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ARTIST STATEMENT
Zhang Zipiao’s Fleshy, Psychologically Charged Still Lifes  

Mesmerized by videos of gastrointestinal surgeries viewed over her mother’s shoulder as a child,...

ART
Robert Smithson, Geological Agent

Five decades after the enigmatic Land Artist’s untimely death, he continues to lay the groundwork

EXHIBITION
A Secret Jay-Z Retrospective Takes Over the Brooklyn Public Library

Thousands of artifacts documenting the music mogul’s career were secretly assembled at the...

ART
Monday-Night Tributes to One of Manhattan’s Most Offbeat Clubs

The Center for Art, Research, and Alliances has partnered with Voluminous Arts to create a series...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Evan Paul English Untangles Queer Tensions

By subverting floral motifs and tropes of American domesticity, the Boise-born, Brooklyn-based...

CULTURE CLUB
Gucci Gathers a Crowd to Celebrate Awol Erizku’s First Monograph

On June 27, Gucci, Antwaun Sargent, and Aperture celebrated the launch event and signing of...

ART
At the Shed, Cautiously “Going Inside the Music”

“Sonic Sphere,” a floating concert hall on view at the Shed, promises a groundbreaking...

ART
At the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Sound Shapes Art

With works by Glenn Ligon and Mika Tajima, a new exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum...

CULTURE CLUB
Scenes From the Lavish Serpentine Summer Party

On June 27, the cultural cognoscenti came together at London’s Kensington Gardens for the...

ARTIST STATEMENT
For Gio Swaby, Love is Liberation

The textile artist celebrates the multifaceted power of her chosen medium, finding softness and...

ART
Bridget Riley’s Galaxies of Uncanny Form

A new Morgan Library & Museum show illuminates the English abstract painter’s Op Art...

CULTURE
How Ladyfag Is Queering a New York City Bridge

The spectacular LadyLand festival returns on June 23—just in time for NYC Pride and, this time,...

ARTIST STATEMENT
ClownVamp Imagines a Cannon of Overtly Queer Impressionist Painting

The digital artist, whose recent exhibition, “Chester Charles: the Lost Grand Master,” was...

ART
Lisa Ross Resurrects Defaced Maoist Propaganda

In somewhat of a semiotic excavation, the Brooklyn-born artist painstakingly uncovers long-buried...

CULTURE CLUB
Sunshine and Hennessy Highballs at the Glass House’s Summer Party

On June 10, the Glass House held its annual Summer Party, drawing luminaries from the cultural...