Fall 2020
Ive by Gursky: A Meeting of Minds
By exploring the conventions of past portraits of industrial designers and architects, Maria Morris Hambourg unpacks Andreas Gursky’s ingenious recent portrait of Apple designer Jony Ive to reveal its layered meanings.
Jacques Demy
Carlos Valladares reminisces, in this personal essay, about the director’s films.
The Bigger Picture
Artist Persecution and Protection
Gillian Jakab explores some of the history of the persecution of artists and looks at individuals and organizations that have taken up their cause. Through interviews with groups serving artists at risk today, she illuminates pressing questions of refuge in the age of digital media, autocratic nationalism, and pandemic.
Fashion and Art: Jonathan Anderson
The creative director of JW Anderson and Loewe speaks with Derek Blasberg about engaging with art historical figures and his commitment to fostering new talent with the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize.
The Iconoclasts: Part 3
The third installment of a four-part story cycle by Anne Boyer.
The Kitchen: Fifty-Year Anniversary
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the trailblazing New York institution The Kitchen, we present an oral history that includes contributions from Laurie Anderson, Charles Atlas, Wade Guyton, Jacqueline Humphries, Joan Jonas, Ralph Lemon, and Anicka Yi. Statements organized by Christopher Bollen and Tim Griffin.
Frank Gehry Drawings
Frank Gehry speaks to Jean-Louis Cohen about the early years of his practice, including his work with LA artists, and the role of sketching in his design process. The first volume of the catalogue raisonné of the architect’s drawings, edited by Cohen, was published by Cahiers d’Art earlier this year.
Game Changer
Mercedes Matter
Lauren Mahony and Michael Tcheyan pay homage to the founder of the New York Studio School.
Derek Jarman: A Saint in the Garden
Mark Hudson considers the filmmaker’s enduring legacy and complex relationship to British culture.