Fragments of Control: Visual Essay from Home by Betsy Johnson
In conversation with Jordan Richman Betsy Johnson’s latest body of work unfolds like a game you’re dropped into without a…
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Alex Margo Arden “Safety Curtain” Auto Italia / London
Auto Italia’s street-facing window displays facsimile posters for Les Misérables. On them, a text addendum reads: “Tonight’s performance has been…
Viscosities. A Conversation with Lucy Beech
Through their recent films, installations, and research, Lucy Beech investigates the dreams and troubles of matter in flux, sharing visions…
Julius Eastman and Glenn Ligon “Evil Nigger” 52 Walker / New York
To be out of joint takes having perspective and moral fire; it takes disdain for the status quo and convention.…
Hypnotic Laugh Track
“It did what all ads are supposed to do: create an anxiety relievable by purchase.” – David Foster Wallace, Infinite…
Mike Kelley “Ghost and Spirit” Tate Modern, London
“Ghost and Spirit,” the first major UK retrospective of Mike Kelley’s work, begins with “Personality Crisis” (1982). Three large signatures:…
Surface Compressions. Coumba Samba
What is “raw material” in an age of ready-mades? For Coumba Samba, it is color. Her show “Red Gas” (2024)…
Model City
“You see the eastern critics and historians that assigned Chicago the place of the skeleton frame, thereby, you know, together…
Cosima von Bonin “Songs for Gay Dogs” MUDAM / Luxembourg
Cosima von Bonin’s exhibition “Songs for Gay Dogs” at MUDAM, Luxembourg, is defined by dynamics of generosity and restraint: what…
Enemy from Space
Los Angeles, November 2024 I am obsessed with the entanglement of truth and fiction. This fascination may have started without…
“Scientia Sexualis” ICA / Los Angeles
“I’ve always been grossed out by the vagina,” my friend, a gold-star gay, deadpans as we survey the landmark group…
Spatial Choreographies. A Conversation with Brett Ginsburg
During an inspiring video conversation over coffee with New York City-based artist Brett Ginsburg – an evening decaf espresso for…
ESPAC Foundation, Mexico City. A Conversation with Laura Orozco
I’ve long admired Laura Orozco — not only as a colleague and fellow curator but for the transformative work she…
Martine Syms “Total” Lafayette Anticipations / Paris
Martine Syms’s work combines humor and social commentary to addressAfrican-American consciousness, its relationship to feminist thought, radical theoretical models, and…
when the party’s over. Jasmine Gregory
If the fantasy, or idea, of America presents an archetype of love-bombing, Jasmine Gregory’s work lays bare the seduction and…
“After Images” Julia Stoschek Foundation / Berlin
“After Images” at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin is an exhibition without images — or almost. Most of the more…