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Taylor Swift Is Turning German Teens Into Art Scholars
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Taylor Swift Is Turning German Teens Into Art Scholars

Heyser's oil on canvas work is itself inspired by the fascinating painting by Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais, also titled Ophelia. In Hamlet, Ophelia has an impossible romance with the titular protagonist, who ultimately spurns her. She faces a succession of personal torments and descends into madness, before being found dead, drowned in a stream. Swift makes explicit reference to this in the text of her song, with this verse: “The eldest daughter of a nobleman / Ophelia lived in fantasy / But love was a cold bed full of scorpions / The venom stole her sanity.” She continues to reference the work in the refrain, but offers her heroine a happier trajectory than Shakespeare's doomed maiden: “All that time, I sat alone in my tower / You were just honing your powers / Now I can see it all / Late one night, you dug me out of my grave and / Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” As a result, fans have flocked to the Wiesbaden museum to enrich their listening experience of the hit. "We are having an absolute Ophelia run at the moment and are quite surprised and happy about it," museum spokeswoman Susanne Hirschmann told The Guardian. “It’s been a shock, to be honest. We have a colleague who has a friend who is a Swift fan and she noticed the video’s opening scene had a similarity [with the Heyser painting] and we thought, ‘wow, what a coincidence—that’s exciting.’” The painting, dated to around 1900, attracted nearly 500 people in one weekend, according to the museum. “It’s a lot more teens than we usually see. [...] We have a wonderful art nouveau collection. Many of our guests want to see Alphonse Mucha; they want to see Hector Guimard. But this is the first time we’ve really had a run on a painting.” “It’s really lovely for us that suddenly everybody is talking about art too, thanks to a global star like Taylor Swift,” she said. “It’s crazy.” The spokeswoman even imagines the pop star making a detour to the museum between two dates of her German concerts last summer while crisscrossing the globe on her Eras tour: “That would be truly insane!” Hirschmann said. “We did ask ourselves: how did this come about? Did she pick the painting out? Has she seen it for herself? Was it a member of her team? I think if Taylor Swift came here, even incognito, we would have noticed.” Riding the wave of this unexpected popularity, the institution has organized a themed event on November 2, which is already sold out. According to the program, “Taylor Swift fans and art lovers will enjoy a short guided tour around the work, which links Taylor Swift's song and the story of the character Ophelia. Visitors are cordially invited to come to the museum in a ‘Swiftie’ look or dressed as Ophelia, the tragic beauty.” Originally published in Vanity Fair France.

Valentine Ulgu-Servant
Grace Wales Bonner Is the New Creative Director of Hermès Menswear
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Grace Wales Bonner Is the New Creative Director of Hermès Menswear

It was one of her greatest dreams: to join the House of Hermès, a bastion of French artisanal luxury whose demand for excellence has never wavered since its was founded in 1837. By a fortuitous coincidence, the timing was just right for 35-year-old English-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner's wish to come true. Five days earlier, Hermès announced the departure of Véronique Nichanian, who was stepping down after thirty-seven years at the helm of the men's collections — an exceptional length of time in the fashion world, marked by acclaimed aesthetic consistency and unfailing loyalty to the identity of the house. At the age of 71, the unassuming designer has stepped down, passing the torch to Wales Bonner, whose vision, at the crossroads of cultures and know-how, seems to resonate perfectly with the Hermès spirit. Portrait of a committed designer "Her contemporary vision of fashion, craftsmanship and culture will continue to shape the style of Hermès men's ready-to-wear, confidently combining her outlook on the times with the heritage of the house," said Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Hermès' artistic director general, in a press release. Born in London in 1990, Wales Bonner graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2014, before coming to prominence for her intellectual yet cultural approach to clothing. Her graduation collection, entitled "Africa", unveils a wardrobe blending traditional European tailoring, embroidered velvet, denim and silk, while interrogating Black masculinity in contemporary times. In the same year, the young woman created her own label, pursuing her discourse on Black identities, diaspora and multiracial people through collections each more subtle than the last. In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious LVMH prize, thanks to a wardrobe inspired by the coronation of Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie in 1930. Her appointment, nine years later, as artistic director of Hermès men's collections, was not without significance: the young designer became the first Black woman to hold this position in the company's history. Originally published in Vanity Fair France

Adèle Bari
Takeaways from AP's investigation on anti-science legislation in US statehouses
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Takeaways from AP's investigation on anti-science legislation in US statehouses

A wave of anti-science bills has been introduced in statehouses across America this year, pushed by people with special interests who have close ties to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride in most states. More than two dozen have already been enacted or adopted. They are part of an organized, politically savvy effort that normalizes ideas fueled by the anti-vaccine movement that Kennedy has helped lead for years. His Make America Healthy Again agenda masks anti-science ideas while promoting goals such as making food more natural or reducing chemicals. Meanwhile, vaccination rates continue to fall, allowing the infectious diseases measles and whooping cough to make comebacks as Kennedy has sought to broadly remake federal policies on public health matters including fluoride and vaccines. Kennedy’s allies dispute that their agenda is anti-science or driven by conspiracy theories, but many experts disagree. Here are some key takeaways from AP’s investigation. Hundreds of anti-science bills were introduced The AP focused on three public health policies – vaccines, fluoridation of water and milk safety – which have clear medical evidence behind them yet are targets of the MAHA movement. AP searched 2025 legislation in all 50 states, analyzing bills collected by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the bill-tracking software Plural for whether they undermined science-based protections for human health. Anti-vaccine bills – at least 350 of them – were by far the most common. Most haven’t passed, but at least two dozen anti-vaccine laws have been adopted in 11 states this year. AP found more than 70 bills that would roll back access to fluoride or make it easier to sell or consume raw milk products. Many fluoride bills would prohibit its addition to water systems outright. Most of the bills that were enacted were supported by at least one of four national groups connected to Kennedy: MAHA Action, Stand for Health Freedom, the National Vaccine Information Center and the Weston A. Price Foundation. The groups also opposed dozens of science-driven bills. These groups are part of a well-organized effort with a clear strategy to change policies The groups AP tracked send out alerts, organize phone campaigns, flood lawmakers’ inboxes and social media, hold Zoom calls with activists nationwide, and send members to testify in statehouses. Their work reflects the small anti-vaccine movement’s growing clout, said Northe Saunders, president of American Families for Vaccines. Advocates know how to raise money for candidates and create anti-vaccine champions and use legislative maneuvers to hold up some bills and help others past hurdles, he said. “They’re really a sophisticated political operation as opposed to just a couple of parents that don’t want to vaccinate their kids,” Saunders said. The groups defended their advocacy, and some leaders said they were gratified by their success. NVIC's leader said the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic was heavy-handed and a wake-up call in state legislatures, where “lawmakers understood the danger to liberty posed by vaccine mandates.” One MAHA leader who has joined the Zoom calls said his positions “are rooted in credible scientific literature and the public’s right to make informed choices," while the current leader of MAHA Action said the point of the calls is to educate people. He objected to the term anti-science, saying, “It’s just an inflammatory statement meant to get millions of people to think something bad is happening.” The president of Weston Price told AP the benefits of raw milk are immense and the risks minimal, denying that such beliefs are conspiracies. Stand for Health Freedom did not respond to emails. A spokesman for Kennedy and the Department of Health and Human Services would not comment to AP for this story. Many people involved in groups pushing anti-science bills have built lucrative careers on their anti-science stance Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the U.S. Whether by advancing their careers or selling more products, these leaders are finding ways to benefit. One way activists promote those ideas is through state legislation. Supporters argued that making money or increasing sales for businesses — such as dairy farmers — was a reason to pass some of the bills that would remove consumer protections, AP found. In at least one case, that reasoning was spelled out in the text of the bill. Rising anti-science sentiment has a human cost and is already taking a toll For example, vaccination rates are continuing to fall, allowing making it easier for infectious diseases to spread. Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg of Lowell, Indiana, lost their 8-year-old son, Liam, to a vaccine-preventable disease in April. “I thought having the vaccines would protect our children,” Erik Dahlberg said. “Unfortunately, it did not because other kids, other adults, need to be vaccinated as well in order for it to work.” Liam was particularly vulnerable because he had severe asthma and allergies. He was vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, but it still caused his brain to swell and killed him less than two days after he complained of a headache. Hib is transmitted by respiratory droplets, often spread by coughs and sneezes. Doctors said Liam’s case likely stemmed from someone who was unvaccinated, Ashlee Dahlberg said. With two other children, the Dahlbergs worry about living in one of the many U.S. communities with low immunization rates. State statistics show one in five kindergartners in their county don’t meet vaccination requirements. “There’s no pain that is worse than the pain of losing a child,” said Ashlee Dahlberg. “I do not – and can’t – live through the loss of another.” The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

