Interview

Interview

A Transformative Art Festival Is Mounted Again in the Breakaway Republic of Karabakh

In October 2018 Anna Kamay created the first ever contemporary arts festival, Artsakh Fest, in Stepanakert. Now she returns to restage it with a new theme and approach.

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Cauleen Smith on Spirituality, Staging, and Having Enough

Discussing her solo show at MASS MoCA, the interdisciplinary artist explained, "When I'm talking about 'We Already Have What We Need,' what I'm really trying to talk about is our anxiety as human beings about how to live."

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The Insidious Role of Gender Bias in How Artists Grapple with Personal Finances

Our culture is quick to put down a woman who seeks money or power at the same time that it valorizes the men who do so.

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Feminist Icon Judy Chicago on Resisting the Cycle of Erasure

With three new solo shows opening this fall, Chicago doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.

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Love and Craftsmanship in the Relationship Between Machines and Humanity

A conversation with the artist Elias Sime, whose work interrogating our bond with electronic media is now on view at the Wellin Museum.

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How VJs Create Immersive Experiences for Concerts

Hyperallergic sits down with artists who have produced video work for Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, Childish Gambino, and more.

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A Conversation with Rose Issa, Champion of Artists From the Middle East

On the eve of her exhibition at the new Middle East Institute Gallery, Issa talks about her decades-long curatorial career, the shifting infrastructure for artists in the region, and the need for memory and archives.

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Challenging Stereotypes by Contorting the Female Form

Hayv Kahraman’s paintings compel viewers to acknowledge the potential pleasure of viewing contorted bodies in a position of pain.

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Postcommodity Centers Optimism and Indigenous Philosophies in a New Site-Specific Installation

In their latest site-specific project, the collective probes histories of migration in a pan-American context.

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How to Curate a Yearlong, Three-Part Exhibition

Curators Jaishri Abichandani and Natasha Becker unpack Perilous Bodies, Radical Love, and the upcoming Utopian Imagination exhibitions — three exhibitions that formed one series for the Ford Foundation Gallery's inaugural year.

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Parsing the Real and Unreal Stories of the Zambian Space Academy

As Nuotama Frances Bodomo's short film Afronauts debuts online, the director discusses de-centering hero narratives and the weaponizing of reality against African stories.

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An Artist's Mission to Preserve New York City’s History of Lesbian Nightlife

Gwen Shockey's Addresses Project compiles photos, interviews with lesbian and queer-identified community leaders, and a comprehensive online map of former lesbian bars.