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- Sep 18, 2026
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The Titillating Tale of Damien Hirstâs Gay Hole (opens the original)
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The Wreck of the Unbelievable is a strangely infectious, if uneven, little play about obsession that takes on the fantastical premise in which renowned artist Damien Hirst is dead and is survived by a gay lover named Shape (smartly played by playwright Sleth), who greets theatergoers sprawled, ass up, on a disheveled mattress reminiscent of Tracey Eminâs âMy Bedâ (1998). The production makes it clear that Hirst is very much alive and straight, to the best of our knowledge, but the idea mak
National Pavilions We Loved at the Venice Biennale (opens the original)
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You've followed our on-the-ground reporting from the consequential 2026 Venice Biennale, running through November 22. You've read, I hope, our reviews of Koyo Kouoh's posthumous main exhibition In Minor Keys, Alma Allen's unmemorable United States pavilion, and Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy — displayed at a church after being cancelled by the South African pavilion. You’ve engaged with our coverage of Dayanita Singh's project at the State Archives of Venice; Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince's hit-and-
The Lost Pearls of New York City (opens the original)
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Walking down Pearl Street in lower Manhattan, you probably don’t realize that the name marks the original 17th-century East River shoreline of New York City. In fact, the street was named for a Lenape shell midden that was located on its southern section, which is also believed to have been adjacent to a Lenape canoe landing. It was one of many prominent middens that marked the region, and as Mark Kurlansky explains in his bestselling book The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (2006), midden
A Precious Garden Grows at MoMA PS1 (opens the original)
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In the famously barren courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, a garden for the next two years has been planted. Created by artist and poet Precious Okoyomon, the elaborate installation invites us to approach a giant teddy bear’s butt and slide through its core to exit through the mouth, like a tongue. “The rectum isn’t a grave, it’s just a portal,” the artist told me during the press event that took place during an overcast Wednesday sprinkled with drizzle. Their statement riffs on L
Giant Wieners, Drag Queens, and Curtis Sliwa at âThe Most American Pageant Ever!â (opens the original)
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Watching Curtis Sliwa watch comedian Spike Einbinder â brother of Hacks star Hannah Einbinder and son of Saturday Night Live alum Laraine Newman â get shot in a comedic recreation of the former New York City Republican mayoral candidate's infamous 1992 kidnapping and shooting was the kind of experience Iâll remember for the rest of my life. Thankfully, the other parts of the performance were just as absurd, verging on the erratic, which was pitch-perfect for The Most American Pageant Ever!
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