How about them Knicks? (I’m writing this after Game 3, so do not respond to this email accusing me of jinxing.) What with the basketball buzz, I almost forgot that soccer’s also in season with the World Cup group stage starting this week. In celebration, the Guggenheim will be screening artists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno’s masterpiece about French soccer legend Zinédine Zidane starting Thursday. And the Tribeca Film Festival’s this week, too? Seems like when the art world starts to get a little sleepy, the rest of the city comes out to play.
It’s also Pride Month! We kick off our series of interviews with queer and trans elders this June with Senior Editor Di Liscia’s interview with Jamie Nares. Much of her work across experimental film, photography, and music is rooted in New York City, particularly the No Wave movement of the mid-1970s. She calls in from her Upstate New York home to talk about life, identity, and the “essences of things.”
The New York-based painter and filmmaker speaks to Hyperallergic about finding the essence of things. | Valentina Di Liscia
"Mckinney’s portraits return me to those scenes of the solitary Black feminine self at rest, where notions of solitude and privacy remain just that: solely my own. "
Sanford Wurmfeld: Squares 1971-74 at Ceysson & Bénétière
"The six paintings and one study in his exhibition gave me a fuller picture of Wurmfeld’s methodical and relentless investigation into color, as well as what distinguishes his work from other artists working in this area."
