The crowd is small but feverish inside the Iguana, just north of Times Square. From the bandstand, a fiddle sings out for four bars. A...
Catching up with Samuel Stabler
In the six years I’ve known Sam Stabler, we’ve collaborated several times, culminating in exciting shows in New York and Los Angeles. In these projects,...
At the Whitney Biennial, The Medium is Message by Etan Nechin
The Biennial works as a kind of snapshot. A snapshot, after all, is a photo taken hurriedly, its emphasis is about the what’s happening now,...
“it’s my fault I guess there’s something/dead in my heart or my eyes or my head:”Three Poems by Brandi George
Brandi George’s first collection of poetry, Gog (Black Lawrence Press, 2015) won the gold medal in the 2015 Florida Book Awards. Her poems have appeared...
Art by Schuyler Hazard: Paintings from Fondazione Per L’Arte Residency
Her only goal as an artist is to obtain the empathy she so longs for.
Art by Mohammad Ali Mirzaei: Five Photographs
To satisfy my own spiritual needs, I got interested in photography so I could search for the ideal.
Art by Karl Lorenzen: Earthworks: The Monumental in Miniature
The fragility of works on paper is a reminder of the delicate balance of natural forces we inhabit.
Fiction by Luke de Castro: The Five Habits of Highly Effective Shoplifters
By Luke de Castro Keep Your Eyes Moving Let’s go back. Let’s go back to some point in the 1980’s. It’s a warm day...
Art by Gina Malek: Five Paintings
I want the paintings to be unsettled objects that have not yet made up their minds—do they insist on falling apart or holding together? My...
Art by Jean Wolff: Five Paintings
These works are built on an evolving set of interrelations, rather than just a system of theme and variations.
The Possibility of a Frame: A Walk Through Dia:Beacon by Etan Nechin
Like a frame, Dia:Beacon marks the endless possibility of a beginning.
Fiction by Clara Chow: Bare Bones
By Clara Chow Interview Dr Lai Chee Kien Story Bare Bones Dr Lai Chee Kien, Architectural and Urban Historian Winner of the 2016 Singapore Book...