IN CONVERSATION
Aria Dean and Louis Osmosis Talk Sculpture and Sperm Banks at Dover Street Market
March 1, 2024
On a trip to London to celebrate their recent solo shows, the artists reached a bold conclusion: “Everything lives within a sperm bank and we are all just illegitimate children of one another.”
ART
Kiyan Williams Is Deep Frying the American Flag
February 29, 2024
“I got that recipe from my grandmother, who uses it for catfish. I use paprika for the seasoning because it creates this great color. I think of the seasonings as pigment.”
COLLECTOR
Photographer Jack Pierson Walks Us Through His Personal Art Collection
February 29, 2024
The artist, who shot our recent Bad Bunny cover, invited us to his home to get up close with his personal art collection, a dynamic blend of the blue-chip and the beatnik.
IN STUDIO
Chella Man Is Collaborating With His Younger Selves
February 28, 2024
The Deaf and trans illustrator told fellow artist Christine Sun Kim why his new exhibition at Hannah Traore Gallery feels like it’s in dialogue with his younger self.
OPENING
Joseph Geagan and Ruby McCollister on Birds, Breasts, and Bruegel
February 15, 2024
The artist sits down with his friend and fellow show person to talk about his new solo show at Lomex, “La Bohème.”
ICON
“I Need Places to Tell a Story”: Wim Wenders, in Conversation with Michael Almereyda
February 14, 2024
“It’s through the Polaroids that I slowly understood what places meant to me in the process of filmmaking,” says the legendary director, who is exhibiting his Cibachrome prints of the American West for the very first time.
OPENING
Christopher Udemezue on Ghost Towns and Goth Sensibilities
February 8, 2024
“They’re vibing, they’re in the Blue Mountains, they found a field of mushrooms, they’re falling in love.”
goofy-verse
Frank Dorrey and Brayan Ramales Built the World Inside a Chinatown Mall
February 2, 2024
“I just love my bestie and he’s a great artist.”
OPENING
Aurélia Zahedi Is on a Quest to Find the Rose of Jericho
February 2, 2024
“She’s really a witness of the desert.”
ICON
How Paz de la Huerta Found Peace in Her Surrealist Paintings
January 31, 2024
“I ran far, far away.”
STUDIO VISIT
Robert Roest on Idols, Angels, and the Anthropocene
January 30, 2024
“I’d rather see myself naked than be walking around not knowing I’m naked.”
STUDIO VISIT
Loie Hollowell on Frottage, Fantasy and Feminist Erotica
January 23, 2024
“What is the sensual, visual, phenomenological, experiential porn that gets me excited?”
KINK
Photographer Florian Hetz Wants to Abolish Artist Statements
January 9, 2024
“Berlin has turned into this kind of weird sex and drug resort.”
IN CONVERSATION
“It’s All Fear, No?”: Lena Henke, in Conversation With Urs Fischer
January 3, 2024
“I had a dream last week where I made a clay piece with you.”
RETROSPECTIVE
Gary Simmons on Censorship, Minstrelsy, and the Scourge of Art Fairs
December 20, 2023
“Stay away from art fairs.”
IN CONVERSATION
Shirin Neshat on Protest, Performance Art, and the Power of Iranian Women
December 18, 2023
“For us, it’s the risk of our lives.”
ART WEEK
Jillian Mayer on Plane Parts, Public Art, and Britney Spears Techno
December 15, 2023
“It’s great that there are artists that choose to make really political art. But we still have to think about who’s buying it. Or which museums are funded by whom.”
ARTIST
Jon Rafman and Dasha Nekrasova on the Horror We Call Life
December 15, 2023
As he prepares for an IRL world tour, the artist connected with his friend to discuss tech anxiety, irony poisoning, and art as a tool for enlightenment.
OPENING
Seth Bogart and Macy Rodman on Transphobes, Bath Salts, and Locker Room Dick
December 14, 2023
“Art, especially galleries, are so fucking boring.”
ICON
Linda Simpson on Drag Queens, Downtown Scenes, and Underground Zines
December 13, 2023
“Gay media back then was pretty tacky. Tacky and lugubrious.”