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Dan Duray

Dan Duray is a writer in Brooklyn whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Bookforum, The Baffler, The Economist, W magazine, and Town & Country, among other publications.

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A painting of five formally dressed individuals, three men and two women, seated on mismatched chairs in close proximity, facing different directions with blank or tense expressions, against a flat, dark blue background and white floor.

One Fine Show: “Wayne Thiebaud, Art Comes from Art” at the Legion of Honor

By Dan Duray
An image of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black blazer, standing with arms crossed and looking at the camera against a neutral gray background.

Christie’s Isabella Lauria Talks Basquiat, Market Shifts and What Makes a Masterpiece

By Dan Duray
A surprisingly narrow red car in an otherwise empty interior space with gray walls

One Fine Show: ‘Gabriel Orozco, Politécnico Nacional’ at Museo Jumex

By Dan Duray
A colorful art installation at an art fair booth featuring four green, muscular Hulk-like sculptures combined with musical instruments and inflatable elements. Each figure is placed on a wooden platform against a backdrop of abstract, multicolored splashes and polka dot patterns on white walls. The central figure incorporates large brass horns, resembling a marching band tuba ensemble. The setting is a modern, glass-walled exhibition hall with high ceilings and natural light.

The Five Pieces You Should Absolutely Make Time for at Frieze New York

By Dan Duray
An image collage showing El Greco’s painting The Holy Trinity on the left and four close-up images on the right of different fabric textures and weaves, including one in black-and-white that appears to be a digital scan.

Aracne, Explained: Laura Alba Takes Us Inside the Prado’s Groundbreaking Art Authentication Software

By Dan Duray
A brightly lit museum gallery features a life-sized, multicolored striped sculpture of a reclining human figure with its head resting on its hands, positioned on a low white platform in the center of the room; behind it, six framed artworks hang on the white walls, including abstract, narrative, and surreal images in vibrant colors, suggesting a group exhibition that blends sculpture and mixed media works.

One Fine Show: “In Creative Harmony, Three Artistic Partnerships” at the Blanton Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
A portrait of Glenn Phillips, a white man with short gray hair and a beard, wearing a navy suit and light pink shirt, standing outside in front of trees and sunlight. Context:

Punk Preservation: Getty’s Glenn Phillips On Securing Raymond Pettibon’s Archive

By Dan Duray
A museum gallery with white walls displaying a collection of ancient Roman marble sculptures, including a central seated male figure surrounded by busts and a standing female figure draped in a robe.

One Fine Show: “Myth and Marble” at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Dan Duray
A large indoor installation titled Electrical System by Nancy Holt features waves of exposed metal electrical conduit arranged in looping arcs across a gallery floor, each joint topped with glowing incandescent bulbs, creating a grid-like field of light and industrial form.

One Fine Show: ‘Nancy Holt, Power Systems’ at the Wexner Center for the Arts

By Dan Duray
A portrait of San Francisco Art Fair director Kelly Freeman seated at a wooden table, smiling with arms crossed in front of a large artwork showing a figure in blue jeans and a green shirt in the background

San Francisco Art Fair’s Kelly Freeman On Bay Area Creativity and the City’s Resilience

By Dan Duray
A painting of a woman's partially reclined torso and legs, shown in pale tones with black lace-patterned stockings and dark bands, set against a smooth gray background and cropped closely to emphasize stylized curves and symmetry.

One Fine Show: ‘Christina Ramberg, A Retrospective’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
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