KAWS: SPOKE TOO SOON

By Jason Rosenfeld

DEC 21-JAN 22 | ArtSeen

The artist has said that he has no interest in making animations, but creating new pictorial mythologies to complement his widely recognized cast of heroes is a new wrinkle, and a welcome one.

Estefania Velez Rodriguez: Time’s Passage is probably an Illusion

By Robert R. Shane

SEPT 2021 | ArtSeen

We feel disorientation and ecstasy as we enter Estefania Velez Rodriguez’s large-scale landscapes in Time’s Passage is probably an Illusion. Illuminated by fluorescent oil and spray paint, the pattern-rich paintings strip away the surface of the natural world to reveal the inner life of nature and of the artist.

Year of Demoon (My Life Inside 2020)

By Darius Jones

SEPT 2021 | Music

Every performance I had in the books has been canceled. Many musical heroes and mentors have transitioned and I worry about the ones who are still with us. There has been so much death. I saw medical workers putting dead bodies in a freezer truck on the street yesterday.

Miles McEnery

JUNE 2020 | In Memoriam

They say, “Never meet your heroes.” I couldn’t disagree more.