Art

ICON

Mickalene Thomas on Monet, Mentorship, and Maria Grazia Chiuri

May 2, 2023

“Art is about challenging the viewer and challenging yourself.”

ARTE

Zelika Garcia and Paola Castelo on Mexico’s Booming Arts Scene

April 14, 2023

“I think it’s admirable that so many [of us] are coming together to try to take action to create some systemic change.”

ART

Enter Josh Kline’s Dystopian World

April 11, 2023

The multidisciplinary artist tells his friend Galcher Lustwerk about “Project for a New American Century,” a survey of his work on view this spring at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

NOIR

Photographer Gregory Crewdson on Blue Velvet and the Berkshires

April 10, 2023

“I’m not technical, but I know how I want my pictures to look.”

DOWNTOWN

“This is All Make-Believe”: Meet Peter BD, The Phoneless Downtown Curator

March 17, 2023

“I feel like I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing now if I had a phone.”

MULTIVERSE

Daniel Kwan and Alex Prager Talk Prophecies and Practical Effects

March 10, 2023

“God can be very broad.”

IN CONVERSATION

Terence Nance Introduces Solange to His Imaginary Friend

March 9, 2023

“Scary Mary over here is jumping ship as soon as she hears the word initiation.”

IT'S PERSONAL

Three Girls Take One Gallery in a Sensual Show at OCDChinatown

February 28, 2023

“There’s so many ways to fuck yourself up with art. It feels endurance-based.”

IN CONVERSATION

Thelonious Stokes and Chance the Rapper Bring the South Side to Ghana

February 22, 2023

“We’re the security guards in God’s club.”

PAINTER

Ariana Papademetropoulos Paints (and Parties) Like the World Is Ending

February 21, 2023

The artist talks to “Interview” impresario Bob Colacello about growing up on two sides of Los Angeles, lounging in bed at the Louvre, and the return of surrealism.

ART

Ser Serpas Tells Hari Nef Why She’s Ready to Come Home

February 15, 2023

The artist talks to her old friend about a new solo show, now on view at Swiss Institute.

NATURE

Cy Gavin and Hilton Als on Surveillance, Sequoias, and Self-Preservation

February 9, 2023

While prepping for his spring show at Gagosian, the painter chatted with his friend about art as a refuge and his newfound passion for gardening. 

ABNORMCORE

DIS Is Back in Berlin With Everything But The World

February 9, 2023

Last Friday, the subversive art collective drew a crowd at the opening of their latest show.

ART HISTORY

How the Artist Larry Stanton Archived a Generation Lost to AIDS

February 9, 2023

“The only indication that they ever passed through life are his drawings.”

IN CONVERSATION

For Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie, People Are Portraits Waiting to Happen

February 1, 2023

“It’s really about being curious to a fault. Everything is interesting.”

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How Quaaludes Brought Durk Dehner to Tom of Finland’s Attention

January 18, 2023

“If you had inhibitions, quaaludes would liberate you. You just did what you felt like doing.”

IN CONVERSATION

“We Come to Fuck Shit Up”: Theaster Gates Gets Deep with Arthur Jafa

January 10, 2023

“We’re not supposed to attend Virgil’s funeral, we just aren’t supposed to.”

BUTTS

Joseph Altuzarra Wants You to Know Alvin Baltrop

December 21, 2022

“The jockstrap picture is my favorite.”

in conversation

Chrissy Angliker and Anna Sheffield Are High on Tulips

December 21, 2022

“You can’t always be making art, but you can always be an artist.”

IN CONVERSATION

Mathew Cerletty and Naomi Fry on Sconces and “Suburban Dread”

December 19, 2022

“We should do a Triscuit takeover.”