New Yorker parts ways with art critic after inappropriate behavior at company party: report

The New Yorker has cut ties with its art critic after the Condé Nast-owned magazine received complaints about his allegedly “inappropriate” behavior at its100th anniversary party in February, according to a report.Jackson Arn was accused of making “inappropriate overtures” at some of the party guests and appeared to be drunk at the shindig, whose attendees included star editor Tina Brown and author Zadie Smith, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources with knowledge.Arn declined to comment to The Times, and a rep for Condé said the company could not comment on confidential personnel matters.The magazine did not immediately respond to requests by The Post for comment.The New Yorker changed Arn’s online author page this month to note that he had “served as The New Yorker’s art critic.”Arn, who joined The New Yorker in August 2023, succeeded longtime art critic Peter Schjeldahl, who died at 80 in 2022. He previously wrote for a slew of publications, including Artforum, The Nation and The New Statesman.Arn’s last work for the magazine was a highbrow essay entitled: “Should We View Tatlin As A Russian Constructivist Or A Ukrainian,” which was published on March 10.The glitzy party, which took place at Jean’s, a restaurant in New York’s NoHo neighborhood, was a veritable who’s who in the magazine’s storied history.Writers including Smith, Jennifer Egan and Jeffrey Eugenides rubbed shoulders with former New Yorker editrix Brown, longtime art editor Françoise Mouly, staff writers Calvin Trillin and Adam Gopnik.Longtime New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick held court, feting the magazine’s centennial celebration and its expansion from a mere weekly print magazine to a venture that evolved to encompass podcasts, video and digital....