For his first solo exhibition in New York, Jesse Greenberg reveals himself as a sensual materialist who balances freely between the two seemingly incongruous worlds of the natural and synthetic. The works range in scale from midsized to small sculptures and reliefs, and are arranged in a way that is comfortable, intimate, and results in […]

From February 17 – 19 2013, Sarah Gold and Karlyn De Jongh introspected Ben Vautier in Nice, France. Through different performances – round table conversations, body painting, communication through written texts, or by lying together in bed in the ‘Ben Room’ of their hotel – ‘Ben’ was investigated, openly discussing any topic. The following text is […]

In one of his poems, Charles Simic talks about stopping before a closed butcher shop on a late-night walk, where “There are knives that glitter like altars/ in a dark church.” Michael Brennan’s new razor paintings have this feel to them, that of wandering your neighborhood after dark and making it strange again and again. […]

Driven by a wish to do good for society, Yoko Ono (1933, Tokyo, Japan) creates works—ideas, scores, performances, sculptures, installations, music—that address the effect of ideas on the actions of human beings, allowing the viewer to see things in a new light. Yoko Ono’s new work Arising was presented at the 55th Venice Biennale at […]

Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and what is your family background? Greg Sholette: To be honest, growing up outside Philadelphia watching Jacques Cousteau specials on television, my real childhood ambition was to become a marine biologist not an artist. You know, slip on a wetsuit, jump in a submersible, discover new types […]

Paul Kneale is an artist and writer based in London. Kneale’s upcoming shows and projects include Art Gallery of Ontario, Galleries, Lafayette Paris, and/or London. He co­runs Library+ project space and plays in the band TINA. Here are his selections for the best shows of last year. 1. Morag Keil, Potpourri at Cubitt Gallery, London Consisting of a single video that was also available online, positioning a visit to the space as nearly redundant. snippets of dialog from a celeb sex tape rehearsed in mundane settings who’s filming seemed alternately meticulous and distracted. HD/SD. Choices. A strobe light held on a moving motorcycle.  This video somehow unsettled me more than anything I’ve seen recently on […]

Claudia Eve Beauchesne is an art historian, writer and curator. She is currently curator of programming at Formats in Montreal, Canada, and is working on a non-fiction book about the East Village art scene of the 1980s. Her writing on contemporary art, cinema and popular culture has appeared in NY Arts, Packet, Kolaj, I Love Bad Movies, and Come on Down. […]

Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and what is your family background? Maddy Rosenberg: I can’t say I was conscious of a point where I “became” an artist, as I don’t remember a time when I didn’t make art. I would spend time after school or during summer breaks designing and constructing puppet […]

Stephen Knudsen is an artist and professor of painting at Savannah College of Art and Design. He is the senior editor of ARTPULSE Magazine, a contributing writer to the Huffington Post, NY Arts Magazine, and Hyperallergic. He is the senior editor of the anthology the Art of Critique, forthcoming in 2014. Here are his selections from 2013: 1. Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Olentoja (Creatures) at […]

How persistent is the wish to somehow find a human face in whatever kind of art—to see a real presence there that invites us to know its secrets and enjoy its troubles? How powerful is that illusion of a real presence, when a ramshackle and effaced effigy, an ugly or beautiful scarecrow clothed and stuffed […]