“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.
Lipstick Traces: Taylor Mac's Satire Takes the Hand of Philanthropy in Its Teeth
Prosperous Fools turns a nonprofit ballet into a battlefield of ego, excess, and uneasy laughs.
BBBBBBBRYAN: Anti-Language, Anti-Painting
Bryan Castro’s solo exhibition at D. D. D. D. shares the frustrations of communicating through the digital digestion of word and form.
Indoctrinating Trauma and Inequality: “On Education”
At Amant, thirty-five selected artists provide a deep cultural investigation into the nature of what it means to educate.
Photography Is the Best Language
Introducing Worlds Through Minds, a global photo collective and community-funded gallery.
HELLO ETERNAL LOVING PRESENCE
Seven graduating artists present standout works in the 2025 Hunter MFA Thesis Show.
Learning to Fly with Ester Petukhova
A post-Soviet artist fills the gaps of New York’s archive of Brighton Beach with her second book, Little Odessa.
Celeste Talks DIY Attitudes and Mexican Hospitality
Artist duo Celeste welcomes collaboration and site specificity in their work.
You Know You’ve Seen Me Somewhere: Catalina Schliebener Muñoz
Muñoz’s new show at Olympia investigates nostalgia and American soft power through the looking glass of popular culture.
The “Structured Freedom” of Designer Panny Chayapumh
An interview with Chayapumh unveils the designer’s journey between Bangkok, Sydney, and New York.
Z.T. Nguyen: “Facts Are Bigger in the Dark”
The artist’s solo exhibition mythologizes transience, desire, pain, and what it means to be on the precipice of something.
Seeing Time: Alicja Kwade’s Clockwork
The artist’s current solo exhibition at Pace interrogates the constructed nature of time and space, emphasizing fluidity and phenomenology.
Mapping Self Through Sound: An Interview with Ari Melenciano
Melenciano’s practice, introspective and social at once, is grounded in self-study and open inquiry.
Zoé Blue M.: Girls Just Want to Play and Bathe
The artist transports us into her table tennis bathhouse at Jeffrey Deitch, a land of radical feminine joy and community.
A Car Driving Itself: In Conversation With the Directors of Pop Gun
Directors Gunner Dongieux and Karla Zurita reflect on running their concept-forward project space.