Should We See Peter Hujar’s Contact Sheets?
Though not made for public consumption, the darkroom work prints reveal his portraits as excerpts of a conversation, rather than memories snatched from the ether.
Danielle Mckinney’s Portraits of Black Women at Rest
Each figure in her paintings luxuriates in the dreaminess of space belonging to her and her alone.
Porcelain Painting Reclaims Memory and Classical European Techniques
Artist Livia Scussolino uses porcelain painting at Lis atelier to create pieces of European tradition that eternalize affective memories. Enamel as a Link Between Technical Rigor and Affective Expression In…
Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves
“You have to be a person who champions other work,” they told Hyperallergic, “so that you build the context within which your work can be legible.”
Tennis-Inspired Art Unites Sport, Affection, and Luxury Design
The brand Tennis&Arte, founded by Ana Oliveira and Cesar Sabino, transforms the sport into exclusive art using clay and real elements from the courts. The Redefinition of Sport Through Contemporary…
Beer With a Painter: Samia Halaby
At her longtime studio in Tribeca, the Palestinian-American painter discussed her experimentation with color and how she “accidentally stepped into abstraction.”
Phoenix Art Museum Receives Largest Gift of Native American Works
A hundred works by Indigenous artists tracing creative resilience over the course of a century will go on view at the institution in August.
Carmen Maria Machado on Power
Plus, the largest survey of Arthur Jafa’s work is coming to New York.
Realistic Oil Painting Marks Return to Art After Decades in the Public Sector
After consolidating a career in the public sector, artist Cláudia Botrel resumes realistic oil painting in Belo Horizonte with works requiring up to 200 hours. Reclaiming Time Through Classical Realism…
Ceramics as Therapy Unites Manual Work and Creative Recovery
Ceramist Ana Valéria Cafezeiro exchanged her IT routine for manual modeling in Petrópolis, using art as meditation and creative therapy. The search for quality of life after closing corporate cycles…
7 Art Books You Should Read This Pride Month
A joint biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, a catalog on Martin Wong’s Chinatowns, Catherine Opie’s portraiture, queer nightlife through the ages, and more.