That nice little wrinkle on my neck, the neat little spinal column under my skin. I would like to eat myself. My breasts are the mountains where the rivers rise. My belly is the lake. My wrist wallows in it. Down through the turmoil of my pubic hair. Sticky with blood. Vulnerability in person. My […]

“HIDE/SEEK: Difference & Desire in American Portraiture,” which started its journey at the National Portrait Gallery, will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from 18 November – 12 February 2012. Art Historian and activist Jonathan Katz, who conceived of the show, sat down with us to discuss its inception, politics, and impact. Kate Meng […]

Fluxus, which means “to flow” in Latin, was a radical international network of artists, composers and writers known for their pranks and for blurring the distinction between art and everyday life. The founder of this “loose organism” was an American, George Maciunas (1931-1978). This exhibition of more than 75 works was culled from the Maciunas […]

As the artworld gears up for what will be another exciting season the following is a guidemap to who’s happening and where.  Artists such as Banks Violette, Gavin Perry, Jen Stark, Jason Rhodes and Erica Fromme are just a few of the big names this season.  The Miami fairs are central to the season, showcasing […]

It is a “big ask” of any artist to create a work for the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, the onetime hub of the old power station with its cathedral like proportions.  “The Unilever Series” was launched in 2000 with Louise Bourgeois’ I Do, I Undo, I Redo, a giant spider full of malignant, maternal […]

CCTV/Creative Control seeks to question the oppressive mechanisms and discourses implemented in the city through the temporary appropriation of public space. The intervention consists of a video projection displaying an over-sized eye onto the lower surface of the 10-story-height Milton Street water tower in Brooklyn, New York. Still the highest point in the area, until it […]

Peter Acheson: We were in Yellowstone Park a few summers ago with my kids. We get out to Wyoming and my daughter starts getting symptoms of Bell’s palsy. The doctors are like, “We can’t deal with this here, we gotta get her to an ER.” All of a sudden this young RN comes out going, […]

Having been remiss in the article I promised to send you I thought that I would list all of the very good artists that are not overly known in the U.S. that I came across during my brief sojourn in Europe this summer. I will forward this outline as a beginning to what was promised. […]

Emily Auchincloss: You started out making large installations. For an installation artist, space is a primary medium, and you have maintained its primacy in your paintings. Why did you switch to working on canvas? Laura Newman: I had been painting directly on walls and floors and it made me sad to paint everything out at […]

Galerie de Roussan is pleased to present “Study of a Territory”, a group show with Ghislain Amar, Nastassia Conquet, Pablo Cavero, and Hannah Wade. Conceived and curated by Thomas Arsac, this exhibition presents four young artists whose practice has been inspired by traveling abroad to live in a new territory. First of all there is […]