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WHAT ARTISTS WEAR Studio Shoes
We asked 12 artists to show us their shoes...
ARTIST TAKEOVER Brett Westfall
CHLOE SHERMAN RENEGADE Interviewed by Ezrha Jean Black
The first thing that catches my eye upon walking into the Von Lintel Gallery for an exhibition of photographs from Chloe Sherman’s renowned 1990s series “Renegades” is a large black-and-white print (17.3 × 24 in.) of a half-dozen young women, perhaps in their early...
DUELLING REVIEWS: MARY CORSE at Pace Gallery
IN SEARCH OF A CITY
Summer is museum season. I’m writing this in early August, a month during which the Angeleno art viewer’s options are fairly clear: Sweat it out on Melrose in pursuit of every lackluster group show; escape to the beach, like the dealers who phoned in those group shows...
STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK — (print exclusive) Remember the Plan?
Remember I had a plan to discuss overused and oversimplified terms in a way that anyone can understand? In an accessible, user-friendly but without being patronizing manner. Well fuck that. I quote NWA: “Fuck crossing over to them; let them cross over to us.” And to...
AN ARTIST ANSWERS QUESTIONS B. Anele
Tell us who you are. Hi, I go by the name of B. Anele. I am a trans disciplinary artist originally from the South, but somehow, I consistently find myself in other locations. My work as an artist has found me in the midst of being someone who is looked out for while...
COLLECTING THOUGHTS Erin Saluti
Tell us who you are in 50 words or less. I am a multi-hyphenate creative and collector, founder of The Edicurial Collection, and founder and creative director of Eittem, a functional sculpture studio in Manhattan. Trained in art history and interior design, my...
ART DAMAGED Prologue to the Metamorphosis
POEMS
Drink On It Palm Springs is a white blur, scorched into the fabric of time, an escape from the density of sycophants, uggos, and sadsacks. Until now, I had only seen desert flowers on Instaflam, posted by those true believers eager to reveal their sensitivity to...
GALLERY DOGS
LUDOLOGY
Deliver to us, in JPEG form, a pair of artworks—one from before 1900 and one from anytime after—that have an interesting visual connection (that is: one any viewer can plainly see). Most interesting juxtaposition wins! Artillery will choose a winner from the entrants....
STAYING SANE(ish) WITH DR. TRAINWRECK — (print exclusive) Dear Dr. Trainwreck
Dear Dr. Trainwreck, How can I, a layman, tell the difference between someone I have to cut some slack for because of their mental health diagnosis, and someone who is just being a jerk and blaming their diagnosis? Don't some conditions make conversations around this...
The Street Photographer and the Taliban
The term “street photographer” comes with a certain set of associations: Street photographers work in public, snapping candid photos of commuters or loiterers at telling moments. They take photographs of strangers in the crowd from the perspective of a stranger...
For My Jaded Angels
The first draft of this article was entirely different. It was a polemic. A scorched-earth condemnation of art. Ten thousand words. The next wave in a storied line of seismic criticism. As such, I titled it Towards a Number Laocoön (“number” as in more numb, not...
The Tote Bagger’s Guide to the Los Angeles Art Book Fair
Our reporter on the ground works her way through this year’s labyrinthine fair with the help of its most visible symbol: The tote bag. The Printed Matter Art Book Fair goes high and low, and tote bags are its connective tissue. The fair provides a platform for...
DUELLING REVIEW: Viola Frey at The Pit
When The Pit announced a show by the late ceramicist Viola Frey, it piqued my editorial interest. I myself first became aware of Frey when I began taking ceramics courses with other sculptors, who would often speak of her as a totemic influence on their practice and...
ARTIST TAKEOVER Ramekon O'Arwisters
IN SEARCH OF A CITY — (print exclusive)
Last year, I went through a phase of reading early aviation memoirs. The book that started me on this kick was Beryl Markham’s West with the Night, in which the British-Kenyan aviatrix writes about flying over the Sahara in the early 1900s, delivering supplies between...
