MOTHER
“I’m Like a Picasso, Distorted and Expensive”: Ivana Vladislava Gets Freaky With Anna Uddenberg
August 22, 2024
At a cafe in Berlin, artist, muse, and eternal mother Ivana Vladislava talked to Anna Uddenberg about the politics of celebrity and what it means to be an it-girl.
ORAL HISTORY
“At Night Was When We Lived”: The Life and Death of Disco Doorman Haoui Montaug
August 21, 2024
In this oral history, friends, family, and acquaintances of the legendary doorman and artist Haoui Montaug look back on his life and legacy.
SMOKE BREAK
“Very Demure, Very Mindful”: A Ten-Minute Cig With Performer Nile Harris
August 13, 2024
After wrapping his weekend show “minor b” at The Shed, artist and performer Nile Harris told us how he maintains his artistic integrity while dancing with the devil.
MEN
Peter Vack on Jesus, Male Rage, and Why He’s Not Really a Party Boy
August 12, 2024
“There’s a misperception about me that I’m a party guy,” says the multi-hyphenate, who sat down with Madeline Cash after publishing his debut novel, “Sillyboy.”
OPENING
Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches Still Thinks Art Can Save the World
August 9, 2024
The indie rocker joined us at DIMIN Gallery downtown to talk about chaos magic, using ketamine for inspiration, and his new show, “Transfiguration of the Comedian.”
STUDIO VISIT
Why Travis Fish Took Three Baths a Day While Painting His New Solo Show
July 31, 2024
To mark his solo exhibition, “That Dog In Me,” at Jupiter Gallery, the painter talked to art multi-hyphenate Josué Thomas about the weirder aspects of his creative process.
SMOKE BREAK
“No Free Toes”: A Cigarette Break With Photographer Emilio Tamez
July 29, 2024
For this week’s Smoke Break, the photographer stepped outside with us at her downtown monograph launch to talk diamonds, couture, and chameleonic muses.
IN THE FAMILY
How Mother-Daughter Duo Suleika Jaouad and Anne Francey Turned Adversity Into Art
July 17, 2024
As the mother and daughter prepared to open a joint show at ArtYard, they explained how Jaouad’s leukemia diagnosis inspired her to paint.
BEAUTY
Inside a New Monograph Celebrating the Legacy of Photographer David Armstrong
July 15, 2024
The latest issue of MATTE Magazine is dedicated to the work of the iconic fashion photographer David Armstrong, who died in 2014.
IN STUDIO
The Girls Of SC103 Take Us Behind The Scenes Of Their Solo Show At Theta
July 12, 2024
Shortly after “Chimera” opened, the duo behind the indie fashion brand got on the phone to tell us about transforming their scraps and studies into a gallery show.
ICON
Artist Penny Slinger Left the Male Gaze in the 70s
July 11, 2024
To mark the reedition of her groundbreaking and once-censored 1977 book “An Exorcism,” the British photographer joined us to consider her life and legacy.
ANDY
“Warhol Wanted to Be a Girl”: Klaus Biesenbach, in Conversation With Wayne Koestenbaum
July 10, 2024
To mark the opening of “Andy Warhol: Velvet Rage and Beauty” at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the curator talked to the Warhol biographer about the pop icon’s varied and provocative conceptions of male beauty.
OPENING
Sophia Giovannitti on Critics, Complicity, and Cowboy Theory
July 10, 2024
The artist and author calls up Visitor Design to talk about data, love, violence, and her brand new solo show at Blade Study gallery in Chinatown.
MATCH POINT
Harry Nuriev Dreams Up A Silver Ping Pong Parlor For India Mahdavi
July 9, 2024
At the Project Room, the Paris Gallery space run by India Mahdavi, Russian architect and designer Harry Nuriev is inviting visitors to blend art and sport.
COLLECTOR
Meet Angela Hill, the Photographer Behind the World’s Coolest Bookshop
July 8, 2024
The fashion photographer and co-founder of IDEA Books talked to us about Ibiza, “Paris Texas,” starting her own publishing arm, and her lifelong love of collecting.
PERFORMANCE
At 77 Years Old, Pat Oleszko Finally Gets Her Own Gallery Show
July 5, 2024
The 77-year old performance artist tells us about her time spent as “Pat The Hippie Strippy,” and that one time she was arrested for imitating the Pope at the Vatican.
ICON
Steven Klein on Pride, Censorship, and His Favorite Madonna Memory
June 28, 2024
“The culture has actually gotten a little bit more conservative,” says the photographer, looking back on his racy collaborations with Madonna and Nicole Kidman.
SMOKE BREAK
“Gentrification Is Fucked Up”: We Got Stoned With Artist Derrick Adams
June 28, 2024
At the trailblazing artist’s studio, we enjoyed a five-course meal, each with a cannabis pairing, and talked gentrification, cartoons, and his latest sculpture, “The Holdout II.”
VENICE BIENNALE
How Sappho and Kate Bush Inspired Artist F Taylor Colantonio’s Venice Exhibition
June 28, 2024
The designer and sculptor talks about his Venice Biennale exhibition, “Frutti di Mare,” and the city’s rich history as a site of escape and reprieve for gay men.
OPENING
In Her New Show, Painter Amanda Wall Eroticizes Her Favorite Subject: Herself
June 26, 2024
Ahead of her solo show at Almine Rech, the painter talked to her ex-boyfriend, Purple Magazine’s Olivier Zahm, about sexuality, self-portraiture, and the suburbs.