Art In Conversation
Lynn Hershman Leeson with Monika Fabijanska
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Twisted at the New Museum is the first museum solo exhibition in New York of one of the most important American new media and feminist artists.
Art In Conversation
Dave McKenzie with Maddie Klett
Disturbing the View at the Whitney is an ongoing performance throughout the summer by New York-based artist Dave McKenzie. McKenzie activates the museum’s many floor-to-ceiling windows by using window-washing instruments to repeatedly, and rhythmically, apply a chalky substance. This action indeed disturbs the view to the museum’s many stunning vistas overlooking Lower Manhattan.
Art In Conversation
Lucy Raven with David Levi Strauss
“I think that there are tools in abstraction that feel relevant right now. That there can be room for a kind of individuated projection to happen over time in a collective space. To be in that space right now with others, to me feels grounding.”
Art In Conversation
Giuseppe Penone with Francesca Pietropaolo and Alexis Dahan
On the occasion of the exhibit Giuseppe Penone at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York, which ran from March 9 to April 17, 2021, Rail Editor-at-Large Francesca Pietropaolo and contributor Alexis Dahan held a conversation with Giuseppe Penone, discussing touch, color, the book as physical object, sculpture, poetry, animism, Man’s relationship to Nature, and much more.
Art In Conversation
John Sims with Kristin Prevallet
It’s 2021 and John Sims is ready for this moment. Sims has been making, remaking, unmaking, and deconstructing Confederate iconography since 2000; his work around re-imagined monuments, which included Time Sculpture NYC, has now evolved into Freedom Memorial at Gamble Plantation (2020), a reimagining of a former slave plantation in Ellenton, FL.
Art In Conversation
Arazel Thalez with Olivier Berggruen and Mebrak Tareke
Olivier Berggruen and Mebrak Tareke speak with Arazel Thalez about how they engage their audience with themes in the realms of the spiritual, the erotic, and the taboo—caught in the tension between the sacred and the profane—encouraging the viewers to “frollick in the shadows of subconscious, for all the darkness is alive.”
From the Publisher & Artistic Director
Dear Friends and Readers,
By Phong BuiThere was a king with one eye. To replace the missing eye the king searched across the land and found a renowned magician whom he commissioned to craft him an artificial eye. When it was complete, no one in the whole kingdom could tell the difference.
Editor's Message
Are All Artists Mystics?
The Case of Leonardo da Vinci
By Christian Kleinbub
There has always been another image of Leonardo, one that associated him with hidden things, esoteric knowledge beyond common perceptions.
Critics Page
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Blind Faith
– By Holly Flora -
Pious Disfiguration
– By Megan Holmes -
The Painter & The Preacher: Botticelli’s Mystic Nativity and Savonarola’s Sermons
– By Jennifer Sliwka -
Scrapping the Sacred
– By Aimee Ng -
What Happened When Renaissance Artists Prayed While Painting?
– By Andrew R. Casper -
Mysticism to Wear
– By Byron Ellsworth Hamann -
Non-anthropocentric extension into an abstract infinite sphere
– By Thomas Crow -
On Being Sane
– By Suzanne Hudson
ArtSeen
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100 Sculptures – NYC
– By William Corwin -
Erick Johnson: Double Take
– By Hovey Brock -
Wu Tsang: Anthem
– By Barbara London -
Sophie Friedman-Pappas: Transfer Station
– By Rudy Natanzon -
Tales of Manhattan
– By Jonathan Goodman -
Joshua Marsh: Seven Cascades
– By Hearne Pardee -
Joyce Kozloff: Uncivil Wars
– By Hovey Brock -
Robert Smithson: Abstract Cartography
– By Ann McCoy -
Madeline Hollander: Flatwing
– By Hannah Sage Kay -
Joe Light and Chris Martin: Be Natural
– By Daniel Fuller -
Andrew Cranston: Waiting for the Bell
– By Cal McKeever -
Julien Nguyen: Pictures of the Floating World
– By Emily Chun -
Cici Wu: Lantern Strike (Strong Loneliness)
– By Marcus Civin -
Rosy Keyser & Joseph Montgomery: Wrecked Angle
– By Amanda Millet-Sorsa -
fetch fiddle fidget: Adriana Farmiga, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Rune Olsen
– By Madeleine Seidel -
Saul Chernick: Enlightened Objects
– By Cigdem Asatekin -
Wangechi Mutu
– By Jess Chen -
Rindon Johnson: Law of Large Numbers
– By Ann C. Collins -
Made in L.A. 2020: a version
– By Olivia Gauthier -
