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…
Magazine Articles
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.…
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…
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.…
Madrid: 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)…