IN CONVERSATION
Cecilia Vicuña and Giuliana Furci on Mushrooms, Brain Rot, and the End of the World
July 11, 2025
“There are lots of studies devoted to what A.I. is doing to the human brain,” the poet and artist told the mycologist Giuliana Furci. “It’s actually rotting the brain.”
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.
SMOKE BREAK
“Gentrification Is Fucked Up”: We Got Stoned With Artist Derrick Adams
June 28, 2024
At the trailblazing artist’s studio, we enjoyed a five-course meal, each with a cannabis pairing, and talked gentrification, cartoons, and his latest sculpture, “The Holdout II.”
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Pat Cleveland on Partying With Richard Bernstein and the Factory Crew
April 22, 2022
The supermodel talks to our editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg about her iconic 1972 Richard Bernstein “Interiview” cover.
Art
Faith Ringgold Has All the Answers
February 17, 2022
Arguably no other artist in the past century has been able to combine aesthetics with political impact like the radical, visually resourceful Harlem native. Ahead of her first New York retrospective, she shares some of her wisdom.
Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. Holds Up a Mirror to a World on Fire
April 22, 2020
We asked the performance artist and provocateur to remake the world in his image. Don’t worry, he didn’t forget about Adumb and Eve.
Mike Perry Has Always Been an Indoor Kid
April 2, 2020
The “Broad City”-famous artist is building a community from his homemade mini-golf course.
William E. Jones Loves Pissing People Off
March 17, 2020
The iconoclastic artist on his latest novel “I’m Open to Anything,” a queer coming-of-age tale about the art of fisting.
Painter Salman Toor Draws Out the Strength in Sissies
January 6, 2020
The New York-based artist has repurposed Romantic vernacular for a loving take on queer bohemia, filled with plenty of couch side banter and drunken sashaying.
Meet Lawrence Abu Hamdan, the Forensic Audio Analyst Who Paints with Noise
October 1, 2019
A nominee for this year’s Turner Prize, the artist and audio analyst creates productions that are provocative and often disturbing.