Inventing Male Archetypes that Privilege Softness and Introspection: Devan Shimoyama
Looking back at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s landmark exhibition “Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art”…
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Glenn Ligon “Post-Noir” Carré d’Art–Musée d’art contemporain / Nîmes
“When, beneath the black mask, a human being begins to make himself felt one cannot escape a certain awful wonder…
A Whirlwind of Connections. A Conversation with Lafawndah
Lafawndah, sometimes known as Yasmine Dubois, is intent on holding space for growth in her music, traversing genres, and uncovering…
Two Kinds of Knowledge Shaking Hands: A Conversation About You Can’t Trust Music
In the winter of 2020, as planes momentarily cleared our airspace, making room for birds, winds, and silences, Julieta Aranda…
Plants in a Garden, Tended by Machines. A Conversation with Nora N. Khan
Andrea Bellini: As a curator and writer, you have stood out in recent years for your focus on both the…
Nightlife, Glamour, Art. DeSe Escobar
Between 2021 and 2022 I kept running into DeSe Escobar. It was always during some art event, just before the…
Doreen Lynette Garner "REVOLTED" The New Museum / New York
We live in a time of complacency and apathy, when violence, climate disaster, and suffering are daily realities and yet…
In the Mood for Muck. A Conversation with Geo Wyex
Geo Wyex is both hard to characterize and unmistakable when in character, on stage or elsewhere. The New York- born,…
Nikita Gale “IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS” Chisenhale / London
Some whistles are like a kettle. In Nikita Gale’s Chisenhale installation of light, sound, and sculpture, something is under sustained…
“ARS22 – Living Encounters” Kiasma / Helsinki
Art-world professionals are busy biennial-hopping once again. There’s the big one in Venice, the new edition of Manifesta in Pristina,…
Tita Cicognani Hammer Museum / Los Angeles
What else would Tita Cicognani put in a Hammer Projects space for a summer solo exhibition but a hot tub?…
Counter-stances and refusal. A Conversation with Deborah-Joyce Holman
One could easily describe Deborah-Joyce Holman as an “inter-” or “multidisciplinary artist,” though the term merely suggests someone who works…
Full-Circle Horror. A Conversation with James Bantone
I had followed James Bantone on Instagram long before I knew him in real life. I assumed he was an…
Is Art Rooted in Life? Documenta, Now
Since its initiation by the architect and painter Arnold Bode in 1955, Documenta has pushed the boundaries of curatorial frameworks…
“Still Present!” 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Kader Attia, the artist who co-directed this year’s edition of the Berlin Biennale, has placed repair as a strategy at…
Self-Conception in the Making. A Conversation with Tarik Kiswanson
I have often heard others make a distinction between “the artist” and “the person” when talking about their interactions with…