People As Artists Look for Alternatives to the ‘Limiting’ Aspects of Figuration, Art Historian David Getsy Surveys the Landscape of Queer Abstraction “I've been interested in figuring out the histories of queer art that do not immediately announce themselves as queer," Getsy said. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Jun 30, 2022
People Artist Wu Tsang Dives Into the Depths of ‘Moby Dick’ With Three Simultaneous Shows About Melville’s ‘Flamboyant, Queer’ Saga The works are on view at the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Biennial, and the Shed. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Apr 28, 2022
People ‘Dirt, Body, or Voice, Everything Is Fair Game’: The Art World’s Favorite Musician, Moses Sumney, Is Taking on Visual Art Next The genre-bending artist’s film 'Blackalachia' is the centerpiece of his first solo gallery show at Nicola Vassell. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Feb 3, 2022
People Filmmaker Gus Van Sant First Saw the Mona Lisa When He Was 11. Sixty Years Later, She’s the Inspiration for His Paintings Van Sant is showing his new paintings at Vito Schnabel's gallery in Switzerland. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Jan 18, 2022
Pop Culture Sylvester Stallone on Why He Painted ‘Rocky’ Before He Wrote the Movie, and Why It Took Him So Long to Come Out as an Artist We caught up with the actor as he opens a new painting survey. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Dec 22, 2021
People ‘Most Rock Guys Do Art When They Don’t Tour’: Alice Cooper on Collecting Warhol, Collaborating With Dalí, and His Own Budding Painting Practice Cooper says Surrealist art inspired his legendary shock-rock act. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Oct 26, 2021
People ‘Technology Is an Extension of Our Bodies’: Why David Cronenberg Made Video Art About His Own Death as His First NFT The NFT is on sale now on the platform SuperRare. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Sep 17, 2021
Art World How Martine Gutierrez Turned Herself Into Cleopatra, Mulan, and Other Historical Heroines for a Public Art Project in Bus Shelters Across the U.S. "I want to make something on my own terms," Gutierrez said. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Sep 7, 2021
People ‘Museums Might in Fact Be Broken’: Cult Art Space Founder Lia Gangitano on Championing Queer Art Outside the Mainstream The founder of the New York's Participant Inc. wonders why the art world praises shows as "museum-worthy." By Osman Can Yerebakan, Jun 25, 2021
Art World ‘I’m Building My Own Mythology’: How a Generation of Artists Are Fusing Club Culture With Traditional Crafts for a New Queer Aesthetics Trevon Latin, Raúl de Nieves, and other artists are uplifting traditional craft techniques for a new era. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Jun 22, 2021
People ‘Humor Makes People Aware and Uncomfortable’: Veteran Performance Artist Patty Chang Is Back With Her Most Anxiety-Provoking Work Yet The multimedia artist's new show at Pioneer Works explores the intersection of lactation and fear. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Mar 25, 2021
Art World How Star Painter Nicole Eisenman Leveraged a New Solo Show to Pay It Forward, Putting the Spotlight on Her Naughty Friend Keith Boadwee Instead "This show is about our friendship more than anything else," Eisenman says. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Dec 9, 2020
People Cindy Sherman Has Transformed Herself Into Clowns, Movie Stars, and Society Ladies. Now, She’s Tackling Her Toughest Subject Yet: Men The artist says she's often struggled with creating male characters because they "appeared generic and unsympathetic." By Osman Can Yerebakan, Sep 29, 2020
Art Fairs A Haitian Artist’s Glittering Vodou Flags Steal the Show at Miami’s Faena Festival How Myrlande Constant went from selling decorative embroideries at street markets in Haiti to exhibiting her beaded flags at museums around the US. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Dec 6, 2019