Michelle R. Smith,Michelle R. Smith and Laura Ungar
Why Trump told Australian ambassador: ‘I don’t like you’
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Why Trump told Australian ambassador: ‘I don’t like you’

Donald Trump told Australia's ambassador to America, Kevin Rudd, "I don't like you... and I probably never will" during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House. The comment was made in reference to Rudd's past criticisms of Trump, which included calling him a "village idiot" and "not a leading intellectual force" in a 2021 interview. Rudd's remarks, made before his ambassadorial appointment, resurfaced in 2024, leading to calls for his removal by Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley. Despite the awkward exchange, sources later confirmed Rudd apologised to Trump after the media left, with Trump reportedly replying, "all is forgiven." The visit yielded significant diplomatic results, with Trump endorsing the AUKUS security partnership and signing an $8.5bn rare earths deal with Australia, aimed at boosting critical mineral production.

Maroosha Muzaffar
Education Minister cautions headteachers against turning away students and charging unapproved fees
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Education Minister cautions headteachers against turning away students and charging unapproved fees

The Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has cautioned that headteachers who deny admission to students duly placed in their schools or demand unapproved fees will face strict sanctions. He issued the warning at the 32nd Annual Conference of Directors of Education held in Sunyani, in the Bono Region. The Minister expressed deep concern over reports received by the Ministry that some heads of schools were frustrating the enrolment process for first-year students and extorting money from parents and guardians. Hon. Iddrisu stressed that such practices are unacceptable and undermine the government’s commitment to equitable access to free and quality education for every Ghanaian child. He emphasised that all students who have been officially placed in schools through the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) must be admitted without any form of discrimination or financial demand beyond the approved fees. The Minister reaffirmed the Ministry’s resolve to maintain discipline, transparency, and fairness within the educational sector, warning that any headteacher found culpable will be dealt with in accordance with established administrative and legal procedures. He further urged Directors of Education to intensify monitoring and ensure compliance with Ministry directives to guarantee a smooth enrolment process for all first-year students across the country. By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana

Rashid Obodai
Record £4.4bn collected from inheritance tax in six months
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Record £4.4bn collected from inheritance tax in six months

The UK government collected £4.4 billion in inheritance tax (IHT) between April and September this year, marking a 2.3 per cent increase. This revenue boost is primarily attributed to frozen IHT thresholds, which have remained unchanged since 2009, leading to more families being drawn into the tax net due to rising asset values. Any estate valued over £325,000 is subject to IHT, with an additional £175,000 exemption for passing a main home to direct descendants. Experts predict this will be another record-breaking year for IHT income for HMRC, a phenomenon known as fiscal drag. Speculation suggests the upcoming Budget might introduce further changes to IHT, potentially including stricter rules on gifting and the planned inclusion of pensions from 2027.

Karl Matchett
BRS announces 40 star campaigners for Jubilee Hills by-election
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BRS announces 40 star campaigners for Jubilee Hills by-election

Hyderabad: The BRS has announced a list of 40 star campaigners approved by the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for the upcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election. The prominent leaders leading the campaign include former Chief Minister and party president K Chandrashekhar Rao, former Ministers and MLAs KT Rama Rao, T Harish Rao, Talsani Srinivas Yadav, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, G Jagadish Reddy, Gangula Kamalakar, and P Sabitha Indra Reddy. Other former Ministers named in the list are Mohd Mahmood Ali, S Niranjan Reddy, Errabelli Dayakar Rao, V Srinivas Goud, and Koppula Eshwar. Former Deputy Speakers T Padma Rao Goud and Padma Devender Reddy will also campaign actively. Several MLAs, including Madhavaram Krishna Rao, KP Vivekananda Goud, D Sudheer Reddy, Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Kaleru Venkatesh, Padi Kaushik Reddy, Ch Mallareddy, Dr Kalvakuntla Sanjay, and Anil Jadhav, are among the key campaigners. MLCs Dasoju Sravan, Shambipur Raju, Pochampally Srinivas Reddy, Tata Madhusudhan, L Ramana, and T Ravinder Rao, along with Rajya Sabha MP Vaddiraju Ravi Chandra, former MLAs P Vishnu Vardhan Reddy and Shakeel Amir Mohammed, senior leaders Ravula Sridhar Reddy, RS Praveen Kumar and Sheikh Abdullah Sohail, will also participate in the campaign. The BRS campaign is expected to gain momentum with the active participation of top-tier leadership across all wings of the party.

