Alexander Iolas, Also Known as Alexander the Great
March 10, 2014
Alexander Iolas was an eccentric Greek dealer who is credited with introducing America to major Surrealist figures–including René Magritte, Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico. He also gave a certain 23-year-old Pittsburgh-born illustrator his first show: “Andy Warhol: 15 Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote,” in 1952.
Rachel Uffner in Situ
March 5, 2014
36-year-old gallerist Rachel Uffner emerged on the scene in 2008–not exactly the most oppurtune year to launch a business. More fortunate, or perhaps by sharp instinct, was that she set up shop on Orchard Street, a little below Grand, amid rickety tenement buildings and Chinatown offshoots.
Damian Loeb’s Universe
March 3, 2014
“The best photorealism can’t beat a printer, and I have a really nice printer,” Damian Loeb laughs. “I don’t want to go blind doing what a printer can do.”
Germaine Richier’s Forest
February 28, 2014
To walk into a room filled with the sculptures of Germaine Richier is to enter a mythic, uncanny forest.
Vivienne Westwood Red Label
February 24, 2014
Fashion month continues with London Fashion Week, and Interview photographers Louise Damgaard, Vita Hewison, and Alice Lubbock are backstage and front row at our favorite shows. Check in daily and follow Louise, Vita, and Alice on Interview‘s Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, for the latest updates. Vivienne Westwood is the party responsible for Pharrell William’s apparently Canadian Mountie-inspired […]
Kysa Johnson’s Atomic Art
February 24, 2014
Some artists struggle to make sense of their work, but Kysa Johnson has hers down to a science.
Michelle Obama Visits the New Museum
February 21, 2014
Yesterday morning at the New Museum, the artist Trey Speegle stood surrounded by children, mingling in front of his painting. The room was waiting in anticipation for something not often seen in the downtown art world: the arrival of Michelle Obama.
Topshop Unique
February 21, 2014
Last week, Topshop Unique, the higher-end counterpart to the British retail store, gave us a collection like nothing else. This was mostly because it had a little bit of everything.
Peter Pilotto
February 19, 2014
Peter Pilotto’s graphic prints have always drawn on a wide array of inspirations.
Opening Ceremony
February 18, 2014
Bars of chocolate, offered on silver trays, greeted attendees at last week’s Opening Ceremony show. It turned out that was only the start of the sugar rush.
Marc by Marc Jacobs
February 18, 2014
What would Wednesday Adams wear if she were, say, 25, living in London, and picking up a motocross hobby? It might look something like Marc by Marc Jacob’s Fall/Winter 2014 show.
Drawing with Pawel Althamer
February 13, 2014
Around noon on Tuesday, the artist PaweÅ? Althamer was on the fourth floor of The New Museum, drawing on the walls and around.
Thom Sweeney’s Suitable Notions
February 12, 2014
Yesterday morning, London-based label Thom Sweeney launched ready-to-wear versions of its bespoke menswear on Mr Porter.
Tim Coppens
February 10, 2014
For his sixth show in New York, Belgian designer Tim Coppens stuck to sharp silhouettes, presenting a collection dominated by outerwear with modern shapes.
Cozy and Comfortable Houghton x Birkenstock
February 10, 2014
Houghton’s second collaboration with Birkenstock came as a gentle vision of comfort.
Diana Al-Hadid’s Babylon
February 2, 2014
Moments after arriving at artist Diana Al-Hadid’s Bushwick studio, we witnessed a small victory: a house, a miniature version of the artist’s own in Ohio, begins to float. Her assistant had managed to balance it on a steel strand.
First Dibs: Jean Paul Gaultier Pre-Fall Look 21
January 31, 2014
It doesn’t take a fashion genius to figure out that Jean Paul Gaultier created this look—just take a look at that visible leather bra.
Alpine Art
January 30, 2014
“Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and Hell,” on view through March 8 in the ski-resort village of Gstaad, Switzerland, is the first of a site-specific art series designed by writer and curator Neville Wakefield and artist Olympia Scarry.
Bigger Is Better
January 28, 2014
Size matters for “The Big Picture,” the latest show at the New York Academy of Art.
David LaChapelle’s Industrial Hallucinations
January 24, 2014
After retiring from fashion and most commercial photography in 2006, David LaChapelle moved to Hawaii, planning to spend his days farming and relaxing in the tropics.