Bony Ramirez: Cutthroat

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Bony Ramirez: Cutthroat

At one point in our conversation, Bony Ramirez referred to his work as "cutthroat,” and I kind of fell in love with the word as soon as he uttered it. As I let it linger in my mind, it began to dan April 22, 2024
The SPRING 2024 Cover Story: Trapped in Light with Christian Rex van Minnen

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The SPRING 2024 Cover Story: Trapped in Light with Christian Rex van Minnen

We arrive at things from the inside out, from within our experience to everything outside of it. The wonderful thing about Christian Rex van Minnen and other great artists like him is a conviction th April 15, 2024
Deng “Demo” Shiqing: The People Listener

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Deng “Demo” Shiqing: The People Listener

Whether in-person or in the movies, Deng “Demo” Shiqing has a habit of listening to other people’s conversations. A recent viewing of Emerald Fennell’s black-comedy thriller Saltburn echoes t April 09, 2024
The Past, Present and Future of Jameson Green

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The Past, Present and Future of Jameson Green

Freedom is a term we often use when trying to explain the essence of a good painter, or a good artist in general; that they show a sense of freedom, of an originality that makes their art feel fresh, April 01, 2024
Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style at the de Young Museum

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Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style at the de Young Museum

If every picture tells a story, then every article of clothing, with its drape, rustle, and texture, can visually merge into a work of historical fiction as well as an absorbing action movie. Fashion March 27, 2024
Jean Jullien: The Art of Escapism

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Jean Jullien: The Art of Escapism

Jean Jullien is telling me about a trilogy of shows he created about his life on a January day from his studio in Paris, when I realize he might have the greatest output of a contemporary artist I ha March 25, 2024
Dizzy Dwellings: Dani Dazey’s Modern Maximalism

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Dizzy Dwellings: Dani Dazey’s Modern Maximalism

Dani Dazey, along with Drag Queen Trixie Mattell, designed the palatially pink Trixie Motel in Palm Springs; the whole process was delightfully documented on a recent reality TV series. Dazey is the March 20, 2024
The Dadaism of Dada Khanyisa

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The Dadaism of Dada Khanyisa

Cape Town-based artist Dada Khanyisa isn't a Dadaist, so maybe the title here might be a little misleading. But as I thought about the work Khanyisa makes, a mix of politically astute and what is the March 18, 2024
Kevin Christy: A Step Up the Ghost Ladder

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Kevin Christy: A Step Up the Ghost Ladder

Kevin Christy is one of my very few art-buddies, and now that I think about it, probably my only one. I live in a self-imposed art-vacuum in Orange County, and he lives in Los Angeles, so when I driv March 13, 2024
Gretchen Scherer: If Rooms Could Talk

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Gretchen Scherer: If Rooms Could Talk

The term Dollhouse Effect could infer feelings of confinement, being trapped in a small place. In psychology, it is considered a process that creates a safe space to design one’s own narrative—pe March 11, 2024
The Godfathers Come Home: Brian Chambers on The Chambers Project

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The Godfathers Come Home: Brian Chambers on The Chambers Project

Tucked away in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, in a town called Grass Valley, Brian Chambers is changing minds. Or, perhaps better stated, he is curating experiences that alter our perception of March 06, 2024
Lee Quinoñes: In Graffiti We Trust

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Lee Quinoñes: In Graffiti We Trust

In spring 1974, thirteen-year-old Lee Quiñones took his schematic drawings into a tunnel and spray painted “LEE” in gold, white, and black on the small panel of a New York City BMT train. An ins March 04, 2024
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