Telangana Today
Analyst commends Owusu-Ekuful’s bid but questions her ‘capacity and integrity’
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Analyst commends Owusu-Ekuful’s bid but questions her ‘capacity and integrity’

Political analyst Samuel Boateng has commended Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful for declaring her intention to contest the General Secretary position within the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He posited that this development is a positive stride, particularly given the continuous desire for greater female representation in Ghanaian politics. He was, however, quick to raise the question of whether the former Communications Minister has demonstrated the requisite capacity to successfully execute the duties of the position. Mr. Boateng speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM emphasised the importance of assessing whether she would satisfy the integrity criteria required of individuals aspiring to leadership roles in the country. “I am a strong advocate for women’s empowerment, particularly within the political sphere. I support women rising to top positions because the men have often fallen short when given the opportunity. It is our hope that one day we will have a female president so we can objectively compare their performance with that of the men and determine who delivered better. The core objective is Ghana’s development, not personal or parochial interests, and so if women wish to serve their parties and help them secure power, that is highly commendable. Her decision is a positive step, but what is her track record? Does she possess the necessary political integrity? What was her performance as a Minister that the delegates will base their decision on in electing her? The delegates will undoubtedly vote for her if they believe she has that proven track record. I maintain that if we give women the opportunity, they will perform. The men have disappointed us, and so we must now give women a fair chance. As a Minister, did she serve to the satisfaction of Ghanaians and her party supporters? That will be the critical determining factor.” By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana

Rashid Obodai
No major changes expected for Dolphins despite latest embarrassment
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No major changes expected for Dolphins despite latest embarrassment

After their lopsided Week 7 loss, the Dolphins were once again the focus of speculation about major changes taking place. For now, though, the status quo remains. No changes on the coaching staff or in the front office are currently expected, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Head coach Mike McDaniel‘s job security has been a talking point all season, but on multiple occasions, he has been viewed as being safe from being fired. The same holds true for general manager Chris Grier despite Miami’s 1-6 record and continued regression dating back to last season. As improvement is sought out throughout the organization, changes on the depth chart will be something to watch for. McDaniel said yesterday that “everything is on the table” in that regard, which led to questions about even a move as noteworthy as benching Tua Tagovailoa taking place. At least for now, that will not be the case. McDaniel later confirmed Tagovailoa will remain atop the depth chart. That comes as little surprise given the Dolphins’ investment in this case. Tagovailoa is under contract through 2028, and he is already owed $54M in guarantees for next year. The 27-year-old’s best seasons have come under McDaniel, but even without any injury concerns he has not been able to consistently perform at a high level in 2025. Tagovailoa has thrown at least one interception in five of his seven games this year, and limiting turnovers will be key if the Dolphins are to rebound in the second half of the campaign. McDaniel added (via ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques) that he and Tagovailoa engaged in “direct communication” about Sunday’s loss to the Browns yesterday while breaking down film together. He added that it is a process that has already been repeated on multiple occasions in 2025. Needless to say, performance at the quarterback spot this season has not gone according to plan, leading to speculation about a potential change in the depth chart. As for the backup gig, seventh-round rookie Quinn Ewers saw time late in Week 7 after he overtook Zach Wilson for the QB2 role days earlier. McDaniel said (via Louis-Jacques) that an open competition will take place this week for the backup spot, adding that he hopes it will not become a regular occurrence. Wilson was traded by the Jets to the Broncos last spring; after not seeing any playing time in Denver, the former No. 2 pick returned to the AFC East in free agency by signing with Miami. Neither Ewers nor Wilson will be expected to play in Week 8, barring any injuries on Tagovailoa’s part. In any case, the quarterback position will be one to watch closely as McDaniel and Co. continue their efforts to avoid a continuation of the Dolphins’ unwanted start to the campaign.

Adam La Rose,Pro Football Rumors
Feeling stressed? Doctor shares four expert tips to calm your mind
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Feeling stressed? Doctor shares four expert tips to calm your mind

Feeling stressed? A doctor has given tips on how to shake away the worries and feel calmer. Appearing on Lorraine on Monday (20 October), Dr Hilary shared that 91% of adults have experienced high stress in the past year. Whilst he said that a “little bit of stress is motivational”, too much can lead to anxiety and depression and have negative physical affects on your body. In order to reduce stress, people should try and get a good night’s sleep, reduce their caffeine intake, and participate in some form of exercise outdoors. He also said try to stop procrastinating . “Don't put off the priority things that you know you have to do till tomorrow. Deal with them today and then they're out of the way.”

Holly Bishop
In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
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In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown

