Questions & Answers
Yasemin Vargi interviewed Melissa Stern about art practice and her recent solo show Strange Girls exhibited at Garvey Simon.
All in Interviews
Hossein Edalatkhah
Studio Visit
Our editor Yasemin Vargi visits artist Hossein Edalatkhah at his Upper East side studio, where he speaks about his studio practice and recent works.
Dave Muller
Artist Survey
In over fifty new paintings depicting the circular labels of assorted vinyl albums and singles, Muller draws upon his endless fascination and encyclopedic knowledge of music and its capacity to shape both individual and cultural identities. Dave Muller answers our publishing director Atesh's questionnaire.
until June 30, 2018
Ahmet Civelek
Studio Visit
Our editor Yasemin Vargi visited Brooklyn based artist Ahmet Civelek's studio and spoke with him about his artistic career and upcoming projects.
Nathan Ritterpusch
Castor Gallery
These works explore contemporary notions of beauty, ephemerality and Ritterpusch’s curious relationship to the women that are contemporaries of his mother. Our contributor editor Eda Ozdoyuran interviewed Nathan about his New York exhibition.
until Feb 3rd, 2018
Joyce Kozloff
DC Moore Gallery
An exhibition that unites the artist’s ongoing mixed media cartographic art with recently unearthed childhood drawings. Artspeak editor Yasemin Vargi spoke with the artist about Girlhood
until Nov 4, 2017
Robin F. Williams
Artist Survey
Robin F. Williams whose exhibition runs at PPOW Gallery answers our publishing director Atesh M. Gundogdu"s questionnaire.
The exhibition runs through November 11, 2017
James Rieck
Lyons Wier Gallery
Our editor Yasemin Vargi interviewed artist James Rieck on his new series of paintings.
through Nov 4, 2017
Afruz Amighi
Leila Heller Gallery
The materials employed by the artist includes fiberglass mesh, graphite, chain, steel and light to produce shadows that reflects the artist’s ongoing exploration of geometry and scared spaces. Our contributor editor Eda Ozdoyuran interviewed the artist who was in New York for her recent exhibition opening.
until July 28, 2017
Peter Joseph
Lisson Gallery
Over the decades, the gallery has mounted tens of exhibitions dedicated to the work by the renowned painter; their first collaboration in New York includes a new body of work that manifests his interest in looser and freer forms. Artspeak editor Osman Can Yerebakan interviewed Joseph about his contemplative and joyous New York exhibition.
until August 11, 2017
FOUND: Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Curated by artist and AIDS/HIV activist Avram Finkelstein, the ambitious exhibition is one of the first exhibition projects presented at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art’s newly-designed gallery space that opened its doors earlier in 2007. Artpseak editor Osman Can Yerebakan talked with Finkelstein about FOUND.
until September 10, 2017
Anna Stothart
Lehmann Maupin
Adapting its title from a work by Gibson, From whisper to a scream proposes various modes to look at the current socio-political landscape through geometric abstraction, color, and form. Artspeak editor Osman Can Yerebakan spoke with the exhibition curator Anna Stothart about her decision to bring these three artists together.
until September 1, 2017
Ali Banisadr
Sperone Westwate
Combining elements from traditional European painting with global socio-political consciousness, the Iranian-American artist leaves mesmerizing marks on the canvas, building narratives on displacement, tragedy, and chaos.
until June 24, 2017
Anthony James
Fort Gansevoort
The exhibition brings together works from early 2000s with a recent body of work installed around Fort Gansevoort’s distinct architectural interior within a three-story Greek Revival house.
until July 8, 2017
Jay Heikes
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Heikes explores the physical and perceptual barriers inspired by today’s social and political landscape through his installations that guide the viewer around the space with their abstract angles and forms. Yasemin Vargi interviewed Jay Heikes about his recent body of work.
until June 17, 2017
Tobias Pils
Galerie Eva Presenhuber
“Before I start to work on a new painting, I have a clear vision of its motif, temperature, and its form. However, the process of painting itself is the chance to lead me to a point and solution that I could not have thought of in advance. Sometimes, the painting is finished when any trace of the primary idea has dissolved.” — Tobias Pils
until June 17, 2017