At NADA an Exhibition on Ukraine’s State of Emergency Unfolds

Incongruity theory, as championed by Emmanuel Kant, denotes laughter as a response to incongruity—i.e. ambiguity,…

Interview with Tulu Bayar: “A Space With No Border”

“London is an exotic city to me, I love it but it is not mine,”…

Neema Githere
A Workshop on Love and Afropresentism with Neema Githere

One Sunday, as the Israel-Hamas War raged, dividing nations and families, a workshop on Zoom…

Cringey and Ecstatic, Performa 2023 Captivates Audiences: A Collection of Brief Reviews

For its landmark 10th edition, from November 1-19 at venues across New York, Performa Biennial…

Interview with Warren Neidich About Wet Conceptualism

Adrian Piper’s Catalysis III, in which the artist walked around New York City wearing a…

Lesley Bodzy’s Sculptures Unleash, Unfurl, and Embrace

Through sculptures, Lesley Bodzy examines the transient nature of existence, trauma, loss and desire in…

Not a Square: Josh Harlan’s Minimalist Approach to Data Visualization

Statistics and data analytics may seem daunting and therefore difficult to question. The artist Josh…

Nikita Gale. OTHERSEASONS; 2023. Performa Commission 2023. Photographed by Maria Baranova. Courtesy of Performa.
Nikita Gale Loosens Attitudes Around Sound With Her Performa 2023 Commission

Nikita Gale is on a tear. We talked over Zoom video conference in early October,…

Beatriz Cortez Visualized the Mayan Underworld and Traveled It Up the Hudson River

“Mayans believed that volcanic ash came up from their sacred underworld,” Beatriz Cortez tells a…

“Parasites and Vessels” Conveys the Resilience of Immigrants

As has been proven time and time again, despite the promise of “Life, Liberty, and…

Maxwell Stevens’ Subtle and Layered Beach Paintings

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the musician Bad Bunny said that since he…

“Elemental Vortex,” Mónica Giron’s Exhibition in New York

Nature is as vast as it is impossible to be fully grasped, something that Mónica…

Floria González’s “Mixtape” Brings Music to Life

  In Mixtape, JO-HS Tribeca gallery becomes a tuning space where Floria González’s paintings resonate…

Water-bound Semiotics of Displacement and Refuge

I wonder if the curators were thinking about Millais’s “Ophelia,” as the exhibition “Enmeshed, Dreams…

White Cube New York’s Inaugural Show Alludes to 90s Hip-Hop

“A chopped and screwed mixtape,” writes critic Sasha Bonét, “is a slicing and a stirring.…

On Governors Island, You Can Look into the “Eye” of an Oyster

  Oysters, once ingeniously described by critic Travis Diehl as “bivalve Venus,” have an uncanny…

Folk Toys Temple, Where Sound Art Guides Epiphanies

The curator-driven fair SPRING/BREAK serves as a launchpad for both seasoned and emerging professionals. This…

Holler Rat, a Memoir as a Performance: Christen Clifford Interviews Anya Liftig

  Between 2012 and 2018, both Anya Liftig and I were active in the Bushwick…