Purveyor of Polka Dots Yayoi Kusama, 97
• August 31, 2026

Yayoi Kusama, whose artistic trademarks were polka dots and yellow pumpkins, died in Tokyo on Aug. 14, aged 97. Her repetitive, endlessly adaptable, seemingly playful motifs led some to label […]

Auction Block
• July 6, 2026

In last month’s Auction Block: a pastel of a British horse race by artist Paul Lucien Maze, an Andy Warhol “Marilyn” print, an Art Deco Movado watch, a Louis Vuitton trunk owned by Ambassador Chuck Bohlen and a print of a John Lennon poem.  Doyle  The Trundle, […]

Pop — Past and Present — at the Guggenheim
• June 25, 2026

When, someday, I visit Kansas City (which is actually in Missouri), I plan to make a beeline for Arthur Bryant’s, then stay up if I can for a 1:30 a.m. […]

Auction Block, Oct. 2023 
• October 5, 2023

October’s auction block is full of fascinating pieces, including an ostrich leather Hermés Birkin handbag, an Andy Warhol screen print, an original Man Ray photograph at Christie’s, and an intriguing […]

Jasper Johns at the Whitney
• December 8, 2021

    Thanks to Andy Warhol, Campbell’s soup and Brillo pads hold an honored place in art history. Two years younger, Jasper Johns got there first with Ballantine ale and Savarin coffee, pointing the way to Pop Art as he had […]

‘Studio 54 Forever’ at House of Sweden
• September 20, 2018

Hasse Persson spent more than 100 nights at Studio 54 as the only photographer allowed inside by co-owner Steve Rubell after press hours. An exhibition of his photographs is on view from Sept. 22 to Dec. 9.