The Tint of Los Alamos
When you tell a local in New Mexico that you are headed to Los Alamos, they will remind you not…
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A Mirror, Darkly. In Conversation with Michaël Borremans
Seeing a painter’s studio always feels intimate. It’s impossible to keep your eyes from darting around. Soaking up the surround. Trying to piece…
Taking Flight. Lotus L. Kang
“A trembling dissolution filled the birds — The substance of their being was undone, And they were lost like shade…
Singing, Dancing, and Building with Kappa
Anarchitecture The term “anarchitecture” has been used independently by several figures,[1] but here, I adopt it in my own way.…
In the Waste of Others. Florentina Holzinger
It’s the first official pre-opening day of the 61st Venice Biennale and we, a group of eager art tourists, are…
The Sun Sets on Taix
As I write this, I’m in New York. But I’m homesick, so I’m driving down Sunset Boulevard through Ed Ruscha’s 12 Sunsets (1965–2007). Accessible via the Getty’s website,…
Jester House: Fire and Chaos
Architecture continues to reject its true sentiment. It attempts to act as a savior through the use of modernity, as can be seen in…
wet flicks of sound. Jenna Sutela
Like an owner that begins to resemble their dog, we humans have grown closer to our technologically saturated environments. What…
In Plain Sight
At its junction with the 10 and the 5 freeways on the southern edge of Boyle Heights, the 101 freeway…
Role-Casting in the Uncanny Valley. Adam Gordon
“The door of a house was just opened after a month. All of the windows are closed and the plastic blinds are pulled down.…
After You. Roni Horn
I. It is easy to start with the eyes. My first encounter with the work of Roni Horn involved an…
Plastic Visions. Tony Chrenka
As the first patents for industrial applications of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) were filed with the US Patent Office in the…
Let It Work If It Works. In Conversation with Rose Wylie
David Kohn: We’re here in your studio where you’ve been working for almost sixty years. The paintings are all gone…
Blank Spaces. Sung Tieu
Sung Tieu’s installations often appear austere; cold, manufactured surfaces reject the gaze, and the work assumes an almost passive-aggressive bureaucratic…
Karmic Modernism. In Conversation with Elizabeth Englander
It is taken as a maxim of our age that serious art is secular. Like most broad-stroke claims, this one folds when…
The tiniest event can tear a hole. Sara MacKillop
Greetings from January 1, 2026, on actual pen and paper! Sara MacKillop’s practice starts here. But not with the nihilism…