BEAUTY
Inside a New Monograph Celebrating the Legacy of Photographer David Armstrong
July 15, 2024
The latest issue of MATTE Magazine is dedicated to the work of the iconic fashion photographer David Armstrong, who died in 2014.
IN STUDIO
The Girls Of SC103 Take Us Behind The Scenes Of Their Solo Show At Theta
July 12, 2024
Shortly after “Chimera” opened, the duo behind the indie fashion brand got on the phone to tell us about transforming their scraps and studies into a gallery show.
ICON
Artist Penny Slinger Left the Male Gaze in the 70s
July 11, 2024
To mark the reedition of her groundbreaking and once-censored 1977 book “An Exorcism,” the British photographer joined us to consider her life and legacy.
ANDY
“Warhol Wanted to Be a Girl”: Klaus Biesenbach, in Conversation With Wayne Koestenbaum
July 10, 2024
To mark the opening of “Andy Warhol: Velvet Rage and Beauty” at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the curator talked to the Warhol biographer about the pop icon’s varied and provocative conceptions of male beauty.
OPENING
Sophia Giovannitti on Critics, Complicity, and Cowboy Theory
July 10, 2024
The artist and author calls up Visitor Design to talk about data, love, violence, and her brand new solo show at Blade Study gallery in Chinatown.
MATCH POINT
Harry Nuriev Dreams Up A Silver Ping Pong Parlor For India Mahdavi
July 9, 2024
At the Project Room, the Paris Gallery space run by India Mahdavi, Russian architect and designer Harry Nuriev is inviting visitors to blend art and sport.
COLLECTOR
Meet Angela Hill, the Photographer Behind the World’s Coolest Bookshop
July 8, 2024
The fashion photographer and co-founder of IDEA Books talked to us about Ibiza, “Paris Texas,” starting her own publishing arm, and her lifelong love of collecting.
PERFORMANCE
At 77 Years Old, Pat Oleszko Finally Gets Her Own Gallery Show
July 5, 2024
The 77-year old performance artist tells us about her time spent as “Pat The Hippie Strippy,” and that one time she was arrested for imitating the Pope at the Vatican.
ICON
Steven Klein on Pride, Censorship, and His Favorite Madonna Memory
June 28, 2024
“The culture has actually gotten a little bit more conservative,” says the photographer, looking back on his racy collaborations with Madonna and Nicole Kidman.
SMOKE BREAK
“Gentrification Is Fucked Up”: We Got Stoned With Artist Derrick Adams
June 28, 2024
At the trailblazing artist’s studio, we enjoyed a five-course meal, each with a cannabis pairing, and talked gentrification, cartoons, and his latest sculpture, “The Holdout II.”
VENICE BIENNALE
How Sappho and Kate Bush Inspired Artist F Taylor Colantonio’s Venice Exhibition
June 28, 2024
The designer and sculptor talks about his Venice Biennale exhibition, “Frutti di Mare,” and the city’s rich history as a site of escape and reprieve for gay men.
OPENING
In Her New Show, Painter Amanda Wall Eroticizes Her Favorite Subject: Herself
June 26, 2024
Ahead of her solo show at Almine Rech, the painter talked to her ex-boyfriend, Purple Magazine’s Olivier Zahm, about sexuality, self-portraiture, and the suburbs.
IN STUDIO
How Japanese Coming-of-Age Films Influenced Painter Xingzi Gu’s New Show
June 26, 2024
The emerging painter discusses the themes of sexual desire and internet subcultures that form their solo exhibition “Pure Heart Hall,” now on view at Lubov.
PERFORMANCE
“I Want To Terrorize Americans”: Crackhead Barney Strikes Back
June 19, 2024
Following a dramatic guest appearance on Piers Morgan, the artist called up Brontez Purnell to talk Trump rallies, Black titties, and babysitting men.
DREAM MACHINE
Nona Hendryx Invites Carrie Mae Weems Inside Her Virtual Reality
June 17, 2024
The artist and musician tells friend and photographer Carrie Mae Weems about her mixed reality installation now on view at Lincoln Center.
PANEL
Photographers Zanele Muholi And Catherine Opie On Capturing The Harsh Realities Of Queer Life
June 14, 2024
Shortly after her eponymous exhibition opened at Southern Guild, Zanele Muholi joined Catherine Opie on a panel moderated by LACMA curator Britt Salvesen.
RAZA
Reynaldo Rivera and Willy Chavarria on Cholas, Crazy Exes, and Gang Rites
June 12, 2024
The photographer, who’s currently presenting his very first solo show at MoMA PS1, has a long-awaited reunion with fashion designer and longtime friend Willy Chavarria.
ARTIST
Diamond Stingily and Arthur Jafa on Ego, Grief, and Dopamine
June 12, 2024
“I try not to get too caught up in what an article or a paragraph about me says, because there’s more to me than that.”
IN STUDIO
In Her New Show, Painter Emily Ferguson Explores the Lore of the It Girl
June 12, 2024
In her new show at Nicodim Gallery, “It Girl,” the painter meditates on the female experience by rendering famous women like Nico and Carrie Bradshaw on canvas.
IN STUDIO
Artist Suzanne McClelland on Self-Annihilation and Social Cannibalism
June 6, 2024
The 64-year-old painter tells us how the practice of reading tea leaves inspired her current solo exhibition “Highland Seer,” now on view at Marianne Boesky Gallery.