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By J. SCOTT ORR May 8, 2025As auction houses hemorrhage staff and mid-tier galleries fold weekly, Frieze New York 2025 emerges as a battleground where art must justify its existence in an age of economic contraction and emergency. This year's edition—scaled back but intellectually ferocious—abandons market cheerleading for something more urgent: a reminder of art's capacity to translate catastrophe into meaning.

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By J. SCOTT ORR March 26, 2025The Frick Collection—that jewel box of masterworks nestled within the former Manhattan residence of Gilded Age industrialist Henry Clay Frick—has emerged from a five-year slumber, transformed through a $220 million renovation that deftly balances historical reverence with contemporary function. The museum reopens its doors on April 17, returning Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Whistler, Goya and the rest to the domesticity of their rightful Upper East Side home.

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By J. SCOTT ORR March 9, 2025Andy Warhol once said, “You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.” Like, say, a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, America’s most anodyne breakfast commodity. Honestly, when it comes to quotidian American consumer products, nothing is more ordinary than a box of Battle Creek’s most famous spawn. Except, maybe, a can of Campbell’s Soup.

Jan 29, 2025 | whitehotmagazine.com | J. Scott Orr |Scott Orr

By J. SCOTT ORR January 29, 2025Please excuse George Condo if he begins to resemble one of the famously shattered souls he depicts in his psychodramatic portraiture; it’s been a dizzying few days. Preparations for a bifurcated exhibition called “Pastels” had him dashing back and forth between galleries in Soho and the Upper East Side before the eagerly awaited openings, which, by the way, took place on the same night.