ORAL HISTORY
“He Was the Center of Attention”: Basquiat at Area, by the People Who Were There
October 18, 2024
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s art and New York’s nightlife collided often, no more so than at Area. Here, those who were there share their memories of a time when creativity was the reason to celebrate.
POWER-LEZ
How K8 Hardy Got Jenna Lyons to Wear a Dress
October 17, 2024
To mark the release of their latest collaboration, “Studio Dress,” K8 Hardy called up her friend Jenna Lyons to talk fabric TikToks, power lesbians, and showing their underpants.
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Photographer Chivas Clem Takes Jack Pierson Inside His Archive of Drifters
October 17, 2024
“Most of them are felons and don’t vote and have no relationship to politics,” the photographer said of the men featured in his new show at Dallas Contemporary, “Shirttail Kin.”
ICON
“How Do You Feel About Getting Old?”: Robert Longo, in Conversation With Richard Price
October 8, 2024
Before the opening of Longo’s comeback show, “Searchers,” the artist talked to his friend Richard Price about burnout, filmmaking blunders, and the pleasures and pitfalls of getting older.
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.”
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.”