The music begins low and ominous, with the video showing searchlights skimming along a Chicago apartment building and heavily armed immigration agents storming inside. Guns are drawn. Unmarked cars fill the streets. Agents rappel from a Black Hawk helicopter. But quickly the soundtrack grows more stirring and the video — edited into a series of dramatic shots and released by the Department of Homeland Security days after the Sept. 30 raid — shows agents leading away shirtless men, their hands zip-tied behind their backs. Authorities said they were targeting the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, though they also said only two of the 27 immigrants arrested were gang members. They gave few details on the arrests. But the apartments of dozens of U.S. citizens were targeted, residents said, and at least a half-dozen Americans were held for hours. The immense show of force signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and amplified tensions in a city already on edge. “To every criminal illegal alien: Darkness is no longer your ally,” Homeland Security said in a social media post accompanying the video, which racked up more than 6.4 million views. “We will find you.” But Tony Wilson, a third-floor resident born and raised on Chicago's South Side, sees only horror in what happened. “It was like we were under attack,” Wilson said days after the raid, speaking through the hole where his door knob used to be. Agents had used a grinder to cut out the deadbolt, and he still couldn't close the door properly, let alone lock it. So he had barricaded himself inside, blocking the door with furniture. “I didn’t even hear them knock or nothing,” said Wilson, a 58-year-old U.S. citizen on disability. Dreams and decay The raid was executed in the heart of South Shore, an overwhelmingly Black neighborhood on Lake Michigan that has long been a tangle of middle-class dreams, urban decay and gentrification. It's a place where teams of drug dealers troll for customers outside ornate lakeside apartment buildings. It has some of the city’s best vegan restaurants but also takeout places where the catfish fillets are ordered through bullet-proof glass. It has well-paid professors from the University of Chicago but is also where one-third of households scrape by on less than $25,000 a year. The apartment building where the raid occurred has long been troubled. Five stories tall and built in the 1950s, residents said it was often strewn with garbage, the elevators rarely worked and crime was a constant worry. Things had grown more chaotic after dozens of Venezuelan migrants arrived in the past few years, residents said. While no residents said they felt threatened by the migrants, many described a rise in noise and hallway trash. Owned by out-of-state investors, the building hasn’t passed an inspection in three years, with problems ranging from missing smoke detectors to the stench of urine to filthy stairways. Repeated calls to a lead investor in the limited liability company that owns the building, a Wisconsin resident named Trinity Flood, were not returned. Attempts to reach representatives through realtors and lawyers were also unsuccessful. Crime fears spiked in June when a Venezuelan man was shot in the head “execution-style,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. Another Venezuelan was charged in the death. Days after the raid, the doors to dozens of the building’s 130 apartments hung open. Nearly all those apartments had been ransacked. Windows were broken, doors smashed, and clothes and diapers littered the floors. In one apartment, a white tuxedo jacket hung in the closet next to a room knee-deep in broken furniture, piles of clothing and plastic bags. In another, water dripping from the ceiling puddled next to a refrigerator lying on its side. Some kitchens swarmed with insects. Wilson said a trio of men in body armor had zip-tied his hands and forced him outside with dozens of other people, most Latino. After being held for two hours he was told he could leave. “It was terrible, man,” he said. He’d barely left the apartment in days. A city under siege? Chicago, the White House says, is under siege. Gang members and immigrants in the U.S. illegally swarm the city and crime is rampant, President Donald Trump insists. National Guard soldiers are needed to protect government facilities from raging left-wing protesters. “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World,” he posted on Truth Social. The reality is far less dramatic. Violence is rare at protests, though angry confrontations are increasingly common, particularly outside a federal immigration center in suburban Broadview. And while crime is a serious problem, the city's murder rate has dropped by roughly half since the 1990s. Those realities have not stopped the Trump administration. What started in early September with some arrests in Latino neighborhoods, part of a crackdown dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz,” has surged across Chicago. There are increasing patrols by masked, armed agents; detentions of U.S. citizens and immigrants with legal status; a fatal shooting; a protesting pastor shot in the head with a pepper ball outside the Broadview facility, his arms raised in supplication. By early October, authorities said more than 1,000 immigrants had been arrested across the area. The raids have shaken Chicago. “We have a rogue, reckless group of heavily armed, masked individuals roaming throughout our city,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said after the Sept. 30 raid. “The Trump administration is seeking to destabilize our city and promote chaos.” To Trump’s critics, the crackdown is a calculated effort to stir anger in a city and state run by some of his most outspoken Democratic opponents. Out-of-control protests would reinforce Trump’s tough-on-crime image, they say, while embarrassing Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, seen as a possible Democratic presidential contender. So the South Shore raid, ready-made for social media with its displays of military hardware and agents armed for combat, was seen as wildly out of proportion. “This was a crazy-looking military response they put together for their reality show,” said LaVonte Stewart, who runs a South Shore sports program to steer young people away from violence. “It’s not like there are roving bands of Venezuelan teenagers out there.” Officials insist it was no reality show. The operation, led by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was based on months of intelligence gathering, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The building's landlord told authorities that Venezuelans in about 30 units were squatters and had threatened other tenants, the official said, adding that the building’s size necessitated the show of force. Immigration agencies declined further comment. Even before the “Midway Blitz,” Trump's election had whipsawed through Chicago's Latino communities. Stewart said Venezuelan children began disappearing from his programs months ago, though it's often unclear if they moved, returned to Venezuela or are just staying home. “I had 35 kids in my program from Venezuela," he said. "Now there’s none.” A wave of migrant newcomers The raid echoed through South Shore, pinballing through memories of the surge in violence during the 1990s drug wars as well as economic divides and the sometimes uncomfortable relations between Black residents and the wave of more than 50,000 immigrants, most Latino, who began arriving in 2022, often bused from southern border states. Chicago spent more than $300 million on housing and other services for the immigrants, fueling widespread resentment in South Shore and other Black neighborhoods where the newcomers were settled. “They felt like these new arrivals received better treatment than people who were already part of the community,” said Kenneth Phelps, pastor at the Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn, a largely Black neighborhood. It didn't matter that many migrants were crowded into small apartments, and most simply wanted to work. The message to residents, he said, was that the newcomers mattered more than they did. Phelps tried to fight that perception, creating programs to help new arrivals and inviting them to his church. But that stirred more anger, including in his own congregation. “I even had people leave the church,” he said. In South Shore it’s easy to hear the bitterness, even though the neighborhood's remaining migrants are a nearly invisible presence. “They took everyone’s jobs!” said Rita Lopez, who manages neighborhood apartment buildings and recently stopped by the scene of the raid. “The government gave all the money to them — and not to the Chicagoans,” she said. Changing demographics and generations of suspicion Over more than a century, South Shore has drawn waves of Irish, Jewish and then Black arrivals for its lakeside location, affordable bungalows and early 20th-century apartment buildings. Each wave viewed the next with suspicion, in many ways mirroring how Black South Shore residents saw the migrant influx. Former first lady Michelle Obama’s parents moved to South Shore when it was still mostly white, and she watched it change. A neighborhood that was 96% white in 1950 was 96% Black by 1980. "We were doing everything we were supposed to do — and better,” she said in 2019. “But when we moved in, white families moved out.” But suspicion also came from South Shore’s Black middle-class, which watched nervously as many housing projects began closing in the 1990s, creating an influx of poorer residents. “This has always been a complex community,” Stewart said of those years. “You can live on a block here that’s super-clean, with really nice houses, then go one block away and there’s broken glass, trash everywhere and shootings,” he said. “It’s the weirdest thing and it's been this way for 30 years.” Associated Press reporters Aisha I. Jefferson in Chicago, Elliot Spagat in San Diego and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

Tim Sullivan
In the Studio With 33 of the Hottest Art Stars on the Planet
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In the Studio With 33 of the Hottest Art Stars on the Planet

