Reports say the New Yorker cut ties with art critics after a magazine owned by Condé Nast received complaints about his “inappropriate” behavior at the 100th anniversary party in February.
Jackson Ahn appeared drunk to Shindig, accused of performing an “inappropriate overture” with some of the party's guests. It has been reported Tuesday, I quote an anonymous source of knowledge.
Arn declined to comment on The Times, with a Condé representative saying the company could not comment on confidential HR matters.
of inappropriate behavior at the Company Party last month. Getty Images in a Fair Shape
The magazine did not immediately respond to requests by posting because of comments.
New Yorkers changed the ARN online author page this month, noting that he “served as the art critic for New Yorkers.”
Arn, who joined New Yorker in August 2023, replaces longtime art critic Peter Schjeldahl, who passed away in 2022 at the age of 80.
He previously wrote for numerous publications, including Artforum, The Nation and The New Statesman.
The last work in Arn's magazine was a Highbrow essay published on March 10th, entitled “Tatlin should be considered a Russian constructivist or Ukrainian.”
The flashy party at Jan's, a restaurant in New York's No-Ho neighborhood, was who and who in the magazine's storied history.
Writers such as Smith, Jennifer Eugan and Jeffrey Eugenides rubbed their shoulders with former New Yorker Edithrix Brown, longtime art editor Françoise Mouley, staff writers Calvin Trillin and Adam Gopnik.
Longtime New Yorker Editor-in-Chief David Remnick held a courthouse to celebrate the magazine's centenary and urged an expansion from weekly printing magazines to ventures that have evolved to include podcasts, videos and digital.
