As Prada Marfa Turns 20, Artists Elmgreen & Dragset Open Their Most Surreal Exhibition Yet

The exhibition references a neurological disorder called Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS). “When the person suffering from it is very exhausted, they can’t scale things, so things might appear bigger…

Paolo Roversi Brings His Photographic Magic to New York With a Sprawling Retrospective at Pace

That shruggingly modest nonchalance is typical of Roversi, who is of course a revered imagemaker—yet it’s certainly true that his star shines brightest outside of the US. “Along the Way”…

Pamela Love Launches Her Own Tarot Deck, The Infinite Door. Here’s What It Told Me

She holds up the second card, which depicts a pink hand being engulfed by a snake as the hand’s five tendril-like wands, for fingers, point skywards. “Wands are about creativity…

The Passions of Sally Mann

Editorial rigor is something that is so important with making art. You can make all the art you want, but if you dilute it by putting out a bunch of…

‘Hamilton’ Star Leslie Odom Jr. on Returning to the Room Where It Happens on Broadway

Speaking of that passage of time, do you see the character of Burr differently at all now, at 44, than you did at 34? Well, I’m looking at a Hamilton…

Adam Dressner Paints Your Favorite New Yorkers in Full-Spectrum Color

If you’ve got a face, Adam Dressner wants to paint it. Dressner, a former corporate lawyer, has made a name for himself as a self-taught painter known for wheeling his…

The Mercury share famous contacts

Phoenix Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts draws comparisons of Alyssa Thomas Phoenix Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts draws comparisons of Alyssa Thomas to past basketball players he’s coached. Phoenix Mercury…

Luke Newton on the “Joy and Despair” of Embodying Lee Alexander McQueen Off-Broadway

At face value, playing Lee McQueen is straightforward enough: baggy jeans, a buzzcut, and a T-shirt get you most of the way there. But to embody Alexander McQueen, the iconoclastic…

Deborah Willis Celebrates 25 Years of ‘Reflections in Black’

How are photographers using new and existing technologies to expand the canon of photography? An artist like Bisa Butler looks at the archive of photography by using quilting as an…

Ncuti Gatwa on Playing a Hot Christopher Marlowe in the West End’s ‘Born With Teeth’

“If Christopher Marlowe were alive today, he would’ve painted the town red. What a bad bitch!” howls Ncuti Gatwa. He’s speaking via phone from London, describing the Elizabethan playwright and…