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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 painted composition shows a sprig of rosemary surrounded by eleven detailed insects—including butterflies, beetles, a bee and a moth—each rendered with vivid color and lifelike shadows on a pale background, illustrating Insects and a Sprig of Rosemary (1653) by Jan van Kessel.

One Fine Show: ‘Little Beasts: Art, Wonder and the Natural World’ at the National Gallery of Art

By Dan Duray
A large group of people stands across multiple levels of an industrial-style black metal staircase inside a spacious, high-ceilinged building with exposed beams, concrete floors, and mirrored wall panels—likely part of the newly constructed CANYON arts institution on the Lower East Side.

Durational Art After Dark: Joseph C. Thompson’s Next Cultural Experiment

By Dan Duray
A textured painting of a snow-covered mountain range under a bright blue sky, featuring jagged peaks and rough, impasto brushwork that emphasizes the rugged terrain.

One Fine Show: ‘Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan’ at the High Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
A portrait photograph of Helen Nisbet, a woman with curly hair wearing a red pleated top, looking directly at the camera against a plain background.

A Curator Comes Home: Helen Nisbet Returns to Scotland to Lead Glasgow’s Biennial

By Dan Duray
A handwritten note on decorative paper reads, "I'm sorry. Please return this stone to the pompeii scavi," placed beside a blue Swarovski jewelry box containing two small white stones cushioned in tissue paper, all set against a red background.

One Fine Show: “Ways of Knowing” at the Walker Art Center

By Dan Duray
A color portrait of Krist Gruijthuijsen, a white man with short curly hair and a patterned scarf, standing in a glass hallway with soft natural light and smiling at the camera.

Espoo Museum of Modern Art’s Krist Gruijthuijsen Rethinks Regional Curation

By Dan Duray
A group of Art Basel Awards honorees and organizers pose for a formal photo in front of a branded backdrop inside a stone-walled venue.

The Art Basel Awards and the Power of Peer-Led Recognition

By Dan Duray
A gallery view of the exhibition “Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” at the Seattle Art Museum shows visitors walking through a room lined with black-and-white mural wallpaper, featuring a tall stacked blue-and-white porcelain vase sculpture in the center, a large colorful artwork made from LEGO on one wall, and a massive coiled dragon sculpture suspended from the ceiling.

One Fine Show: “Ai, Rebel – The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” at the Seattle Art Museum

By Dan Duray
A close-up image of Johannes Vermeer’s painting Mistress and Maid, showing a woman in a yellow fur-trimmed coat seated at a table while her maid hands her a letter, with rich detail and dramatic lighting framed in an ornate gold frame.

Curator Robert Fucci Unpacks the Narrative Intrigue of ‘Vermeer’s Love Letters’

By Dan Duray
An installation by Alex Da Corte features two large wall-mounted sculptures—one of a bright orange carrot with blue cartoon hands, and the other a matte black abstract form—on a background of curved yellow, black and light blue wall paint.

One Fine Show: “Alex Da Corte, The Whale” at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

By Dan Duray
A group of 17 people stands and kneels in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, raising their fists in solidarity and facing the camera.

Mike Cavallaro On Building a Union (and a Community) at NYC’s School of Visual Arts

By Dan Duray
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