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ARTIST STATEMENT
Tiffany Shlain’s Tree Rings Transcend Time and Medium

The multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker pulls from a deep well of inspiration, spanning ancient...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Luke Agada Maps His Psyche’s Blurred Terrain

Anxiety, stability, chaos, and survival coalesce in the Chicago painter’s earthy and sinewy...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Wangari Mathenge Drifts Into Hypnagogic Repose

Observing footage of her own sleeping body in semi-lucid reverie and painting her fluctuating...

CULTURE CLUB
Inside the Storefront for Art and Architecture’s Annual Gala

On Sept. 23, Storefront for Art and Architecture drew a distinguished crowd of 250 design...

ART
For Alexandre Lenoir, Process and Painting Go Hand-in-Hand

The French artist makes his New York City solo debut at Almine Rech, where his unconventional...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Alexandra Karakashian Relinquishes Control to Darkness

Likened to the scale and intensity of Korean monochrome painting, the South African artist wields...

Starving Artist
Sebastian Errazuriz Chases Warhol to Casa Cruz

This week in Surface x Dorsia's Starving Artist series, in which we send creatives to dinner to...

ART
In Chicago, Theaster Gates Salutes a Crucial Publisher of Black Life

In a sweeping new installation, the Chicago multi-hyphenate artist and founder of the Rebuild...

ARTIST STATEMENT
John Pule Wades Into His Windswept Canvases

Completed from above in a process he likens to swimming, the New Zealand painter conjures an...

ARTIST STATEMENT
YoYo Lander Mines Infinite Meaning From a Sweater’s Folds

The California collage artist trods into the knotty depths of human experience through the subtlest

ART
Armory Week Transcends Market Doomers

Market uncertainty and political unease hardly dampened enthusiasm during the Armory Show’s 30th...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Vicky Colombet’s Aerial Vistas Flatten Time and Space

During her many transatlantic flights between Paris and her adopted home in New York, the...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Alejandro García Contreras

Alejandro García Contreras cross-pollinates and translates his wide-ranging interests into...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Carolyn Mazloomi Quilts Cornerstone Moments 

The Ohio-based textile artist crafts portraits of key Civil Rights figures and changemakers in her...

ART
Lee Cavaliere Shares What to See at Volta New York

The fair’s artistic director offers his highlights exclusively with Surface, from a “brave”...