No W here: Alice Hope, Bastienne Schmidt, Toni Ross
– By Amanda Gluibizzi -
William Eric Brown: ColorStatic
– By Jonathan Goodman -
Chloë Bass: The Parts
– By Phillip Griffith -
Daniel Gibson: Ocotillo Song
– By Nicholas Heskes -
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: The Sapphire Show
– By Zoë Hopkins -
Louise Bourgeois, Freud’s Daughter
– By Brandt Junceau -
Elisabeth Kley: Minutes of Sand
– By William Corwin -
Mary Mattingly: Public Water
– By Julie Reiss -
Ruth Hardinger: Transcending Fields
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well
– By Charlotte Kent -
Lisa Brice
– By Claire Phillips -
John Dilg: Flight Path
– By Louis Block -
Maren Hassinger
– By Sally Eaves Hughes -
Sal Salandra: Iron Halo
– By Osman Can Yerebakan -
Border Crossings
– By David Carrier and Paul Gladston -
Every Wall is a Door
– By Steven Pestana -
Onyedika Chuke: The Forever Museum Archive_Circa 6000BCE
– By Folasade Ologundudu -
Wood Works: Raw, Cut, Carved, Covered
– By Alfred Mac Adam -
Kirill Alexandrov: Asymmetry & Vladimir Martirosov: Docile Bodies
– By Valerie Mindlin
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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Are All Artists Mystics? The Case of Leonardo da Vinci
– By Christian Kleinbub
Publisher's Message
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Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong Bui
Art
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Lynn Hershman Leeson with Monika Fabijanska
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Dave McKenzie with Maddie Klett
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Giuseppe Penone with Francesca Pietropaolo and Alexis Dahan
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Lucy Raven with David Levi Strauss
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John Sims with Kristin Prevallet
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Arazel Thalez with Olivier Berggruen and Mebrak Tareke
ArtSeen
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100 Sculptures – NYC
– By William Corwin -
Erick Johnson: Double Take
– By Hovey Brock -
Wu Tsang: Anthem
– By Barbara London -
Sophie Friedman-Pappas: Transfer Station
– By Rudy Natanzon -
Tales of Manhattan
– By Jonathan Goodman -
Joshua Marsh: Seven Cascades
– By Hearne Pardee -
Joyce Kozloff: Uncivil Wars
– By Hovey Brock -
Robert Smithson: Abstract Cartography
– By Ann McCoy -
Madeline Hollander: Flatwing
– By Hannah Sage Kay -
Joe Light and Chris Martin: Be Natural
– By Daniel Fuller -
Andrew Cranston: Waiting for the Bell
– By Cal McKeever -
Julien Nguyen: Pictures of the Floating World
– By Emily Chun -
Cici Wu: Lantern Strike (Strong Loneliness)
– By Marcus Civin -
Rosy Keyser & Joseph Montgomery: Wrecked Angle
– By Amanda Millet-Sorsa -
fetch fiddle fidget: Adriana Farmiga, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Rune Olsen
– By Madeleine Seidel -
Saul Chernick: Enlightened Objects
– By Cigdem Asatekin -
Wangechi Mutu
– By Jess Chen -
Rindon Johnson: Law of Large Numbers
– By Ann C. Collins -
Made in L.A. 2020: a version
– By Olivia Gauthier -
No W here: Alice Hope, Bastienne Schmidt, Toni Ross
– By Amanda Gluibizzi -
William Eric Brown: ColorStatic
– By Jonathan Goodman -
Chloë Bass: The Parts
– By Phillip Griffith -
Daniel Gibson: Ocotillo Song
– By Nicholas Heskes -
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: The Sapphire Show
– By Zoë Hopkins -
Louise Bourgeois, Freud’s Daughter
– By Brandt Junceau -
Elisabeth Kley: Minutes of Sand
– By William Corwin -
Mary Mattingly: Public Water
– By Julie Reiss -
Ruth Hardinger: Transcending Fields
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well
– By Charlotte Kent -
Lisa Brice
– By Claire Phillips -
John Dilg: Flight Path
– By Louis Block -
Maren Hassinger
– By Sally Eaves Hughes -
Sal Salandra: Iron Halo
– By Osman Can Yerebakan -
Border Crossings
– By David Carrier and Paul Gladston -
Every Wall is a Door
– By Steven Pestana -
Onyedika Chuke: The Forever Museum Archive_Circa 6000BCE
– By Folasade Ologundudu -
Wood Works: Raw, Cut, Carved, Covered
– By Alfred Mac Adam -
Kirill Alexandrov: Asymmetry & Vladimir Martirosov: Docile Bodies
– By Valerie Mindlin
Critics Page
-
Blind Faith
– By Holly Flora -
Pious Disfiguration
– By Megan Holmes -
The Painter & The Preacher: Botticelli’s Mystic Nativity and Savonarola’s Sermons
– By Jennifer Sliwka -
Scrapping the Sacred
– By Aimee Ng -
What Happened When Renaissance Artists Prayed While Painting?
