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Michelle Young

New York, Paris

Founder and Publisher at Untapped Cities

Architecture Columnist at Kill Screen

Writer at Freelance

Author, journalist, entrepreneur. Books: THE ART SPY forthcoming @HarperOneBooks, SECRET NEW YORK. Founder @UntappedNY Professor @ColumbiaGSAPP @newmarkjschool

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  • 2 weeks ago | 6sqft.com | Michelle Young

    All photos courtesy Municipal Archives, City of New YorkIn the interwar years in New York City, the cultural epicenter of New York, particularly its art galleries, was centered around 57th Street. One block, in particular, between Fifth and Madison Avenues was the crème de la crème of addresses. Today, the short 450-foot stretch is populated by luxury brands like Tiffany’s, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Christian Dior, and Burberry.

  • 3 weeks ago | untappedcities.com | Michelle Young

    Become a paid member to listen to this article The American Fine Arts Society building, home to the Art Students League, is a landmarked gem at 215 West 57th Street, its front doors swinging open at frequent and regular intervals, offering a glimpse of the teeming creative life that still hums inside.

  • 3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | Michelle Young

    Editor’s Note: The following text has been excerpted with permission and adapted from The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland (2025) by Michelle Young, published by HarperOne (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) and available online. The day after the armistice was signed, Hitler celebrated his triumph with an outing to Paris. The visit was not for military purposes — he left that to his generals — but for his one true love: art.

  • 1 month ago | hyperallergic.com | Michelle Young

    TELLURIDE, Colorado — “I’m the last of the Mohicans,” ruminates David Cassirer from the dining room of his modest frontier-style house in the mountains. David is the last surviving heir of the Nazi-looted Camille Pissarro painting “Rue Saint-Honoré, après midi, effet de Pluie” (1897), the subject of a serpentine legal case that has wound up and down the American court system for the last 25 years.

  • 1 month ago | untappedcities.com | Michelle Young

    Become a paid member to listen to this article Masstransiscope is one of those great serendipitous surprises that brightens up your commute; plus, it’s located in an abandoned subway station in Brooklyn. Installed by Arts for Transit in 1980, the piece by Bill Brand works like a giant zoetrope–a cartoon that comes to life through the movement of the subway.

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Michelle Young
Michelle Young @michelleyoungNY
16 May 25

I'm taking over the @HarperCollins Instagram account today! Check out the latest there, including an AMA I'm doing all day https://t.co/tjmisxslYu

Michelle Young
Michelle Young @michelleyoungNY
16 May 25

Read another excerpt from The Art Spy, in Town & Country @TandCMag! https://t.co/t8UqRGTn5l

Michelle Young
Michelle Young @michelleyoungNY
15 May 25

I’m in Chicago for the next stop on my book tour! DC was a blast. 11:30 today at The Arts Club of Chicago and tonight at the Bookstall in Winnetka! https://t.co/8lc9sagtgE