Over the last few years, a specific class of superlative artists has emerged—even during the recent moment of art market contraction, the work coming from this crew commanded astounding prices. Important galleries have closed, but lots of other shops—from the global mega-galleries to the up-and-coming almost-blue-chips—are finding ways to not just survive but thrive. And a lot of that has to do with this new wave of world-conquering artists. Even as secondary market prices dropped, top collectors demand fresh material by distinctive voices—and they’re fighting to just get on the waiting list to buy their works. Coming up with 33 names was not a task taken lightly. The idea? Focus not necessarily on young artists, but artists who have broken into the upper echelon in the last five years. And that’s why you won’t see here the artists who spent the years before the pandemic at mega-galleries and securing museum shows: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jonas Wood, Amy Sherald, Simone Leigh, Nicole Eisenman, Rashid Johnson, Nicolas Party, Avery Singer, just to name a few. All fantastic artists. But a new wave rises. On to the due diligence. These artists were chosen after a vigorous period of research and reporting that included grilling gallerists and advisers, sneaking a peek at recent acquisitions by major institutions, tracking which artists got poached by galleries with locations on multiple continents, shaking down dealers for primary market prices, watching who was popping off 10 times the estimate at auction, and clocking what was hanging on the walls of the homes of major collectors. Taken together (and in no particular order), this is the set of artists who right now are making work that will hang on the walls of our institutions—and break records at auction—for decades to come. The Color Phenom Jadé Fadojutimi Age 32 Based in London Gallery reps Gagosian, Taka Ishii in Tokyo Elevator pitch Queen of young English abstract painters Known associates Gagosian’s Millicent Wilner Big break Tate acquired a work in 2019 when she was 26, making her the youngest artist to enter the collection. Studio setup A warehouse in South East London Sticker shock Nearly $2 million at Christie’s for The Woven Warped Garden of Ponder Fancy-pants collectors Pamela Joyner, Texas legend Howard Rachofsky, Komal Shah The New Fragonard Flora Yukhnovich Age 34 Based in London Gallery reps Hauser & Wirth, Victoria Miro Elevator pitch Neo-Rococo phenom who has admitted to finding inspiration in Katy Perry Known associates Writer Katy Hessel Big break Three-person show with Victoria Miro in 2019 Studio setup A converted Victorian biscuit factory in South London Sticker shock In March 2022 her painting Warm, Wet ‘N’ Wild (2020) sold for $3.6 million, more than 13 times its high estimate. Fancy-pants collectors The UK’s Government Art Collection—during the Rishi Sunak regime, Imagination, Life Is Your Creation hung at 10 Downing Street. The Dream Weaver Xinyi Cheng Age 35 Based in Paris Gallery rep Matthew Marks Elevator pitch Disturbing interactions between strangers painted so fiercely, you’ll never forget them Known associates Matthew Marks director Beau Rutland, Paris art dealers Daniele Balice and Alexander Hertling Big break The two years she spent in Amsterdam in 2016 and 2017 were huge for her. “I had a beautiful north-light studio facing the canal, and I was surrounded by artists and thinkers.” Studio locale A hidden space down an alley in the 20th Sticker shock In 2022 a painting estimated to sell for around $60,000 came up for auction at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. It sold for $562,000. Fancy-pants collectors François-Henri Pinault, Pauline Karpidas, Craig Robins, Tony Salamé The GOAT El Greco. “So unique in his time, and in any time.” Maybe…overrated? “I’ve always had a hard time understanding Cézanne, but this year I’m actually starting to get into his work.” The Historian Age 32 Based in Upstate New York/East Village Gallery reps David Kordansky Gallery, Galerie Eva Presenhuber Elevator pitch A sprawling investigation of the Black experience in America, painted using coffee grounds Known associates A gigantic Great Dane named Paisley; Tyler, the Creator Big break Attracted the attention of Antwaun Sargent after introducing himself in 2018. By 2020 he had a residency at Mass MoCA. Studio setup A former Bible-binding factory and whiskey distillery in upstate New York Fancy-pants collectors Bernard Lumpkin, Marty Eisenberg, AC Hudgins After-hours vibe When asked about his favorite restaurants, Hall listed three Manhattan classics: “Il Buco, Sette Mezzo, Sobaya.” The GOAT “Charles White, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, David Hammons, or Clyfford Still.” Anna Weyant Age 30 Based in Manhattan Gallery rep Gagosian Elevator pitch Magritte meets John Currin, with a gonzo Gen Z spin Known associates Muse Eileen Kelly, collector Marc Jacobs Big break “My 2021 show at Blum & Poe LA—in large part because the work felt like a breakthrough.” Studio locale A large room in her classic-six prewar apartment Sticker shock Falling Woman, $1.6 million; Summertime, $1.5 million Fancy-pants collectors Wendi Murdoch, Glenn Fuhrman, Kris Jenner Hang spot “Anything in Times Square, only on weekdays, preferably in the afternoon.” Am I on TikTok? “No.” The GOAT “Balthus.” The Golden State Still-Lifer Hilary Pecis Age 46 Based in Los Angeles Gallery rep David Kordansky, Timothy Taylor Elevator pitch Dreamy California interiors for brainy New York types Known associates Her Eagle Rock studio mates: Lia Halloran, Lily Stockman, Mindy Shapero, Jake Longstreth, and Nancy Baker Cahill Big break “Moving to LA in 2013 may have something to do with it, or having my first New York show shortly after. There were a lot of factors, including luck, that came together for me just at the right time.” Studio locale The aforementioned Eagle Rock complex, where the tenants host a happy hour with great tacos every year during Frieze LA Sticker shock Fish and Bird sold for $1.25 million in 2022—and even as the market took a downturn in 2024, Wine at J’s sold for $1.26 million, three times its low estimate. Fancy-pants collectors Salamé, the young mega-patrons Benjami-n Khakshour and Justine Freeman After-hours vibe Blair’s, a neighborhood Italian joint with an arty energy: All the plates and bowls are made at the founder’s pottery studio. The GOAT An unexpected choice: Gabriele Münter—“a German Expressionist painter and founding member of Der Blaue Reiter but much lesser known than Kandinsky and Marc.” Maybe…overrated? “Rembrandt. Sooo brown.” The Diamond Apple Kathleen Ryan Age 41 Based in Jersey City Gallery reps Karma, Gagosian Elevator pitch Rotten fruit rendered in gemstones—sculptures with a jaw-dropping, how-did-she-do-that quality Known associates Karma founder Brendan Dugan, François Ghebaly Big break Jasper Sharp, the contemporary curator at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, gave Ryan her first institutional show in 2017. “Or maybe it was when Britney Spears posted my Bad Peach sculpture on Instagram,” she says. Studio setup A 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Hoboken Sticker shock In 2024 a generous attendee of ArtCrush in Aspen paid $280,000 for Bad Lemon (Cloud), 2024, a glittering rotting slice of citrus. Fancy-pants collectors