ONLINE
How Nathalie Nguyen Went From Drawing Furries to a Debut Show at Whaam!
April 21, 2026
Ahead of her opening, the artist answered some of our pressing questions about growing up online and collecting dolls.
IN CONVERSATION
For the Painter Nicolas Party, Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
January 22, 2026
Ahead of his new show at Karma Gallery, “Dead Fish,” the Swiss-born painter joined countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to talk forgery, flow states, and artistic freedom.
STUDIO VISIT
How Conversion Therapy Inspired the Artist Leonard Baby’s New Series of Paintings
March 18, 2025
Before the opening of his new show at Half Gallery, the painter invited us to his Bushwick studio to talk about how his repressed childhood inspired his new works.
EXPAT
Claire Tabouret Designed the New Stained-Glass Windows at Notre-Dame. She’s Ready for the Blowback.
March 13, 2025
“It’s not very French to move things around or to change things,” says the painter, who was commissioned to design the new stained-glass windows at Notre-Dame. “Maybe that’s one reason why I had to leave.”
IN STUDIO
In Her New Show, Painter Emily Ferguson Explores the Lore of the It Girl
June 12, 2024
In her new show at Nicodim Gallery, “It Girl,” the painter meditates on the female experience by rendering famous women like Nico and Carrie Bradshaw on canvas.
OPENING
Mary Lovelace O’Neal Finds Interviews “Fucking Stupid.” But Not This One.
April 2, 2024
“People ask me about specific things and I just can’t remember,” says the 82-year-old painter, who has new shows at Marianne Boesky and the Whitney Biennial. “I got a lot of shit in my head.”
ICON
How Paz de la Huerta Found Peace in Her Surrealist Paintings
January 31, 2024
“I ran far, far away.”
ICON
“We Have This Odd Connection”: Sharon Stone, in Conversation With Jon Hamm
November 28, 2023
“Step up or fuck off.”
ART!
Catherine Mulligan on Teen Mom, Tragic Paintings, and Y2K Trends
September 13, 2023
“In this one, her hands are like anal beads.”
IN STUDIO
Painter Austyn Weiner on Loneliness, Los Angeles, and Limitations
May 17, 2023
“My point in painting is to be human, to explore and record the human experience. I think that living in L.A. helps with this, by the way.”
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.”
PAINT
Marcus Brutus Likes Making a Mess
October 31, 2022
Our editor-at-large called up the artist to discuss painting, thinking like a fashion designer, and what it means to be “self-taught.”
studio visit
Kenny Rivero Is Painting the Monsters We Choose to Ignore
March 17, 2021
Inside the Bronx studio of the painter, whose first museum solo show is at once terrifying and lots of fun.
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Painter Harold Ancart’s Two Favorite Cities: New York and New York
November 13, 2020
The Belgian globe-trotter on the wonder of movement and the best utensil-free restaurant in the world.
Gladys Nilsson Paints Like She People-Watches
February 21, 2020
On the occasion of her new retrospective “Honk!”, the artist introduces us to her whimsical Day-Glo characters.
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.
Up Close and Personal With the Artist Marlene Dumas
December 5, 2019
To mark the publication of her book, “Marlene Dumas: Myths & Mortals,” the painter discusses her life and work with the writer Hilton Als.
Darryl Westly and Vic Mensa Wonder If Art is Ever Really Finished
November 15, 2019
The rapper and artist sit down to discuss their influences, starting from Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and ending with a revelatory ayahuasca trip.
Christina Quarles’s Psychedelic Art Pushes the Human Form Beyond its Breaking Point
April 29, 2019
The ambiguity of the painter’s work speaks to her enduring interest in the limits — and the possibilities — of representation.
The Painter Djordje Ozbolt is Showing Us How to Regain Memory Loss
March 6, 2019
The eccentric painter was recently tapped to represent his native country of Serbia at the 2019 Art Biennale in Venice.