Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Writer-director Josephine Decker�s remarkably ambitious avant-garde film Madeline�s Madeline drills towards the molten core of the creative process and its […]
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Interview: Aleksandr Blanar, Justin Polera, and �A Strong Desire”
Contributed by Loren Britton / On the occasion of �A Strong Desire,� a sprawling summer group at PS120 in Berlin that explores sexual identity, the body, and […]
Jason Stopa: Inside and out
Contributed by Riad Miah / In “The Gate,” Jason Stopa’s fourth New York solo and his first one-person show at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects, […]
TEXTING: Julia Schwartz at LA Visitor Welcome Center
Mary Addison Hackett recently caught up with Julia Schwartz on the occasion of Schwartz’s show, “tenderly cradled and lavishly flung” at Los Angeles Visitor Welcome […]
Soberly upbeat: Summer shows at DC Moore
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Summer is irrevocably a time for diversion and good cheer, but how much escapism can be indulged in good conscience is relative […]
Facing reality: The Seattle Art Fair
Contributed by Erin Langner / In the center of the 2018 Seattle Art Fair, Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar‘s white neon script, hovering in Galerie Lelong’s booth, reads […]
Fiction: The Western Tailor [Shubha Sunder]
Contributed by Shubha Sunder / At seven o�clock Ramesh turns off the sewing machine, slings his leather bag over his shoulder, and says his customary good-bye […]
Art and Film: John Callahan�s Higher Power
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Growing up in Portland, Oregon, John Callahan, who would become a cartoonist noted for his dark, warped humor, had been […]
Fiction: Brooklyn Bento Box [Ara Tucker]
This week Ara Tucker, a graduate of Princeton University�s Art History and Visual Arts program and an alumna of the Bread Loaf Writers� Conference contributes �Brooklyn Bento Box,� a story about an […]
The 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This year hardworking panelists Julia Whitney Barnes (Dutchess), Franklin Evans (New York), Elliot Green (Columbia), Sarah McCoubrey (Onondaga), and Mie Yim (Kings) selected the The New […]
On July 4th: The art of decency
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Leave No Trace, Debra Granik�s first dramatic movie since her Winter�s Bone ushered in Jennifer Lawrence eight years ago, is among the best and […]
Summer studio: Catherine Howe in Clermont, NY
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Recently I was pleased to learn that Winston W�chter Fine Art in Chelsea and Seattle will be representing Catherine Howe, a […]
Fiction: The Square Drawing [Laurie Fendrich]
Today marks the beginning of the Two Coats of Paint fiction column, a special summer section featuring short stories about artists, collectors, galleries, and other matters […]
An artist�s story: Patrick Brennan
Contributed by Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein / Earlier this year, painter Patrick Brennan had a show at the artist-run gallery Essex Flowers. The title, �Drifter,” referred to […]
Made in LA: The personal is political
Contributed by Mary Addison Hackett / There may be a few artists working today who support the current administration in Washington, but it�s safe to […]
