Artist's Favourites
By
Cory Arcangel
Curator's Key
Ruba Katrib on
Alex Bag's Untitled Fall '95
One Work: Gelatin's The B-Thing
There's so much mystery surrounding Austrian collective Gelatin's The B-Thing that some believe it never really took place. This barely plausible architectural intervention on the ninety-first floor of the World Trade Center in 2000 was shown – once and once only – to a lucky handful of invited guests. Among them was artist
Maria Hassabi, who witnessed the events on a Sunday morning in Lower Manhattan. By Maria Hassabi
Exhibition History
Frazer Ward on "Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art"
Q/A Kaitlin Phillips
Why isn't anyone having sex in New York?
Essay: Unsovereignty
By
Aria Dean
Image Contributions
By Ghislaine Leung,
Rainer Ganahl, Rob Kulisek, Jason Hirata,
Sonia Leimer
Postcard from Hong Kong
Jaime Chu
Q/A Sean Monahan
Why does New York suck right now?
Portrait: Danny McDonald
By Lia Gangitano
Portrait: Gina Beavers
The New York-based painter culls Instagram and the internet for her images, with a particular fondness for nail art and food porn. The artist anticipates that her works will be reabsorbed by the social media platforms from which they were taken. Tenzing Barshee and Camila McHugh spoke to Gina Beavers about trying too hard, making your own memes, and the realness of the world.
Portrait: E'Wao Kagoshima
By Sven Loven
Essay: Outsourcing a Neighbourhood
By Joanna Kloppenburg
Q/A KJ Freeman
What is the relationship between art and real estate in New York?
Interview
Carol Greene interviewed by Kari Rittenbach
Field Notes
By Lucas Mascatello
Futures
Mike Pepi on Reed Partners
Shopping
Jordan Barse on raiding Barneys
Fashion
Natasha Stagg on New York Fashion Week
Q/A Tim Griffin
What happened to underground music in New York?
Seduction
By Kenny Schachter, Thea Westreich Wagner, Kasper König, Colin Lang, and Verena Dengler
The End is Night
By
Jeanne Graff