Christen Sveaas, Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, MOCA LA Rock-star status Ryan contributed artwork for the cover of Wilco’s 2024 album Hot Sun Cool Shroud. After-hours vibe Casablanca, the Venice, California, restaurant improbably obsessed with the classic Humphrey Bogart film The Illustrated Man Florian Krewer Age 38 Based in New York City Gallery rep Michael Werner Elevator pitch The world’s most celebrated painter who also has face tattoos Known associates The artists who studied with him at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under the master Peter Doig: Constantin Nitsche, Christoph Matthes, Tim Breuer, Lotte Maiwald, and Raphaela Simon Big break “Coming to NYC in 2019 definitely marked a shift: It opened up a lot for me on several levels—personally as well as professionally.” Secret exposure The curator Parinaz Mogadassi (Doig’s wife) gave Krewer a show at her hush-hush project space, Tramps, that used to take over a few stalls at a Chinatown mall under the Manhattan Bridge. Studio setup Top floor of a building in Hunts Point, the Bronx Fancy-pants collectors Pinault, Pierre Chen, Bob Rennie Uniform The looks from the Loewe spring-summer 2022 collection that he worked on with Jonathan Anderson After-hours vibe Shrine, the legendary Harlem jazz-funk venue, is Krewer’s “go-to for special events.” The GOAT “When working in the studio there are always some points of reference that subconsciously influence my work—maybe it is Titian or Munch.” The Baddest Boy Jordan Wolfson Age 45 Based in Los Angeles/upstate New York Gallery reps David Zwirner and Larry Gagosian and Sadie Coles—he shows with them all. Elevator pitch The most ambitious artist of his generation making provocative, awe-inspiring, interactive, unforgettable art experiences, sculptures, unclassifiable objects Big break “John Armleder seeing my work at Rivington Arms’s booth at Art Basel Miami in 2003.” Studio setup Glendale, California, next to a creature-effects lab where he once made his animatronic sculptures Sticker shock The Tate purchased Colored Sculpture (2016) reportedly for $3 million in 2018. Fancy-pants collectors Peter Brant, Laurent Asscher, the National Gallery of Australia After-hours vibe Osteria Mozza, the classic Nancy Silverton joint in Hollywood Am I on TikTok? “A little bit.” The GOAT “Ingmar Bergman.” Maybe…overrated? “I don’t like to talk down on other artists.” The Spark Plug Harold Ancart Age 45 Based in Brooklyn Gallery rep Gagosian Elevator pitch An heir to both the American ab-ex masters and the Fauvists who’s a fast-talking bottle of endless energy—and he’s Belgian! Known associates David Breslin, Ignacio Mattos, SCAD director Daniel S. Palmer Big break While Ancart was working for Richard Serra, his pal Olivier Babin quit his studio practice to open the now closed but legendary gallery Clearing—with a show of Ancart’s work. Studio setup A warehouse in Bushwick Sticker shock Just over $1 million for a work sold at Sotheby’s in 2021 Fancy-pants collectors Bernard Arnault, Adrian Cheng, John Marquez, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Tyler Mitchell Age 30 Based in Manhattan Gallery rep Gagosian Elevator pitch An astonishingly young talent, perhaps the most lauded photographer of his generation, with a keen eye for Black intimacy and dynamic framing Known associates Gagosian’s Antwaun Sargent, Jeremy O. Harris, Grace Wales Bonner Big break “I’ve been lucky to have several paradigm-shifting moments so far. Of course, my Beyoncé cover for Vogue in September 2018 was pivotal.” Fancy-pants collectors Sir Elton John. You don’t need anyone else! Uniform Bode, Wales Bonner Am I on TikTok? “Nope. Had to get off. Brain cells were deteriorating.” The GOAT “Two artists who mean a lot to me personally right now are Édouard Manet and Alice Neel. And then, of course, there’s James Van Der Zee, Wolfgang Tillmans, Carrie Mae Weems, Steve McQueen, David Hammons.... See! It’s impossible to pick just one!” Maybe…overrated? “Helmut Newton. I respect the contribution, but it’s never been for me.” Go-to resto “Thai Diner. Easy, flavorful, great location, and the staff treat me like family.” The Soothsayer Michael Armitage Age 41 Based in London/Nairobi Gallery reps David Zwirner, White Cube Elevator pitch Pushing painting forward while putting down roots in East African traditions Big break A monster year in 2019—he showed at the Venice Biennale, had eight works installed at MoMA, and in November, a work estimated to sell at a high of $70,000 instead went to $1.52 million. Studio setup A Nairobi space near the Karura Forest north of the city; a primary studio in East London Sticker shock Forget about the $1.52 million sale—in May his painting Mpeketoni sold for $2.37 million. Fancy-pants collectors Pinault, George Economou, -Harry David The Belle Époque Via Brooklyn Salman Toor Age 42 Based in New York Gallery rep Luhring Augustine Elevator pitch A neo–Toulouse Lautrec who makes absinthe-green paintings depicting queer couples in the Edenic bars of deep Bushwick Known associates pop star Ali Sethi, painter Doron Langberg, designer Somnath Bhatt Big break In 2018, Whitney curators Ambika Trasi and Christopher Lew offered Toor what he thought was a show in the lobby. Wrong. It was 15 works in a dedicated space. Studio setup A loft in Brooklyn Sticker shock $1.5 million for Four Friends at Sotheby’s in November 2022 Fancy-pants collectors Pinault, former Phaidon CEO Keith Fox, Beth Rudin DeWoody The Discovery Yu Nishimura Age 43 Based in Japan Gallery reps David Zwirner, Sadie Coles Elevator pitch A painter of figures in the middle of surreal dreams, updating the traditional Japanese method of nihonga Known associates Dealer Coles, dealer Marlene Zwirner, wife Ulala Imai (see below) Big break Last year Coles decided to give over space at Berkeley Square to Nishimura’s first show at the gallery. It quickly became one of the most talked-about shows in London during Frieze. Studio setup A complex in Yamato, where Imai also works Sticker shock Across the Place (2023) sold for $406,400 at Sotheby’s in May. Fancy-pants collectors Rachofsky, manufacturing titan Hiroshi Taguchi, Don and Mera Rubell The Toy Wonder Age 43 Based in Japan Gallery reps Karma, Xavier Hufkens Elevator pitch Elevated depictions of the toys her kids play with—-Chewbacca, Charlie Brown—and other quotidian objects around the house Known associates Rodney Nonaka-Hill, Hufkens, husband Yu Nishimura (see above) Big break “Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve started to focus more on the small, precious moments of everyday life. That shift led me to actively draw familiar, everyday subjects.” Studio setup Same place as Nishimura, separate space Sticker shock $164,413 for Weary Traveler, a painting that sold at Christie’s Shanghai in 2023 Fancy-pants collectors Chinese collector He Jianfeng, Chicago collectors Nancy Lerner and David Frej The GOAT “Édouard Manet. The Beatles.” Ice vibes “In summer, I like going to Enoshima for natural shaved ice. The ice is from Nikko and melts beautifully in your mouth.” Am I on TikTok? “No.” The Moviegoer Joseph Yaeger Age 39 Based in London, but born in Montana Gallery reps Gladstone, Stuart Shave Elevator pitch A startling talent who paints gut-wrenching cinematic “events” in built-up layers of watercolors on gessoed canvas Known associates