It finally happened. “The Show (Achilles Heels)” has delivered the conscious mythology for the Age of Aquarius. The foremost element is the androgynous being. Mircea Eliade, the renowned teacher of comparative religion, writes, “divine bisexuality is an element found in a great many religions and—a point worth nothing—even the most supremely masculine or feminine divinities […]

Biljana Ciric: Can you tell me about the initiative of the Singapore Biennale as a part of the World of Opportunities project, IMF and World Bank group, as they exist under one umbrella? What does the Singapore Biennale, as an opportunity, really mean from local and global perspectives, and what are the challenges that you […]

The unintentional irony of the immensely tall Richard Move’s personification of Martha Graham in the Martha Graham Dance Company’s 80th Anniversary Celebration revealed the essentiality of her transgender art form for a new century. He well deserved the honor for keeping the technique and quest of Martha alive in the shadows of the official New […]

Our perceptions are often tainted by prejudices so ingrained that we are not even conscious of this when we look at something. So it is with the distinction made between art and craft. Traditionally, “craft” artists follow traditions handed down for generations, whereas “fine artists” produce work with a cutting-edge criticality—produced for a capitalist market […]

The Contemporary Chinese art scene is vibrant, enthusiastic and economically booming—echoing the general situation in China. In the last 20 years, art from China has confounded the expectations of the international art community, as the content expressed in these art works is no longer subservient solely to the aims of the governmental and social agenda. […]

As Italian critic Enrico Pedrini and I drove to La Napoule, memories of my 2002 artist’s residence flitted about my mind. For two months, I worked as an artist in residence at a chateau just west of Cannes on the French Riviera. The American La Napoule Art Foundation owns and manages an 11th century castle […]

I first crossed paths with Noa Ain when I saw her portraits hanging in Petrossian Café a few months ago. I recently met up with her to delve into her inspiration for the works and probe into what compels her to create portraits. When drawing portraits, Ain looks for qualities that move her, asking, what […]

Leah Oates: Your work has an aspect of performance art in it. Is this the case and if so what was your progression towards performance as an artist?Virginie Sommet: I do not know if I can be considered a performance artist but I did perform in the piece 99c Dream, which is a dress made […]

As one of the most expensive cities in the world, New York is the last place anyone expects to find a bargain, and when shopping in the art market, nothing ever goes on sale. The AAF Contemporary Art Fair, more commonly referred to as the Affordable Art Fair is New York City’s Century 21 equivalent […]

Mandy Morrison: What influenced your decision to create (performative) work that would interact in a public sphere?Stephanie Rothenberg: As an art director for major corporations during New York’s Silicon Alley heyday of the 90s, I became obsessed with time management. In tearing myself away from the financial fruits of the CyberCorp spectacle, my art practice […]