Art

STUDIO VISIT

Sculptor Brian Oakes on Fedora Guys and Sorting Machines

October 7, 2024

At Blade Study, where his show “SEED” is on view this month, the artist talked to us about dioramas, “fedora guys,” and why pressing buttons is compulsive.

PICABIA

“I Don’t Believe in Meaning”: Getting Existential With the Painter Harold Ancart

October 3, 2024

“I don’t think that painting is by any means an extremely serious activity,” says the artist, who walked us through his new show at Fleiss-Vallois, “7 Paintings and 1 Painting.”

IN CONVERSATION

Johanna Hedva and Maggie Nelson on Kink, Capitalism, and the Hope-Doom Binary

October 2, 2024

To mark the release of their new essay collection, “How to Tell When We Will Die,” the writer, artist, and activist caught up with their old friend Maggie Nelson.

SMOKE BREAK

“Bring Back Spanking”: A Five-Minute Cig With Photographer Sam Penn

October 1, 2024

In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we caught up with the New York photographer at the Paris opening of her debut solo show at Balice Hertling.

AI

“Why Should Artists Have to Be Good Citizens?”: Laurie Simmons, in Conversation With David Salle

October 1, 2024

To mark their new exhibitions at 56 Henry and Gladstone, respectively, the artists linked up to talk about how they’re leveraging artificial intelligence in their practices.

SMOKE BREAK

“There Are No Rules”: 15 Minutes in Arkansas with the Artist Awol Erizku

September 20, 2024

At the opening of his major retrospective at The Momentary, the artist talked to us about following in the Black radical tradition and what he calls “trap-conceptualism.”

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SMOKE BREAK

“It’s Like, Baby Doll”: Backstage With the Performance Artist Narcissister

September 20, 2024

In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we caught up with the enigmatic artist following her first performance commission in 12 years at Pioneer Works.

IN CONVERSATION

Ms. Boogie Tells Honey Balenciaga Why She’s Naming Names on The Breakdown

September 17, 2024

“The end of the world is coming,” says the rapper, whose immersive new show at The Shed find her at her most creative and vulnerable. “And you need to know before the world ends that I’m hurt.”

IN CONVERSATION

Robin F. Williams and Jenna Gribbon on Cults, Motherhood, and Queer-Coded Horror

September 16, 2024

The two artists got to chat about their respective exhibitions after a wild trip to Fire Island.

SISTERS

Inside Photographer Brianna Capozzi’s Ode to Sisterhood

September 11, 2024

Before the release of her new monograph, “Sisters,” the renowned photographer told Myth Magazine editor Haley Wollens how she convinced her subjects to let their guards down.

OPENING

Artist Amy Bravo Takes Us Inside Her Cabinet of Curios

September 9, 2024

For the inaugural show at Swivel Gallery, the multi-media artist conceived of an immersive exhibition of sculptural works that reflect her Cuban family’s history.

OPENING

“Bombshell Is Tits Up”: A Dispatch from the Opening of Ethan James Green’s Bombshell

September 6, 2024

Interview’s fashion director Dara reports from the buzzy opening of “Bombshell,” a new show of glamorous black-and-white portraits by photographer Ethan James Green.

IN CONVERSATION

FUTURA 2000 and Marc Jacobs on Graffiti, Gen Z, and Old School New York

September 6, 2024

Before the largest ever retrospective of his work opens at the Bronx Museum, the graffiti legend called his collaborator to talk authenticity and New York’s halcyon days.

SMOKE BREAK

“That’s So Cowgirl”: A Nine-Minute Cig With Artist Emma Stern

September 6, 2024

In this week’s Smoke Break, we smoke Marlboros and talk magic with the painter outside her new solo show, “The Rabbit Hole,” now on view at Half Gallery.

OPENING

Painter Hasani Sahlehe Tells Us How Alice Coltrane Inspired His Show at CANADA

September 5, 2024

At the opening of his new show at CANADA gallery, we caught up with the Atlanta-born artist to find out exactly how he paints his giant canvases.

STUDIO VISIT

Taylor Ashby Hawkins Shows Richie Shazam the Innards of His Sculptures

September 4, 2024

Richie Shazam visited the artist at his Ridegwood studio to hear about the many inspirations for his new solo exhibition at Ashes/Ashes, from Cronenberg to “Dune.”

IN CONVERSATION

Christine Tien Wang and Kenny Schachter Get Real About Art World Economics

August 30, 2024

Ahead of their respective solo shows, the artists got together for a frank conversation about narcissists, social media brain rot, and the art world’s money problem.

IN CONVERSATION

Nadya Tolokonnikova Tells Vladimir Sorokin About Life Inside a Russian Prison

August 28, 2024

The activist and founding member of Pussy Riot talks to Russia’s most famous living novelist about war, censorship, and the bisexual awakening she experienced in prison.

SUMMIT

Inside Artist Ryan Trecartin’s Aspen Art Week Ensemble

August 23, 2024

For Audience Plant 2024, artist and musician Ryan Trecartin gathered collaborators atop Aspen Mountain to premiere a newly composed score of electronic and orchestral music.

MOTHER

“I’m Like a Picasso, Distorted and Expensive”: Ivana Vladislava Gets Freaky With Anna Uddenberg

August 22, 2024

At a cafe in Berlin, artist, muse, and eternal mother Ivana Vladislava talked to Anna Uddenberg about the politics of celebrity and what it means to be an it-girl.