Shave Big break After working at the London cheese shop La Fromagerie for six years, he graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 2019, and by 2020 he was working with Project Native Informant. Sticker shock His painting Sphinx Without a Secret sold at Phillips in London in 2024 for $265,000. Fancy-pants collectors Alexander V. Petalas, the founder of The Perimeter, an art space in London’s Bloomsbury After-hours vibe St. John The Intimacy Coordinator Louis Fratino Age 32 Based in New York Gallery rep Sikkema Malloy Jenkins Elevator pitch Knockout depictions of queer intimacy, fleshy bodies saturated with lush color Known associates Galerie Neu founders Alexander Schröder and Thilo Wermke, painter Alessandro Teoldi Big break After showing at smaller galleries in New York, Sikkema Malloy Jenkins gave Fratino his first solo show in Chelsea in 2019, and it opened to raves. Sticker shock An Argument sold in 2022 for $730,800—and then earlier this year another painting, You and Your Things, sold for $756,000. Fancy-pants collectors Columbus, Ohio, collector Pete Scantland; dentist to the art stars Avo Samuelian ​​The Self-Portraitist Sasha Gordon Age 27 Based in Brooklyn Gallery reps David Zwirner, Matthew Brown Elevator pitch Luminous enormous self-portraits that push the limits of surreality Big break Galleries typically find talent after they graduate from hotshot art schools. A phenom, Gordon landed in a group show at Brown’s Los Angeles gallery a full year before graduating from RISD. Studio setup A big loft in Bushwick Sticker shock Somebody bid $214,200 at Christie’s in 2024 for a painting called Gone Fishing—the painting that was in Brown’s group show five years earlier. Fancy-pants collectors Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, philanthropists Pamela and David Hornik The Ringleader Age 35 Based in The bicoastal ideal: east side of Los Angeles, East Village of Manhattan Gallery rep David Kordansky Elevator pitch Giant wonders of paintings that swell up with spore-like plumes, a heady psychedelic mix of surrealism and Helen Frankenthaler Known associates The Ion Pack, rockers Chanel Beads, artist Elizabeth Englander Big break In 2019 she had shows at hot tastemakers on two continents—High Art in Paris, Smart Objects in Los Angeles—while also managing to curate a number of shows at the pint-size venue called From the Desk of Lucy Bull. The venue was literally the surface in her studio she used as her desk. Sticker shock The painting 18:50 sold for $2.38 million—by the end of last year, she had surpassed $10 million in sales at auction. Fancy-pants collectors Andre Sakhai, Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei After-hours vibe El Prado, where one of her early works is permanently installed in the backyard smoking lounge ​​The Pace-Keeper Reggie Burrows Hodges Age 60 Gallery rep Karma Based in Bay Area Elevator pitch Haunting portraits on raw canvas or linen or wood washed first in black paint, infused with a musician’s sense of rhythm Known associates Writer Hilton Als, Dugan Big break “Painting has always been a very good friend to me—the break was becoming fully devoted to it.” Fancy-pants collectors Arnault, Eisenberg After-hours vibe “The one that’s open.” The War Painter Mohammed Sami Age 41 Based in London Gallery reps Luhring Augustine, Modern Art Elevator pitch Large-scale depictions of war by an Iraqi-born landscape master who watched Americans invade Baghdad in 2003 before fleeing to Sweden--and could win the Turner Prize in December. Known associates Shave Big break Ralph Rugoff included Sami in “Painting Today,” his star-making curatorial banger at the Hayward Gallery in 2021—the following year, Lonti Ebers donated a work to MoMA. Studio setup East London Sticker shock $952,500 for The Praying Room at Sotheby’s in November 2023 -Fancy-pants collectors Cheng, Pinault, the British government The Portrait Painter Amoako Boafo Age 41 Based in Accra, Ghana Gallery reps Mariane Ibrahim, Gagosian Elevator pitch A neo-Schiele who’s also painting friends in Vienna—but most of his friends are Ghanaian hipsters from Accra’s art and music scene. Known associates Kim Jones, writer Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski, dealer Ibrahim Big break In 2019 Don and Mera Rubell gave him a residency at their Miami museum, which is often a springboard to success for young artists. That happened quickly—a work that was purchased in June 2019 for $22,500 sold at Phillips months later for $880,971. Studio setup A complex in south Accra that encompasses an artist residency and workshops Sticker shock A year after the astounding flip at Phillips, a result at Christie’s in Hong Kong made that sum seem paltry: Hands Up from 2018 sold for $3.42 million. -Fancy-pants collectors Salamé, Seattle art benefactors Josef Vascovitz and Lisa Goodman, legendary Belgian collector Walter Vanhaerents The Systems Artist Age 28 Based in London Gallery rep Pace Elevator pitch Abstractions filled with limbs and tree trunks made by the youngest person on Pace’s roster Big break “I feel like my big break is still to come. My work has been spreading in places like mainland China and Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and London, but I haven’t shown in New York or across the rest of Europe yet.” Sticker shock In March Drifted Petals on Her Lifted Mound sold for $179,500 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. Fancy-pants collectors Shah, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Rachofsky After-hours vibe “Honestly, I’m really bad at exploring London. I usually just end up going to Bistrotheque in Hackney if I want something a bit fancy.” Am I on TikTok? “I’m not on the Western TikTok—I used to be addicted to Douyin, the OG Chinese version of TikTok.” The GOAT “If we’re talking about painting, then Pierre Bonnard is one of my favorites in history. And the artists who probably mean the most to me personally would be Francis Picabia and drawings by Hans Bellmer.” The Humanist Sanya Kantarovsky Age 43 Based in New York Gallery rep Michael Werner Elevator pitch A prophet of human emotion who works across medium and scale, with works designed to break your heart Known associates His wife, Liz Magic Laser; Nicolas Party Big break In 2018 the curator Elena Filipovic gave Kantarovsky a show at the Kunsthalle Basel—complete freedom to do whatever he wanted. Studio setup Brooklyn Sticker shock His painting No Eyes sold at Phillips in 2021 for more than $500,000. Fancy-pants collectors Rachofsky, Salamé, the IYKYK batshit-awesome collection at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, arguably the hottest collection of art ever assembled by a B-school. The Elder Stateswoman Amy Sillman Age 70 Based in New York Gallery rep Gladstone Elevator pitch Process-based abstraction awash with a floral palette Known associates Rebecca Morris, R.H. Quaytman, Phong Bui Studio setup Her longtime studio in Brooklyn and a newer house on the North Fork of Long Island, near where her immersive show is on view at Dia Bridgehampton Sticker shock A painting called -Junker 1 sold at Sotheby’s New York in 2023 for just under $1 million. Fancy-pants collectors Marieluise Hessel, Charles Saatchi, Andy and Christine Hall Secret gift One of the great artists who can also write her pants off. Faux Pas, her 2020 book of essays, is a staple