– By Andrew R. Casper -
Mysticism to Wear
– By Byron Ellsworth Hamann -
Non-anthropocentric extension into an abstract infinite sphere
– By Thomas Crow -
On Being Sane
– By Suzanne Hudson
Books
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Susan Conley’s Landslide
– By Elizabeth Pimentel -
Kenan Trebinčević with Zachary Ginsburg
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Joshua Henkin’s Morningside Heights
– By Joseph Peschel -
Citizenship, Persona, and Testimony: Hafizah Geter’s Un-American
– By Madeleine Cravens -
Nawaaz Ahmed’s Radiant Fugitives
– By Wayne Catan -
Essays, a Memoir, and a Work of New Fiction
– By Yvonne C. Garrett -
Jonathan Lee’s The Great Mistake
– By Carissa Chesanek -
Susan Bernofsky’s Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser
– By Cigdem Asatekin -
An Epic Poem for Queens, NY: Carolyn Ferrell’s Dear Miss Metropolitan
– By J. C. Hallman -
The Sound of America: Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun
– By Corinne Manning -
David Leo Rice with Gabriel Frye-Behar
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Kevin Prufer’s The Art of Fiction
– By Tony Leuzzi
Music
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Reaching For Transcendence
– By Dave Cantor -
Natik Awayez and His Songbook Of Melancholy
– By Martin Longley -
Canadian Cowboy: The Unfolding Story of Darcy Windover
– By Geoffrey Clarfield -
Jessica Hopper’s The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
– By George Grella
Dance
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Melanie George & Ali Rosas-Salas with Thomas Ford
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Eight Commandments of Choreography
– By Maximiliane Leuschner -
Stretching Time in River to River’s 20th Season
– By Noa Weiss
Film
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Shariff Korver’s Do Not Hesitate (2021)
– By Harrison Blackman -
Bill Duke’s Deep Cover
– By Edward Mendez -
Jia Zhang-Ke with Anthony Hawley
Theater
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A Roundtable Conversation: Alicia Ramírez talks to Dr. Alisa Hurwitz and Jesús Dávila as Empty Theaters Breed Mental Health Concerns
– By Alicia Ramírez -
What To Do When You Grow Tired of Words
– By Jeesun Choi
Fiction
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The Duel
– By Alison B. Hart
Poetry
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one
– By Celina Su and Sarah Riggs -
three
– By Misael Osorio-Conde -
five
– By E.J. McAdams -
six
– By Neeli Cherkovski -
three
– By Rodrigo Toscano -
four from field recordings of mind in morning
– By Hank Lazer -
seven
– By Laura Henriksen
Art Books
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Weng Pixin’s Let’s Not Talk Anymore
– By Wyatt Sarafin -
Erik Kessels and Thomas Sauvin’s Talk Soon
– By Aida Amoako -
Pacifico Silano’s I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine
– By Lee Ann Norman -
Debi Cornwall’s Necessary Fictions
– By Jean Dykstra
ArTonic
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Fountain House Gallery
– By Amber Jamilla Musser
Special Report
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An Urgent Letter in Support of Artist Tania Bruguera in Cuba
– By Ernesto Pujol
Field Notes
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You Never Know
– By Paul Mattick -
The American Revolution: The George Floyd Rebellion, One Year Out
– By Jason E. Smith -
Lifting the Ban
– By Jacob Blumenfeld
The Miraculous
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61. (SoHo, Lower East Side)
– By Raphael Rubinstein -
62. (Midtown)
– By Raphael Rubinstein -
63. (Various locations)
– By Raphael Rubinstein -
64. (Fulton Street, Chinatown, West Broadway, Eldridge Street)
– By Raphael Rubinstein -
65. (SoHo)
– By Raphael Rubinstein
