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  1. Photo“Day’s End,” David Hammons’s site-specific sculpture in Hudson River Park, reimagines the vanished Pier 52 as an open-air pavilion.
    CreditSimbarashe Cha for The New York Times

    Critic’s Notebook

    From David Hammons, a Tribute to Pier 52 and Lastingness

    Their artistic paths crossed like ships in the night. Now, in “Day’s End,” Hammons creates an immortalizing homage to Gordon Matta-Clark and art history.

    By Holland Cotter

    2. PhotoOn Wednesday, Sotheby’s resumed live auctions — three of them — for the first time since March 2020. The salesroom, newly designed by David Korins, offered Banksy’s “Love Is in the Air,” right, which sold for $12.9 million after fees. Basquiat’s “Versus Medici,” left, sold for $50.8 million.
      CreditNina Westervelt for The New York Times

      Basquiat and Other Artists of Color Lead a Swell of Auction Sales

      As live auctions resumed at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night, bidders there and at Christie’s the previous night welcomed a shift toward diversity in the contemporary art market.

      By Zachary Small and Robin Pogrebin

  5. PhotoThe Ayer Mansion serves as a cultural center and a student residence. A spokeswoman for its owner said it was listed in part because of a pandemic-related loss of student fees.
    CreditPaul Santos, via Campaign for the Ayer Mansion, Inc.

    A Rare Tiffany Building Owned by a Nonprofit May Be Sold

    Preservationists fear that the Ayer Mansion, a “national treasure” with landmark status, which has been painstakingly preserved, may be cut off from public access.

    By Colin Moynihan

  1. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now

    Hassan Hajjaj’s “My Rockstars”; Hanne Darboven’s matrix of digits; Patty Chang’s list of fears; and Rachel Rossin’s painting-projection blends.

  2. weekend roundup

    5 Things to Do This Weekend

    Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.

  3. Keith Haring’s Fabulous Friends Left Their Mark on His Fridge Door

    A graffiti-tagged refrigerator door served as the artist’s guest register for Madonna, Angel Ortiz and more. Now it’s on the auction block at Guernsey’s.

    By James Barron

  4. Puppets, Purses and Paintings, Too: An Overlooked Artist With Range

    Sophie Taeuber-Arp blurred the boundaries between fine art and applied art, but died early without the recognition she deserved. A major new exhibition aims to fix that.

    By Catherine Hickley

  5. The Strange New Life of Vaccine Sites

    How a crisis can help us rethink space and reimagine the future.

    By Michael Kimmelman and Sinna Nasseri

  6. Gotta Have That Cute Mug? Act Fast.

    Ceramics collection releases — or “dirt drops,” as one artist calls them — are getting more popular.

    By Dana Covit

  7. Critic’s Pick

    Beyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s

    A selection of 79 drawings from the collection recasts the most celebrated decade in American art as less American.

    By Roberta Smith

  8. For Chakaia Booker, Whose Medium Is Tires, the Art Is in the Journey

    First things first: “I sculpt myself every day,” says Booker, who appears swathed in yards of textiles, from headdress to sneakers.

    By Siddhartha Mitter

  9. Five Collectives Compete for the Turner Prize

    The jurors were drawn to politically and socially engaged art, which was often about representing minority groups, the chair of the judges said.

    By Alex Marshall

  10. Emergency Grants for New York City Artists With Disabilities

    Applications for the $1,000 grants, from the New York Foundation for the Arts, can be submitted through June 15.

    By Sarah Bahr