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—1 — Is it the end? Has the end finally come? No one is sure exactly when it’s happening. We…
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Carolee Schneemann “Body Politics” Barbican Centre / London
“Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics,” on view at the Barbican Centre, begins with paintings. The opening text reads: “I’m a painter.…
Even My Subconscious Is Self-Conscious: Okay Kaya
The preternaturally gifted artist, musician, model and actress Kaya Wilkins — known in the creative industry as Okay Kaya —…
Cyprien Gaillard “HUMPTY \ DUMPTY” Palais de Tokyo and Lafayette Anticipations / Paris
Having received nearly simultaneous invitations from a pair of Parisian institutions, Cyprien Gaillard proposed an exhibition that could heap the…
Sissel Tolaas “RE__________” ICA Philadelphia
It’s a disturbing sight, at first: a person up against the wall of the ICA in Philadelphia, sniffing it. Then…
“The Milk of Dreams”: A Posthuman Revolution at the 59th Venice Biennale
Cecilia Alemani has curated a posthuman biennial, or so the worldwide press reports. The New York curator used the term…
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”…
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,…