New York

Why dealers play the waiting game before exhibiting a newly signed artist

Michael Armitage, for example, had his first show at David Zwirner three years after being signed to the gallery

1-54 makes the most of its new home in New York

The 11th edition sees the fair relocate to Halo in the Financial District

The secrets are out at Nada New York

The fair features many works that either conceal or reveal in sneaky, sensual ways

In pictures: following the thread at Frieze New York

Textile-based art is abundant at the fair this year, from pieces approximating the forms of paintings but made of found fabrics to hand-woven, intricately beaded works and even a wearable, many-layered cape

Together in doom: tense paintings of social ills feature at Tefaf New York

On display at the fair this year are a number of works that capture the depressive mood of the moment

Frieze New York Diary: sparring artists are boxing clever, Whitney gets set for almighty dick pic, and Bates mansion is reincarnated

Plus: threading stories together, Chantal Joffe's other side of women writers, and bingo meets circus meets drag

Marquee May auctions come at a volatile moment in the wake of Trump's 'Liberation Day'

As tariffs and stock-market fluctuations unsettle consignments for the spring sales, the trade awaits signs of what to expect in the next four years

‘We are all part of this intergalactic universe’: Saya Woolfalk’s solo show immerses viewers in her “Empathic Universe”

The artist’s exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design features works spanning more than 20 years of her world-building practice

In pictures: Rujeko Hockley’s Frieze favourites

The associate curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art takes us on a tour of her top picks

‘I derive a lot of inspiration from paintings and fibre art’: clothing designer Ulla Johnson on the art she collects and why

The native New Yorker talks about her artistic inspirations, recent collaborations with contemporary artists and all the beautiful furniture she owns (or wishes she owned)

Critters skitter all over Spring Break Art Fair

Animals abound in immersive exhibitions ruminating on the idea of utopia

‘All the electrifying paintings I wish I’d bought’: New York restauranteur Keith McNally recalls his art wins and regrets as memoir debuts

The beloved restaurateur, who once hosted the likes of Basquiat and Warhol at his establishments, describes recent purchases and the art that got away

New York’s Hotel Chelsea honors the late artist Teruko Yokoi with new restaurant

The artist’s former residence opens a restaurant named Teruko this month, featuring her works

Asian galleries move westward: their growing presence and influence in New York

After more than a decade of Western dealers expanding to Hong Kong and Seoul, an inverse dynamic is playing out in the US with a new infusion of energy from Asia

Keeping it in the family: never-before-seen Picasso works to go on show in New York with help from artist's descendants

Exhibitions at Gagosian and Almine Rech will open this spring, featuring work never before displayed in public

Frieze New York shows signs of stability in challenging US art market

Alongside the Frieze fair, a growing cohort of satellite events and weeks of auctions attest to the resilience of the trade in a turbulent macroeconomic climate

The nonconformist: Ben Shahn is honoured in a ‘homecoming’ show at New York's Jewish Museum

The US artist and activist tackled the social issues of his time, from the Great Depression to the Vietnam War

British artist Thomas J Price brings a contemplative colossus to Times Square

The monumental figurative sculpture "Grounded in the Stars" is on show in New York until 17 June

Collections of two leading dealers, Barbara Gladstone and Daniella Luxembourg, hit the auction blocks in New York

Sotheby’s will sell the works from collection of Gladstone, who died last year, and more than a dozen pieces from Luxembourg’s New York home

Diaryblog

The story of the Met’s ‘missing’ Banksy

The New York museum’s former security head admits to taking the street artist's work after it was illicitly hung on the wall in 2005

Arts Clubfeature

Arts clubs: the art world’s best kept secret—and not just for artists, dealers and curators

Though primarily a haven for artists and the like, arts clubs also have a lively programme of exhibitions and events—usually free—for members of the public

Patti Smith plays rally at Elizabeth Street Garden to protest imminent eviction

The Manhattan sculpture garden was denied an injunction against eviction under the Visual Artist Rights Act

Booksreview

Publication reveals there was more to photographer Weegee than his grim crime scene images

A comprehensive overview explores the “paradox” of Weegee’s work and how he went from taking tabloid photos of murder to making distorted celebrity portraits

The Frick: Annabelle Selldorf interview and our review, plus a Taiso Yoshitoshi woodblock print—podcast

A chat with the architect behind the New York institution’s transformation and an art historian’s view on it, plus a discussion about a sea-themed work by the last great ukiyo-e master

In her comeback show, painter Seung Ah Paik renders her body as a map

After stepping away from the art world and starting a family, the artist is having her first solo show in New York with Gratin and showing two new paintings at Art Basel Hong Kong with Bortolami

Lawsuit to halt demolition of Manhattan's Elizabeth Street Garden claims it is a protected ‘physical and social sculpture’

Activists say the Visual Artist Rights Act covers the garden, which the city wants to destroy to make way for affordable mixed-use housing

Art marketfeature

Sharing is caring: the New York dealers who are joining forces

Collaborating on projects and sharing spaces allows smaller galleries to keep costs down—and to learn from each other

Neue Galerie in New York examines the New Objectivity movement that emerged in 1920s Germany

The show will contrast the approach of the so-called Verists, such as George Grosz and Otto Dix, with the Classicists, such as Eberhard Viegener

Tribeca galleries damaged in two-alarm fire

The Journal Gallery and Asya Geisberg Gallery, both located at 45 White Street in Manhattan, were both impacted by an outbreak of flames