Interview

Alec Soth spent five years seeking out men who were hiding from the world, and tonight he shows the results at his first show at Sean Kelly Gallery. The legendary Minneapolis-based photographer  of Americana returns to New York to show "Broken Manual" for the first time in its entirety. (It's previously only shown in parts at the Walker Center for the Arts, and in a special-edition book.)
  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/02/12

Tim Barber's recent book of photographs isn't self-titled. It's just called Untitled Photographs. Published with OHWOW, the monograph originated with an 2010 exhibition of Barber's work at the OHWOW gallery in Miami, and this week, Barber is launching the book in Europe with a presentation at London gallery Mother.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/02/12

Mike Kelley, acclaimed installation artist and musician, has died at the age of 58, of an apparent suicide. In 2009, Interview editor Glenn O'Brien sat down with Kelley, an artist whose aesthetic he appraised as "Joseph Beuys meets James Brown, or Marcel Duchamp meets The Contortions."  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/01/12

Design Voices, a new e-book from Coolhunting contributor Anna Carnick and Print contributing editor Jeremy Lehrer, sets out to illustrate today's design scene moment by consulting some of the world's most iconic creators, among them Maarten Baas, Dror Benshetrit, Giulio Cappellini, Milton Glaser, Ross Lovegrove, Stefan Sagmeister, Massimo Vignelli, and Tokujin Yoshioka.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/31/12

For "Being With You," his solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin, Sandro Kopp has taken the idea of the mediated portrait into the digital era. Consisting of a series of real-time portraits that Kopp did of subjects that sat for him not in the flesh, but rather via Skype, the exhibition marries the practice of 19th century oil painting with modern communication.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/31/12

The art world too global for you? Each week, Interview highlights in pictures the shows you'd want to see—if you could jetset from one international art hub to the next.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/27/12

Prada is in Paris for the evening! Alas, how we wish we were too.  The purpose of Prada's Parisian visit is to present their "24h Museum," designed by artist Francesco Vezzoli and AMO (headed by Rem Koolhaas).  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/24/12

The art world too global for you? Each week, Interview highlights in pictures the shows you'd want to see—if you could jetset from one international art hub to the next.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/20/12

With work from 1919 to the present day, this sprawling survey features imagined languages, personas, cities, and objects includes gems like the first edition of Kurt Schwitter's 1919 Dadaist poem Anna Blume, original prints from the mid-century, utopic-minded Italian architecture firm Superstudio, and Adam McEwen's darkly gorgeous, contemporary graphite impressions of wooden chipboard.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/18/12

The art world too global for you? Each week, Interview highlights in pictures the shows you'd want to see—if you could jetset from one international art hub to the next.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/13/12