INTERVIEWS

Up a narrow stairwell in SoHo, past a black metal door and into a clean white loft, Ferg is doing something he hasn’t done in a long time: slowing down. The space is bare. No crew, no clutter, no chairs. Just two rooms. One for painting, one for music. It’s quiet, focused, built entirely for the work.We got the first look inside as he prepared CHOSEN, his debut solo exhibition. The title says a lot. There was no gallery hand-holding this one, no splashy art-world PR campaign. Though, Ferg worked with the expert curator Anne-Laure Lemaitre and Larry Warsh of No More Rulers to bring his vision to life, this presentation was something largely personal. It resulted in a body of work made by Darold Brown, not for the culture, not for approval, just for himself.That shift started with the cover ...

You’ll find a bit of everything at a Jon Rafman opening – the usual art suspects, fashion heads, music lovers, film connoisseurs and, more recently, the crypto crowd. It’s a group that reflects his own desire to go beyond art world esotericism and break into the broader cultural bloodstream.Rafman is one of the most revered voices of Post-Internet art. Born in Montreal and raised by its indie scene, he's best known for exploring the grotesque, absurd and strangely beautiful corners of digital life. For his latest solo exhibition, Proof of Concept, now at Sprüth Magers in Los Angeles through May 3, the Canadian artist conjures an AI-assisted, hallucinatory hellscape, paying homage to the media cultures that shaped him.Anchoring the show is Main Stream Media Network (MSM), a fictional broadc...

From the rooftops of Jersey City and ancient Indonesian temples, to the literal edges of the stratosphere, KAWS is no stranger to art in unexpected places. The Brooklyn-based artist, known for his cartoonish XX-eyed characters, first made waves in the ‘90s graffiti scene and has since become a defining force in contemporary art and beyond, braiding elements of music and fashion into his extensive visual universe.For FAMILY, the artist’s latest exhibition at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, his crew of cartoonish characters have arrived in the lesser-known art hub of Bentonville, Arkansas. Originally staged at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO,) the show brings together a sweeping collection of paintings, sculptures, installations, collaborations and more, offering an kaleidoscopic...