Christopher Pusey News Today

In the Chase gallery in Lower Manhattan, the art dealer Christopher Pusey stops before a large mixed-media canvas featuring gods, images of two Picasso drawings and a wooden cleat from a schooner that made the longest continuous sea voyage.“My favourite,” he says. It is by Reid Stowe, a painter and

California Governor Gavin Newsom is urging state legislators to make progress on climate change before the end of the current legislative session. Then, as cases of monkeypox climb and health officials scramble to contain the outbreaks, one veteran journalist sees the similarities from covering the HIV/AIDS crisis almost four decades ago. And for our weekend arts preview, we hear about some new art openings and closings, music and theater about Paris, and even some outdoor jazz.