Get your “disgusted-but-intrigued” face ready: the Morbid Anatomy Museum, the ultimate haven for the morbidly curious, is putting on a new exhibition. The Gowanus center for…
At The Mystical Digital, Video Games Can Be Witchy Too
The term “gamer” usually conjures up a torrent of awful connotations– an exclusively white-male circle jerk where the only manifestation of “diversity” is between the…
How to See Art During Armory Weekend and Still Afford to Eat
Armory weekend is upon us y’all, and you know what that means– if you’re gonna hoof it to the West side to get cultured and not…
A ‘Quite Unorthodox’ Artists Residency Puts Bushwick into Global Perspective
I had a hard time believing I was in the right place, what with shattered glass scattered everywhere and the absence of a sign. I’ve…
Photographer Catherine Opie Has a Pair of New Exhibitions That “Humanize Celebrity”
In the late 1990s, Catherine Opie drove across the country, taking photos of lesbian families in and around their homes. The resulting series, Domestic, (which Opie,…
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…
Penelope Gazin Draws Monstrous Broads and Alien Goddesses as If She Were ‘Living in a Cave’
We’re guessing the world would look a whole lot different if bad ass women like Penelope Gazin had been well-represented in animation and comics from the…
This Photo Show Marks a High Point for the Transgender Movement
Robyn Renee Hasty is no stranger to outsiders, countercultures, and misfits. So it might feel a little strange for the artist to be in the…
Candle-Lit Altars and Cunnilingus On Display at This All-Female Punk Art Exhibition
On Wednesday night the Living Gallery in Bushwick was abuzz with punk kids and curious passersby who had stepped inside to soak up the atmosphere…