“The Elegy of Distance”: A Return and a Farewell
Christopher Rincón discusses Michael Tracy’s devotion to form, place, and collaborative craft.
Face to Face: July 2025
Studio visits with Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Austin Clay Willis, Jennifer Shin, Dragan Strukelj, and Joël Brodovsky-Adams.
The Engrossing Psychology of Ophelia Arc
The artist’s solo show, The Natal Lacuna, prioritizes a deeply psychological and feminine perspective of her past.
Magali Lara: “Stitched to the Body”
A retrospective lets Magali Lara’s work unfold like a personal diary, pulled across decades of experimentation.
On Exhibition Design with Grace Caiazza
Grace Caiazza discusses the art of exhibition design and her design for KAJE World’s Arachnophobia.
Immigrant Theatermakers Take Center Stage at Global Forms
A conversation with curator James Clements and playwright Francisco Mendoza, theatermakers supporting the next generation of immigrant artists.
Identity as Process of Mutual Becoming
María Paula Suárez reflects on identity and belonging in the context of her participation in the UN’s 80th anniversary show.
Jochen Mühlenbrink’s Illusions
A painter’s tricky techniques both obscure and reveal—and illustrate a contemporary logic of images.
“No Longer Me”: Displacement Echoed in Steel and Sound
Wael Haffar Habbal’s exhibition at GHOSTMACHINE trace journeys across a fractured landscape.
On a Field of Wild Glyphs
The 2024–25 Al Held Archives Fellow examines the mutability of linguistic signs and painterly abstraction.
Creighton Baxter and Agnes Walden Take Us Inside Their “Mercy Clubhouse”
The two trans artists dig deep into their first collaborative exhibition staged at the Brooklyn-based gallery SPILL 180.
Emma Sarpaniemi on Costume, Color, and the Camera’s Gaze
A Finnish artist turns self-portraiture into a playground of identity and subtle rebellion.
Cosmic Bodies, Collective Futures: In Conversation with Tanya Aguiñiga
With tenderness and urgency, Weighted at albertz benda NY reclaims craft as a site of resistance and connection.
“002 Fusion”: A Jest in Three Acts
On collaboration, caricature, and the marketability of Asian individuality.
“Rainbird” Ascends into the Ethereal
An experimental opera about death and resurrection uses music to craft a haunting sonic whole.
Palestinian Love and American Bureaucracy in “Mo” (2022–)
Netflix’s Mo, written by comedians, writers, and actors Mohammed Amer and Ramy Youssef, is a refugee story told with honesty and humor.
A Clown Walks into the Crowd
In Julia Masli’s Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, laughter is the foundation of building community and collective problem-solving.
Dylan Rose Rheingold Unlocks Our Core Memories
In Dylan Rose Rheingold’s The Blueprint at Ward Gallery, the artist reignites childhood nostalgia and play.
