artist interviews
Blade Runner's Designer on Creating the Future
Designer Syd Mead on the cult of Blade Runner and the Michael Jackson theme park that never came true.
'The Things I'm Interested in Have to Be Cheap and Strange': Talking to Artist Jim Shaw
Before his retrospective at the New Museum closes, the iconic "lowbrow" artist discussed his disdain for art fairs as well as his appreciation for stuff with a "psychotic undercurrent."
Reign in Blood
Hermann Nitsch has spent the better part of 60 years staging blood orgies and performing ritual sacrifices for the sake of art.
[Exclusive] Artist Hides a $2,000 Gold Nugget Inside a Mansion Filled with Dirt
As a metaphor for the destruction of the Amazon caused by mining, artist Iván Sikic's 'LOOT' had people digging up to their elbows.
We Talked to the Artist Creating Clouds Inside Cathedrals
Man-made clouds billow through Neuehouse as Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde brings his 'Nimbus' project to New York.
Meet the Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Making Fun of Tom Brady with Art
Last June, a 39-year-old Nelson Saiers stepped down from his position as a CIO managing $688 million in assets to pursue a full-time career as an artist.
[Exclusive Photos] The 'World’s Most Important Art Exhibition,' a Film About the Venice Biennale
Take a look inside 'Behind the Biennale: A Short History of the World’s Most Important Art Exhibition,' from Artsy, UBS, and director Oscar Boyson.
Kool Keith Is Taking 'Mind Steroids' with a Side of Ketchup
We chatted with the cult rapper, who has been busy directing porn, designing a clothing line for strippers, and filming a web series with George Clinton.
Artist Ryder Ripps Turned a Woman's Instagram Photos into Distorted Hyper-Realistic Paintings
In anticipation of his first solo show, 'Ho,' the polarizing artist talked to us about everything from Goatse to Jeff Koons.
Artist Devin Troy Strother Doesn't Want to Talk About Being Black
Strother talked with me about his new solo show, Space Jam, and his desire to be the art-world's version of Michael Jordan: a "supreme entity who's surpassed identity and blackness."