Posts from September, 2015

“Not-knowing is most intimate”: Helen Mirra in Conversation with Emmalea Russo


The artist discusses her work and her developing approach to its facture.


J.S. (Je Suis/Jack Smith)


Artist Felix Bernstein describes to curator Jay Sanders his affair with the work and ghost of Jack Smith.


“Pathmakers” at MAD: Women and Design


an exhibition at the intersections of craft, gender and modernism


The Garage Arrives: Report from a New Museum


Moscow premieres a stunning museum for contemporary art.


Hilma af Klint and the Spiritual in an Artist


The proceedings of a recent symposium on af Klint’s work have been compiled into a new book.


Unruly Grace: Arlene Shechet in Boston


As stunning new show opens at Sikkema Jenkins & Co, a look back at last year’s retrospective at Boston’s ICA


Labor Day Shout Outs: Selected Shows Opening in New York


A dozen writers offer tips


“The didactic becomes important”: Sonny Assu with Kyra Kordoski


First Nations artist Sonny Assu discusses his indigenous history, his family, culture, and work.


Holy Hip-Hop: A Rodriguez Calero Retrospective


The inventive painter and collagist creates new ways of making art and showing the lives of unrepresented people and cultures.