Ruby Neri: A Cycle Around the Sun
At the time of this interview with Ruby Neri, it was November 2024. Her solo show at David Kordansky in Los Angeles had just opened, a solo show was set
Anastasia Bay: Homage to the Body Electric
Describing Anastasia Bay as someone who sketches figures is akin to calling Giuseppe Verdi a songwriter. She paints big, and with authority, in gestures that are seen, felt and remembered.
Morteza Khakshoor: Post-Picasso
Morteza Khakshoor is the definition of an artist’s artist. An ideal conversationalist, his practice is guided by the divine sensation a creator forever chases: where everything feels inexplicably right. He
Gabriela Ruiz: Valley Girl
When entering the downtown Los Angeles studio of artist Gabriela Ruiz, I was struck by a painting of an eye. Not just any eye, but a puffy, surreal orb that
Shyama Golden: Mirrors and Windows
Shyama Golden is a surrealist storyteller, weaving together a multiplex of references to envision her own lyrical journey of endless rebirth. Los Angeles, Golden’s home, is a primary character in
Christian Quin Newell: A Dream Sequence
As soon as I first read about the practice of London-based Christian Quin Newell, I knew I wanted to interview him. His show there this past summer at Public Gallery
Tim Conlon the Freight Painter
We have a longstanding romance with the American train, a slow and poetic vision that crosses rivers, slices through mountains and connects towns, cities and new frontiers. The railroad has
On Top of the World with Kyndacee Harris
Kyndacee Harris is busy painting, otherwise I’d ask her to run for office. She had me at first glance—a painting of her own elementary school drill team—and again when I
Anthony Cudahy: The Inflections of Somebody
It begins with a space. The original, creaking floors of GRIMM’s Tribeca space brings out something special in the viewing of Anthony Cudahy’s paintings, a show I wanted to see
Poetry and Paintboxes in Provincetown: Documenting the Legacy of The Fine Arts Work Center
Art residencies are like idyllic adult summer camps, and although the Fine Arts Work Center has a fulsome summer program, their fellowships take place when a knit cap and down