Rineke Dijkstra “Beach Portraits” Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
There is no shortage of these images circulating around the internet, but coming face to face with them is another…
Magazine Articles
Sculpting Light. A Conversation with Nana Wolke
When I speak with Nana Wolke over Zoom, she has just returned to New York after spending Christmas in Ljubljana,…
Cyprien Gaillard’s Danse Macabre
Death, the great social equalizer, is the subject of Hans Holbein’s The Dance of Death: a collection of forty-one woodcuts…
Happy Accidents, Silver Linings: Nat Faulkner
Nat Faulkner produces images — but also the potential for images. He uses photography’s sleight of hand, from the micro…
Not (Not) An Autobiography. A Conversation with Sophie Calle
Arriving at Sophie Calle’s studio in Malakoff on a rainy day, one steps into a quiet courtyard where an urban-yet-wild…
Scaling Collapse: David Eskenazi
Crisis Formalism has a subcategory: “Collapse.” This is the most challenging stance taken in the issue, as it demands absolute…
TAVROS, Athens. A Conversation with Maria-Thalia Carras
When I visited TAVROS to speak with its founder and director, Maria-Thalia Carras, I had already consumed three of my…
Julie Mehretu “A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory” Museum of Contemporary Art Australia / Sydney
Julie Mehretu has been lauded as one of the most important contemporary artists of our time. The New York Times…
Nasty Girl Kills English Language. Ebun Sodipo
Start with the opening scene of Spike Lee’s 1996 comedy Girl 6, in which an as yet no-name aspiring actress,…
Amy Feldman “Good Fortune” Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna
Visitors to Austria’s capital often seek traces of Vienna circa 1900 – a time when Gustav Klimt painted his opulent,…
Jon Rafman: Virtual Flânerie.
For nearly two decades, Jon Rafman has been a leading voice in the discourse about the relationship between Internet technology…
Cerith Wyn Evans “Borrowed Light Through Metz” Centre Pompidou Metz
Cerith Wyn Evans has created a time-based installation that transforms Centre Pompidou-Metz into a vessel for experiencing “borrowed lights” across…
Asymptotic Form. Tiffany Sia
A note to the readers: The author recommends We Don’t Trust You by Future and Metro Boomin as atmospheric listening…
Eastern Values. A Conversation with Shirin Neshat
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 197, November–December 1997 Lina Bertucci: Your work deals with very large and complex…
THE OTHER SEES IN MY EYES. Peng Zuqiang
The draw of nonfiction filmmaking often lies in its indexical quality — not only its ability to capture real people,…
Like Sleeping Beauty. A Conversation with Anne Imhof
Arthur Jafa: Ok, we’re at my studio in LA. [laughs] Where do we start? Anne Imhof: I thought we’d talk.…