The artist gives the origin story of his alter ego, Torpedo Boy, and talks about what Philip Guston’s infamous Klansmen have to offer.
Trenton Doyle Hancock’s latest exhibition, “Something American,” is on view at James Cohan’s two New York City locations through October 17, 2020.
Nicola Tyson speaks about her self-portraiture, creating drawings under lockdown, and humor in the exhibition “Sense of Self” at Petzel Gallery through October 3rd 2020.
Stanley Whitney talks about his work on Artforum’s September 2020 cover, what No Prison Life really means, and the origins of his compositions.
Rochelle Goldberg on her exhibition “Psychomachia” at Miguel Abreu Gallery (March 6 - August 22, 2020), working with medieval genres, and reimagining Mary of Egypt.
Gary Simmons on “Screaming into the Ether” at Metro Pictures, working with racist cartoon imagery, and picturing historical erasure.
On view at Metro Pictures through September 12, 2020.
Nora Chipaumire and Ari Marcopoulos speak about the conceptualization of #PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA, Congolese rumba, and the limitations of virtual audiences.
New York–based artist Sable Elyse Smith talks about her “Coloring Book Series,” institutional responsibility, and confronting the prison system through her work.
Grayson Perry discusses his new exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair, “Super Rich Interior Decoration,” casting an anthropological eye on the heady collision of art, money, power, and desire.
Adam Pendleton discusses his work within the context of his exhibition “Who We Are” at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Pendleton’s first exhibition with the gallery includes the latest examples of his spray-painted and silkscreened canvases, works on Mylar, System of Display, and video portraits, as well as a monumental wall intervention. The new work, much of which incorporates language from the composer Julius Eastman, demonstrates Pendleton’s layered, archival approach to creation as he inquires into the relationship between representation and abstraction, history, and notions of “blackness”.
In this video, designer David Korins reveals how he chose to display “Treasures From Chatsworth,” a rare and intimate presentation of works from the Devonshire Collection. Free of charge and open to the public, the exhibition will be on view from June 28 to September 18, 2019, in Sotheby’s renovated New York galleries at 1334 York Avenue.
Howardena Pindell’s first solo exhibition in the UK includes abstract paintings and collages drawn from two distinct periods in the artist’s career: large-scale spray paintings from the early 1970s and smaller wall-mounted three-dimensional works completed since 2007.
In this video, Pindell responds to seeing her work installed at Victoria Miro’s Mayfair gallery. The exhibition continues through July 27, 2019.
The Devonshire Collection has been passed down through sixteen generations of the Cavendish Family and encompasses fine art, design, and jewelry from the past five centuries. Forty-five masterworks from the collection will be on view in “Treasures from Chatsworth” at Sotheby’s newly expanded and reimagined New York galleries, from June 29 to September 18. In this video, the 12th Duke of Devonshire previews the works coming to New York, from Rembrandt van Rijn to Lucian Freud.