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Andy Warhol’s Former Studio Building Now Home to New Uniqlo Union Square Store

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Andy Warhol’s former studio building on Broadway and East 17th Street has been home to many businesses since the Pop artist decamped from his third-floor Factory in 1984, after a decade at 860 Broadway. A nightclub (the Underground) was there in the ‘80s, followed by a Petco in the mid-90s, which relocated nearby in 2023. The commercial building’s ground floor retail space has been vacant for the intervening years, but a new tenant has moved it. The Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo will open its seventh New York store at 860 Broadway tomorrow. 860 Broadway, where the new Uniqlo Union Square store opens on Apr. 3, 2026. It is unclear if the store expands all the way to the third floor, the former location of Warhol’s Factory. Either way, Uniqlo is using the location’s connection to Wahol’s legacy to promote the opening weekend festivities. An Instagram post on from today includes a black-and-white photograph from 1983 of Warhol standing in front of a wall with a sideways America...
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Art Dealer Larry Gagosian Recalls Rare Misstep With San Francisco Gallery: ‘Nobody Showed Up’

Larry Gagosian doesn’t do a lot of interviews, but one supposes when Elle Decor asks to do a glossy profile on the rocket-ship trajectory of his eponymous gallery, you say yes. Speaking on the occasion of a new gallery opening at 980 Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side this spring, Gagosian reflected on his many successes—and two notable failures. His short-lived San Francisco gallery, which opened in 2016 near SFMoMA and closed in 2021, was one such failure. At the time, a spokesperson framed the closing as an effort to “consolidate and strengthen Gagosian’s presence in California.” In the interview with Elle Decor , the mega-dealer was quite a bit blunter. “It just failed,” Gagosian said. “I mean, nobody showed up. It was so depressing. I’d fly up there for an opening, and there’s nobody there. I’d go, What the f— am I doing here?” While the Bay Area is home to many ARTnews  Top 200 collectors, including  Laurene Powell Jobs , billionaire venture capitalist  Mar...
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California’s High Desert Is Rich With Natural and Artistic Beauty—All Amplified by a Budding Art Fair

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If you got the uncanny feeling, while visiting the High Desert Art Fair (HDAF) last weekend, that you were on a movie set, that’s because, in a way, you were. The event took place in California’s High Desert, at the Pioneertown Motel, built in 1946 by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers to simulate a Western town on screen. It’s located a couple of hours’ drive (if you time it right) from Los Angeles; about an hour from Palm Springs, with its thriving artistic and design communities; and 30 minutes from the positively magical Joshua Tree National Park. HDAF, which hosted 20 galleries, nonprofits, studios, and publishers, is in its fifth year, and its second at the Pioneertown Motel (it previously occupied assorted Airbnbs).  Also a bit unreal to me was how such a successful art fair, with plentiful visitors streaming through all day Saturday, could be going on in such an out-of-the-way place, but it’s not as far out of the way as you might think.  HDAF, which ran March 28-29, is the ...
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Wellington Lions Home Uncertain in 2026

By Gregor Paul II Two years after leaving Hnry Stadium because of declining attendance and rising costs, the Wellington Lions have once again been seeking a permanent home venue for the 2026 NPC season. The Lions could no longer use Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua, as the Wellington Centurions, effectively the Wellington B side, have...
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Giant Golden Toilet Sculpture Appears Near Lincoln Memorial in D.C.: ‘A Throne Fit for a King’

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The latest in a series of politically inflected sculptures to appear on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a giant golden toilet that can now be found near the Lincoln Memorial. Its title, as its plaque states, is A Throne Fit for a King , and its makers is the Secret Handshake, the same group of anonymous artists that also produced Best Friends Forever , a sculpture that featured a beaming Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “With so much horror happening on a daily basis, it’s easy to forget what this President has actually accomplished. Like remodeling  The Lincoln Bathroom ,” the Secret Handshake told ARTnews in an email. The group was referring to Trump’s renovation last year of the bathroom attached to the Lincoln Bedroom, a guest room at the White House. At Trump’s behest, the bathroom’s Art Deco–style green tiling was switched out for sterile marble, leading to online mockery. Trump said on Truth Social that the gesture was “appropriate...
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The IFPDA Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory, Illuminating the Relationship Between Prints and Drawings

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For centuries, drawings and prints were collected and exhibited together, with the blurry distinction between the two sometimes dissolving altogether. The upcoming IFPDA Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory (April 9–12) will offer an illuminating exploration of this relationship, with 80 exhibitors from Singapore to Stockholm (including blue chip galleries Hauser & Wirth, Pace Prints, and David Zwirner) presenting 500 years of drawings, prints, and editions to train your eye and, perhaps, tempt your wallet.  Related Articles Pace Prints Heads West With a Hollywood Hub, a Chuck Close Deep Dive, and a Case for Why Prints Matter Now International Fine Print Dealers Association Expands Its Mandate, Adding Drawing Dealers for First Time This year marks a milestone for the IFPDA, which recently rebranded itself as the International Fine Prints & Drawings Association. Longtime members like Hill-Stone, David Tunick, Inc., and William Shearburn Gallery will be ...
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Club Rugby By the Numbers 2026

The 2026 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. The season starts with the opening round of the Premier Swindale Shield, Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield and Colts competitions. A mix of historical and recent stats and updated records is collated below.  97 – The number of Jubilee Cups contested. First won in 1929...
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