Art

IN CONVERSATION

Kilo Kish and Savanah Leaf on Making Art About the American Dream

October 31, 2024

The musician and artist Kilo Kish talked to the filmmaker Savanah Leaf about embracing criticism and the day-to-day endurance of being an artist.

ICONS

Francesco Clemente and Ed Ruscha on Rejection, Religion, and Getting Too High

October 30, 2024

“It puts me in a good mood to be talking to you,” the visionary artist (and 1988 Interview cover star) told his old friend Ed Ruscha. “We have known each other for a long time now.”

COLLECTOR

Former Interview Editor Joan Agajanian Quinn Shows Us Her Treasured Art Collection

October 24, 2024

Interview’s former west coast editor welcomed us into her Beverly Hills home to show us her cherished art collection and reminisce on the good old days working alongside Andy Warhol.

FAIR

Colette’s Sarah Andelman Takes Us Inside Art Basel’s First-Ever Retail Shop

October 23, 2024

In Paris last week, Sarah Andelman, founder of the iconic concept store Colette, walked us through Art Basel Shop, the legendary art fair’s first-ever retail store.

SCULPT

“Is Being an Artist a Kink?”: Jack O’Brien, in Conversation With Tarek Lakhrissi

October 18, 2024

To mark the opening of their respective exhibitions, the young sculptors linked up to talk kink, Dante’s “Inferno,” and the RuPaul Industrial Complex.

ORAL HISTORY

“He Was the Center of Attention”: Basquiat at Area, by the People Who Were There

October 18, 2024

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s art and New York’s nightlife collided often, no more so than at Area. Here, those who were there share their memories of a time when creativity was the reason to celebrate.

POWER-LEZ

How K8 Hardy Got Jenna Lyons to Wear a Dress

October 17, 2024

To mark the release of their latest collaboration, “Studio Dress,” K8 Hardy called up her friend Jenna Lyons to talk fabric TikToks, power lesbians, and showing their underpants.

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Photographer Chivas Clem Takes Jack Pierson Inside His Archive of Drifters

October 17, 2024

“Most of them are felons and don’t vote and have no relationship to politics,” the photographer said of the men featured in his new show at Dallas Contemporary, “Shirttail Kin.”

ICON

“How Do You Feel About Getting Old?”: Robert Longo, in Conversation With Richard Price

October 8, 2024

Before the opening of Longo’s comeback show, “Searchers,” the artist talked to his friend Richard Price about burnout, filmmaking blunders, and the pleasures and pitfalls of getting older.

STUDIO VISIT

Sculptor Brian Oakes on Fedora Guys and Sorting Machines

October 7, 2024

At Blade Study, where his show “SEED” is on view this month, the artist talked to us about dioramas, “fedora guys,” and why pressing buttons is compulsive.

PICABIA

“I Don’t Believe in Meaning”: Getting Existential With the Painter Harold Ancart

October 3, 2024

“I don’t think that painting is by any means an extremely serious activity,” says the artist, who walked us through his new show at Fleiss-Vallois, “7 Paintings and 1 Painting.”

IN CONVERSATION

Johanna Hedva and Maggie Nelson on Kink, Capitalism, and the Hope-Doom Binary

October 2, 2024

To mark the release of their new essay collection, “How to Tell When We Will Die,” the writer, artist, and activist caught up with their old friend Maggie Nelson.

SMOKE BREAK

“Bring Back Spanking”: A Five-Minute Cig With Photographer Sam Penn

October 1, 2024

In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we caught up with the New York photographer at the Paris opening of her debut solo show at Balice Hertling.

AI

“Why Should Artists Have to Be Good Citizens?”: Laurie Simmons, in Conversation With David Salle

October 1, 2024

To mark their new exhibitions at 56 Henry and Gladstone, respectively, the artists linked up to talk about how they’re leveraging artificial intelligence in their practices.

SMOKE BREAK

“There Are No Rules”: 15 Minutes in Arkansas with the Artist Awol Erizku

September 20, 2024

At the opening of his major retrospective at The Momentary, the artist talked to us about following in the Black radical tradition and what he calls “trap-conceptualism.”

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SMOKE BREAK

“It’s Like, Baby Doll”: Backstage With the Performance Artist Narcissister

September 20, 2024

In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we caught up with the enigmatic artist following her first performance commission in 12 years at Pioneer Works.

IN CONVERSATION

Ms. Boogie Tells Honey Balenciaga Why She’s Naming Names on The Breakdown

September 17, 2024

“The end of the world is coming,” says the rapper, whose immersive new show at The Shed find her at her most creative and vulnerable. “And you need to know before the world ends that I’m hurt.”

IN CONVERSATION

Robin F. Williams and Jenna Gribbon on Cults, Motherhood, and Queer-Coded Horror

September 16, 2024

The two artists got to chat about their respective exhibitions after a wild trip to Fire Island.

SISTERS

Inside Photographer Brianna Capozzi’s Ode to Sisterhood

September 11, 2024

Before the release of her new monograph, “Sisters,” the renowned photographer told Myth Magazine editor Haley Wollens how she convinced her subjects to let their guards down.

OPENING

Artist Amy Bravo Takes Us Inside Her Cabinet of Curios

September 9, 2024

For the inaugural show at Swivel Gallery, the multi-media artist conceived of an immersive exhibition of sculptural works that reflect her Cuban family’s history.