Art

DOWNTOWN

“This is All Make-Believe”: Meet Peter BD, The Phoneless Downtown Curator

March 17, 2023

“I feel like I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing now if I had a phone.”

MULTIVERSE

Daniel Kwan and Alex Prager Talk Prophecies and Practical Effects

March 10, 2023

“God can be very broad.”

IN CONVERSATION

Terence Nance Introduces Solange to His Imaginary Friend

March 9, 2023

“Scary Mary over here is jumping ship as soon as she hears the word initiation.”

IT'S PERSONAL

Three Girls Take One Gallery in a Sensual Show at OCDChinatown

February 28, 2023

“There’s so many ways to fuck yourself up with art. It feels endurance-based.”

IN CONVERSATION

Thelonious Stokes and Chance the Rapper Bring the South Side to Ghana

February 22, 2023

“We’re the security guards in God’s club.”

PAINTER

Ariana Papademetropoulos Paints (and Parties) Like the World Is Ending

February 21, 2023

The artist talks to “Interview” impresario Bob Colacello about growing up on two sides of Los Angeles, lounging in bed at the Louvre, and the return of surrealism.

ART

Ser Serpas Tells Hari Nef Why She’s Ready to Come Home

February 15, 2023

The artist talks to her old friend about a new solo show, now on view at Swiss Institute.

NATURE

Cy Gavin and Hilton Als on Surveillance, Sequoias, and Self-Preservation

February 9, 2023

While prepping for his spring show at Gagosian, the painter chatted with his friend about art as a refuge and his newfound passion for gardening. 

ABNORMCORE

DIS Is Back in Berlin With Everything But The World

February 9, 2023

Last Friday, the subversive art collective drew a crowd at the opening of their latest show.

ART HISTORY

How the Artist Larry Stanton Archived a Generation Lost to AIDS

February 9, 2023

“The only indication that they ever passed through life are his drawings.”

IN CONVERSATION

For Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie, People Are Portraits Waiting to Happen

February 1, 2023

“It’s really about being curious to a fault. Everything is interesting.”

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How Quaaludes Brought Durk Dehner to Tom of Finland’s Attention

January 18, 2023

“If you had inhibitions, quaaludes would liberate you. You just did what you felt like doing.”

IN CONVERSATION

“We Come to Fuck Shit Up”: Theaster Gates Gets Deep with Arthur Jafa

January 10, 2023

“We’re not supposed to attend Virgil’s funeral, we just aren’t supposed to.”

BUTTS

Joseph Altuzarra Wants You to Know Alvin Baltrop

December 21, 2022

“The jockstrap picture is my favorite.”

in conversation

Chrissy Angliker and Anna Sheffield Are High on Tulips

December 21, 2022

“You can’t always be making art, but you can always be an artist.”

IN CONVERSATION

Mathew Cerletty and Naomi Fry on Sconces and “Suburban Dread”

December 19, 2022

“We should do a Triscuit takeover.”

Photo by Rosamunde Bordo. Image courtesy of ILY2.

SYMBIOSIS

Allie Furlotti and Sol Hashemi on Community Building and Crystal Brews

December 15, 2022

The ILY2 founder catches up with the Vancouver-based artist after their first-ever show at NADA.

ART

Oscar yi Hou and Russell Tovey on Kinks, Cranes, and Cowboys

December 13, 2022

“He’s got quite a pronounced bulge.”

ART

Martine Syms and Precious Okoyomon Need Space to Breathe

December 9, 2022

The artists are learning to set limits while creating worlds without them.

ART WEEK

“I’ll Be Waiting in the Rainbow Tesla”: An Art Basel Party Diary

December 6, 2022

In Miami for the 20th edition of the world-famous art fair, Zak Stone finds time for partygoing and Zoom therapy amid the bustle of Basel.