest pieces riff on the timeworn metalworking craft.
    By Wendy Goodman
  22. space of the week
    In This Curator’s Apartment, Every Item Has a Life of Its OwnInside Pierre Apraxine’s West Village two-bedroom, filled with his eclectic and erudite collection of books, art, furniture, and artifacts.
    By Wendy Goodman
  23. the cut portfolio
    The Art Stars of Entre NousInside the dining club that’s becoming a networking powerhouse for women of color in the art world.
    By Wendy Goodman
  24. gallery
    At Art Basel Miami, a Furniture Designer Explores the Female BodyIn Katie Stout’s furniture show, women assert ownership over their bodies.
    By Amanda Svachula
  25. space of the week
    A Creative Community in a Former Paper-Clip Factory in the BronxThere are about 50 artists, furniture-makers, ceramicists, and architects in this Port Morris building. We visited 13 of them.
    By Wendy Goodman
  26. spring design
    A Central Park South Apartment That’s Equal Parts Gallery and HomeWhile the goal was to highlight the clients’ art collection, the designers didn’t want to “create a typical white-box Chelsea-gallery aesthetic.”
    By Wendy Goodman
  27. design hunting
    A Mid-Century Apartment Filled With Pollocks, Klines, and de KooningsMark Rothko called Ben Heller’s home ‘the Frick of the West Side.’
    By Laurie Gwen Shapiro
  28. space of the week
    A New Book Takes You Inside the Homes of New York’s Most Eclectic PersonalitiesIncluding the late costume-jewelry designer Kenneth Jay Lane, art collector Barbara Jakobson, and more.
    By Wendy Goodman
  29. space of the week
    How a Mother and Son Turned a Relative’s Closet Into a Museum InstallationSara Berman’s Closet, created by Alex and Maira Kalman, is on view at the Met now.
    By Wendy Goodman
  30. design hunting
    A Tour Through Atlanta’s Bustling Design and Art SceneA student-photography show at the Savannah College of Art and Design, art-gallery openings, and much more. 
    By Wendy Goodman
  31. design hunting
    A Tour Through Atlanta’s Bustling Design and Art SceneA student-photography show at the Savannah College of Art and Design, art-gallery openings, and much more. 
    By Wendy Goodman
  32. design hunting
    Preview Quietly Striking Works From the Drawing Room Gallery’s Summer ShowAdam Bartos’s photos and Jack Youngerman’s birch sculptures will be on display in East Hampton.
    By Wendy Goodman