“To title a piece ‘Black Face’ is going to raise some hairs on the backs of some peoples’ necks [who] find that that’s a derogatory phrase,” acknowledged Ellen…
Meriem Bennani Surfs Through Morocco in Gradual Kingdom
To get a feel for Meriem Bennani‘s work, it’s best to look up @meriembennani on Instagram. After scrolling through the photoshopped weirdness and absurd takes…
Vaginal Davis Returns to New York, Taking on Sculpture and Mozart
Vaginal Davis is undeniably one of the most prolific artists to come out of the ’70s punk scene. The black, inter-sex born, self-declared outsider artist…
Paintings Inspired by the Real Housewives and ‘Comfort Creatures’ Coming to Greenpoint
Next week Kharis Kennedy will unveil a series of new paintings as part of her solo exhibition, Comfort Animals, at The Greenpoint Gallery. Though Kennedy has been…
Agathe Snow Is Blowing Into The Journal Gallery
Agathe Snow, whose work often blends performance with immersive multimedia installations, is opening a new show, Continuum, tonight. This is the Corsican-born artist’s first solo exhibition…
Bruce High Quality Foundation Leaving East Village, Shows Off Brooklyn Base
Last night the mask-wielding artists of the Bruce High Quality Foundation opened up the doors of their epic new studio space in Sunset Park. The excuses were a party and…
A New Gallery With Epic Views of Shit Creek Will Host the Next Wild Torus Event
I’m not gonna lie, when I heard Wild Torus— the aggressively psychedelic Bushwick performance art duo– would be hosting their “most ambitious event yet” this…
Christopher Stout Gallery Opens With a Show Focused on ‘Queer Hate Crime’
Christopher Stout, founder of Bushwick Art Crit Group, has just opened his gallery in the disputed territory of East Williamsburg, the realization of plans we first heard about in early…
How the ‘Fuck Paintings’ of Betty Tompkins Landed in Art Jail
Betty Tompkins spent decades working as, in her own words, “your typical rejected artist.” On and off again since 1969, she’s painted up-close-and-personal images of…
Royal Young Taps into Death, the Damned, and ‘Lost Generation’ for Lush Doom
Royal Young is currently living in his grandparents’ attic in Long Island. While that may not sound like the most inspiring place for a 30-year-old writer and…