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For more than a century, Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night has been dated to mid-June of 1889, weeks after the artist admitted himself to an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence following a series of mental health crises and self-mutilation of his left ear.

In Andrianna Shamaris’ SoHo penthouse, reclaimed 17th-century floorboards, sun-bleached teak furnishings, carved Indonesian artifacts, and aged brick walls together convey a certain mood. “This loft is about imperfection,” the furniture designer says. “I didn’t want flat walls or sterile surfaces.

“Forty-five years ago I met sculptor Terry Karpowicz in Chicago where I was managing Mayor Byrne’s Mile of Sculpture exhibition at Navy Pier in conjunction with the Chicago International Art Exposition… Expo Chicago. We became fast friends, he even introduced me to my future wife. Now, these many years later, we are featuring Terry’s work at the gallery… I guess it’s about time!” — Tom McCormick

Art Cologne was born out of frustration back in 1967. Germany's post-war art market had gone quiet and closed-off, so a handful of dealers decided to try the opposite of the usual private, invitation-only affair: something public, something a middle-class collector could walk into feeling just as welcome as a wealthy one.

Since our very first president, Americans have adorned themselves with political messages. A compact way to tell the world about your political views and preferred candidates, buttons and pins have long served as simple, easy ways to boldly show your support.

Anti-ram barriers and round-the-clock security ringed the Grand Palais when Art Basel Paris opened its doors to an invite-only group of collectors on October 20 as protests continued across France.

In the fall of 1991, a large, tall, and very dramatic four-part purple piece in Plastic Fantastic Lover (Object A), a group show of 21 women artists at the former Blum Helman warehouse in SoHo, captured the public’s attention.

For many, the changing of the seasons signals a time to start considering college tours and applications, and Art & Object is here to help with the process. For the upcoming 2027 school year, we’ve compiled the top 15 undergraduate art schools in the United States to aid students in finding their perfect match.

Here are 10 ways to embody art this Halloween.

On view from November 4, 2026 through September 5, 2027, The Noguchi Museum presents No Ordinary Light: Akari at 75. Marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of Isamu Noguchi’s celebrated Akari light sculptures, the exhibition explores the artist’s revolutionary vision for light as sculpture and traces how Akari transformed from a reimagined Japanese paper lantern into one of the most enduring works of modern design.