
BLOB
Kenny Scharf on Trash, Artificial Intelligence, and the Golden Days of New York
February 18, 2025
“I dislike it intensely,” the 66-year-old says of A.I. art. “I can tell it’s devoid of anything as far as the soul goes.”

DIRTY
“The Men Were His Life”: Inside the Sordid World of Photographer David Hurles
February 13, 2025
To mark the first large-scale exhibition of the photographer’s work, our editor-in-chief called up curator Dian Hanson to talk about the well-endowed men that made David Hurles tick.

XXX
Photographer Del LaGrace Volcano on Cruising, Community, and the Dyke-Fag Alliance
February 13, 2025
“My role as a photographer or as an artist is to be a creator of spaces where people feel safe enough to give me what they’ve got,” says Volcano, whose 1988 monograph, “Queer Dyke Cruising,” has been reissued with Climax Books.

ART
Get a Load of Jamian Juliano-Villani, the Chaos Agent of the New York Art World
February 12, 2025
Last December, the larger-than-life artist and her friend Borna Sammak spent the night in her Flatiron studio, drawing, rolling joints, and talking the night away.

OPENING
At His Namesake Gallery, Rajiv Menon Wants to Put South Asian Artists on the Map
February 10, 2025
“A lot of artists share a lot of their practice on Instagram,” says Rajiv Menon, whose namesake gallery opens in Los Angeles this weekend. “But I can tell very quickly if they’re in it for the art or for the clout.”

DISCOURSE
Michael Abel and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones on Troll Art, Traditionalism, and Taking the Bait
February 7, 2025
On the heels of their respective shows in New York and Seoul, the artists got together to discuss art world economics and, of course, that infamous Harpers Magazine cover story.

SCENE AND HEARD
“I’m Not Buying Anything”: On the Grounds at the Armory’s Young Collectors Night
February 3, 2025
At the Park Avenue Armory’s Young Collectors Night, we asked guests to come clean about whether or not they’re really buying art—and what’s up with all the horse paintings.

ICONS
“I Want to Live to 110”: Marina Abramović, in Conversation With Juergen Teller
January 31, 2025
“This is exactly why we are in this conversation together, because I don’t compromise,” the 78-year-old conceptual artist tells photographer Juergen Teller. “I can’t compromise to the market and I never did.”

IN CONVERSATION
Jamie xx Tells Olafur Eliasson How He Found His Way Back to Music
January 22, 2025
“I was just one of the weird kids at school, and that was my way out,” the musician told Olafur Eliasson when the two got together earlier this month to talk about getting vulnerable in their art.

OPENING
Na Kim Designs Your Favorite Book Covers. Now She’s Painting For Herself.
January 22, 2025
“I’ve always wanted to paint,” said the artist and book designer before opening a new exhibition at Nicola Vassell Gallery. “It’s been the thing I’ve wanted to do since I was a wee, wee girl.”

DREAM MAN
“The Goal Is to Be a Cult Superstar”: 30 Minutes With It Boy Louis Bubko
January 13, 2025
After a matinee screening of “Babygirl,” the former model linked up with our editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg to talk about weed bags, dream men, and hook-up apps.

TITTIES
“I Want to Be Disgusting”: Alex Tatarsky and Crackhead Barney on Karens, Clowns, and CEOs
January 9, 2025
The self-described clown got together with fellow performance artist Crackhead Barney to talk getting meta, getting milked, and humiliating yourself for all to see.

CLICK
“Complete Fucking Alchemy”: How Luisa Opalesky Captures New York City Grit
January 6, 2025
“I love characters, and I will press my cheeks to the concrete to find them if I have to,” the photographer told Alissa Bennett when the two linked up to discuss Opalesky’s debut monograph, “Big City Nobody.”

VISIONARY
Doug Aitken and Beck on Making Art in an Age of White Noise
January 6, 2025
On a chilly afternoon in Los Angeles, the two visionaries got together to discuss how making art helps them defy a culture of white noise and fragmentation.

RETROSPECTIVE
“If You Can Walk, You Can Dance”: Inside the Whitney Museum’s Alvin Ailey Retrospective
December 31, 2024
Three titans of contemporary dance—Masazumi Chaya, Donna Wood Sanders, and Sylvia Waters—joined Brontez Purnell to reflect on the Whitney’s retrospective on the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.

ROLLING
How Aidan Zamiri Made the Music Video Essential Again
December 30, 2024
Through his collaborations with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, and Timothée Chalamet, the Glaswegian artist helped define how pop culture looked and felt in 2024. To close out the year, he spoke to Interview editorial director Richard Turley about dealing with pop stars, shrinking budgets, and his newfound success.

SMOKE BREAK
Fabio Cherstich Takes Mel Ottenberg Into the Annals of Gay Art History
December 23, 2024
After the last of his three performances at La MaMa, the opera director joined our editor-in-chief to talk about dedicating his life to the preservation of queer art.

STUDIO VISIT
How Painter Anthony Cudahy Finds Intimacy In The Mundane
December 20, 2024
“I’m interested in there not being any censoring of what can exist in my painted world,” said the artist, whose solo exhibition is now on view at The Green Family Art Foundation.

ARCHIVES
“Love, Joe”: Inside Artist Joe Brainard’s Private Letters to Andy Warhol
December 19, 2024
In this excerpt from a new book of Joe Brainard’s personal correspondence, the New School artist writes to Andy Warhol about art deals and vacation in Southhampton.

PISS CHRIST
“Artists Need Obsessions”: Andres Serrano, in Conversation With Todd Solondz
December 18, 2024
To mark the opening of his show at Lubov, the artist and filmmaker got together in Manhattan to reminisce on the infamous piece that made Serrano a household name.