I could spend a week inside Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room.
Author Archives: Katie Fricas
Katie Fricas is comics-journalist in New York City and the creator of the autobiographical comics series, "Checked Out." Follow her on Instagram @cartoonfricassee.
Stopping for Art and Conversation Along the High Line
I went to see Agora, a group exhibition installed at the High Line, and made my way through the crush of people.
Jayne County Straddles the Line Between Pretty and Punk Rock
The punk rocker’s first retrospective features sloppy queens, peacock-print dildos, and angry pepper grinders in high heels.
A Gritty, Musical Portrait of Trans and Drag Sex Workers in 1990s New York
Paul Alexander’s Trinkets is not a glossy Hollywood revision of a bygone time and place; it’s a testimonial for a period fraught with excitement and horror.
Rei Kawakubo’s Funny, Topsy-Turvy Fashion
A survey of the designer’s creations for Comme des Garçons is possibly the punkest show ever put on by the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute.
The Casual Disappointment of Bjarne Melgaard
The artist’s new brand and derelict department store installation are full of tired, co-opted ideas.
‘Doomocracy’ Now
A visit to Pedro Reyes’s politically themed haunted house may be scarier than you think.
The Anarchy of the Pigeon
Through the castellated gates at the Sands St. entrance to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, I marched along a line of pointing volunteers.