in the studios of the city’s young artists. The Tunneler Lauren Quin Age 33 Based in Los Angeles Gallery rep Pace Elevator pitch A taxonomy of funnels and swooshes across enormous canvases, a Tilt-A-Whirl through an ab-ex meets sci-fi landscape Known associates Dealer Micki Meng, Arne Glimcher Big break “The pandemic shutdown, inadvertently, was a huge break for me. I made so much progress in my work in that short time. I had nothing to lose.” Sticker shock $587,484 for a work on the block at Phillips in London in 2022 Fancy-pants collectors Jill and Peter Kraus, Shah, the Green family in Dallas, the prolific Japanese collector Kankuro Ueshima Am I on TikTok? “I can’t use it, it ruins my sleep. I make an exception, I only allow myself to use it in airports, hospitals, and the DMV.” The Storyteller María Berrío Age 43 Based in New York Gallery reps Hauser & Wirth, Victoria Miro Elevator pitch Pastoral elegies with folkloric luminosity, surrealistic tales of displacement painted by a Colombian based in New York Big break She won the first Joan Mitchell Fellowship prize in 2021. The following year a solo booth at Frieze LA nearly sold out ahead of the public opening, and in 2024 she joined mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth. Sticker shock $1.603 million for her painting He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not at Phillips in New York Fancy-pants collectors Olivia and Tom Walton, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University The Shape-Shifter Emma McIntyre Age 35 Based in Los Angeles Gallery reps David Zwirner, Château Shatto Elevator pitch A cosmic-chance-based abstractionist with a palette of oxidized rust, watery paints, and other magical solutions Known associates Château Shatto cofounder Olivia Barrett, collector J. Patrick Collins Big break Earned a Fulbright to leave her native New Zealand and study at the famed ArtCenter in Pasadena, California, and the year she graduated was featured in a group show at Château Shatto. Sticker shock Just over $200,000 for a painting that sold at Christie’s in May Secret lunch spot Holbox, inside Mercado La Paloma The GOAT “There is no single answer to this question, but a special mention for Pierre Bonnard.” Am I on TikTok? “I am not!” The Natural Age 40 Based in Upstate New York/Philadelphia Gallery rep Gagosian Elevator pitch If you thought landscapes of waterfalls and beaver lodges couldn’t be sexy in 2025...think again. Known associates Curator David Breslin, Sargent, Als Big break “When the librarians at the -Donora Public Library asked me to draw the façade of their new library when I was 11 years old.” Studio setup A dilapidated barn in northern Dutchess County as well as a makeshift studio space in Philadelphia Sticker shock $91,980 for an artwork at auction in 2021 Fancy-pants collectors Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, the Rubells, Lumpkin The Beautiful Machine Alvaro Barrington Age 42 Based in London Elevator pitch A painter with a protean source of energy, often making different bodies of work—paintings on wood, charcoal and acrylics on Japanese paper, mixed media on burlap paper—with several galleries on different coasts, often at the same time Known associates Thaddaeus Ropac, Coles, Emalin founders Leopold Thun and Angelina Volk, along with several other major dealers Big break “Auntie Julie seeing me draw and buying me one of those how-to-draw-anything books in ’93. Studio setup A sprawling complex in the Whitechapel neighborhood of East London Fancy-pants collectors Loewe Art Collection, Bob Rennie, Poju and Anita Zabludowicz After-hours vibe “Yuki Bar.” Am I on TikTok? “No.” The GOAT “Tupac.” The Hyperreal Real Jill Mulleady Age 45 Based in Paris Gallery rep Gladstone Elevator pitch Hyperreal paintings of the modern world with a flair of surrealistic touches: a wolf by the river or a dog in the playground, purple-washed cityscapes Known associates Curator Laura McLean-Ferris, dealer Robbie Fitzpatrick, Gavin Brown Big break “The first time I was able to dedicate myself full-time to painting, without the need to take on other jobs. That’s when painting became the lens through which I would see life, shaping not just the work, but the way I perceive the world itself.” Studio setup A Paris abode with very specific provenance: It was the childhood home of the writer and art critic Joris-Karl Huysmans, author of the classic symbolist novel À Rebours, which is believed to have inspired Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Fancy-pants collectors The Rubells, Salamé, La Consortium in Dijon After-hours vibe “I love a classic Parisian bistro called Chez George on Rue du Mail.” Am I on TikTok? “I am not on TikTok.” The GOAT “Currently, the artists who mean the most to me are Goya, Munch, and Lautréamont. Their work gets to the heart of what it means to be human—the cruelty and the beauty all together, the absurdity that exists in that contradiction.” The Invisible Man Justin Caguiat Age 36 Based in All we have to go on is “USA.” Gallery reps Greene Naftali, Modern Art Elevator pitch A grand swirl of Les Nabis and manga and psychedelia by a mysterious artist who is said to carry the unstretched canvases rolled up in taxicabs Big break In 2017 he published a book of poems with the outfit Codette and had a performance at the Kunsthalle Zürich. But he was mostly a cipher: Said the writer Thomas Killian Roach, “Even as a close friend, I know little about the particulars...where he was at what time, for how long, with whom, doing what.” In 2018 he got a show at the tastemaking space 15 Orient. Studio setup He once had a studio apartment in New York’s Chinatown. It’s not really clear where the guy is. Sticker shock $1.09 million for The Saint Is Never Busy, a painting from 2019 that sold at Sotheby’s in New York in 2024. Fancy-pants collectors The Blenheim Art Foundation, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky the artist IS not present There appear to be no pictures of Caguiat on the internet. A feat! The Deadpan Soldier Calvin Marcus Age 37 Based in Los Angeles Gallery rep Karma Elevator pitch An oeuvre of distinct, unforgettable series: garish paintings of dead soldiers, linen shirts with screen-printed drawings of martini glasses, enormous paintings of sturgeon, lush fields of grass, absurdist fighter jets Known associates Fellow Angeleno artists such as Jonas Wood, Tristan Unrau, Adam Alessi, Laura Owens, Thomas McDonell, Phil Davis. Big break At age 26 he got his first New York solo show at Clearing, the tastemaking gallery in Bushwick, and turned up with a show called “Green Calvin”: 10 monochrome lime-colored canvases, each with a ceramic chicken carcass installed as a relief in the middle. It sold out. Studio setup A former synagogue turned Baptist church in West Adams, Los Angeles, that he rebuilt and renovated over the course of years After-hours vibe “My favorite restaurant in Los Angeles is Sushi Gen in Little Tokyo. Having a martini at Musso and Frank is always fun. Also my friend Nick Fisher’s bar El Prado is a good hang.” Am I on TikTok? “I am not on TikTok.... Should I be?” The GOAT “It changes for me. Maybe Warhol. I loved him when I was 16, I love him now. When you stand in front of a good Warhol painting, and most of them are good, you understand he’s the best.”

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