M.E.C. - ARCHIPELAGO

ISLANDS FROM THE ARCHIPELAGO
A CATALOGUE OF OBSESSIONS | CURATED BY JONATHAN HEPFER

BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND

BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND - 'EVER NEW' (1986) //
[LIVE PERFORMANCE]

BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR

BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR - 'FAMILY TIES' (2021) // [VIDEO]

LAWRENCE WEINER
(IN MEMORIAM)

LAWRENCE WEINER - 'ART MEETS SCIENCE MULTIPLE' (1992) // [POSTCARD]

LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER

LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER - 'ZION DOING HER MATH HOMEWORK
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF FLINT PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL (EST. 1999)' (2016-17) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

SHEN CHEN - 'UNTITLED NO. 12231-09' (2009) // [PAINTING]

ENZO MARI - 'BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
THE SEDIA 1 CHAIR' (1974) // [INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO]

CATHERINE OPIE - 'SUNRISE #8' (2009) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

VIRGIL ABLOH
(IN MEMORIAM)

VIRGIL ABLOH - 'PECULIAR CONTRAST, PERFECT LIGHT' (2020) // [FILM]

LATIFA ECHAKHCH

LATIFA ECHAKHCH - 'À CHAQUE STENCIL UNE REVOLUTION' (2007) // [INSTALLATION]

ROBERT RYMAN - FROM THE 'CLASSICO' SERIES (ca. 1968) // [PAINTING]

PEGGY GOU - 'STARRY NIGHT' (2019) // [MUSIC VIDEO]

MARK TANSEY - 'FORWARD RETREAT' (1986) // [PAINTING]

ZAHA HADID - 'KURFUESTENDRAMM 70' (1986) // [PAINTING]

RICARDO BOFILL - 'LA FÁBRICA' (ca. 1973)
FILM BY ALBERT MOYA // [VIDEO PROFILE]

ESSENCE RANSOME

ESSENCE RANSOME - 'DROWNING' (2020) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

CARLO MOLLINO - TEATRO REGIO TORINO (1965-1973) // [CONCERT HALL]

DO HO SUH - 'HOME WITHIN HOME WITHIN HOME WITHIN HOME
WITHIN HOME (2013) // [FABRIC INSTALLATION]

PAULINE OLIVEROS

PAULINE OLIVEROS - 'BYE BYE BUTTERLY' (1967) // [ELECTRONIC MUSIC]

STEVE MCCURRY - 'TWO NURSES TAKE A BREAK' LOURDES (1989) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

MEREDITH FRAMPTON

MEREDITH FRAMPTON - DETAIL FROM 'MARGUERITE KELSEY' (1928) // [PAINTING]

WALTER DE MARIA

WALTER DE MARIA - 'THE LIGHTNING FIELD' (1977) // [LAND ART]

CARRIE MAE WEEMS

CARRIE MAE WEEMS - 'ROAMING' (2006) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

UTA BARTH - 'GROUND #6' (1992-1993) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

XAVIER CORBERÓ

IN RESIDENCE WITH THE CATALAN SCULPTOR XAVIER CORBERÓ,
BY ALBERT MOYA (2015) // [PROFILE]

BLINKY PALERMO - 'STOFFBILD' (1969) // [FABRIC PAINTING]

LISETTE MODEL - 'ROME' (1966) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

PETER ZUMTHOR - ZINC MINE MUSEUM, NORWAY (2016) // [BUILDING]

GLENN LIGON - 'COME OUT STUDY #12' (2014) // [PAINTING]

WINSLOW HOMER - 'NORTHEASTER' (1985) // [PAINTING]

DORA MAAR - 'UNTITLED' (DATE UNKNOWN) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

JULIE DASH - 'DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST' (1992)
ARTHUR JAFA, CINEMATOGRAPHY // [FILM]

LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN

"IF YOU WANT TO GO DEEP, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR."
- LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN

EVELYN BENCICOVA

EVELYN BENCICOVA - FROM THE SERIES 'ECCE HOMO' (2014) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

STILL FROM CHRIS MARKER'S 'SANS SOLEIL' (1962) // [FILM]

NJIDEKA AKUNYILI CROSBY

NJIDEKA AKUNYILI CROSBY - 'DWELL: ME, WE' (2017) // [PAINTING]

ROBERT HEINECKEN

ROBERT HEINECKEN - 'FIGURE IN TREES' (1971) // [COLLAGE]

TAUBA AUERBACH - 'UNTITLED (FOLD)' (2011) // [PAINTING]

AURELIO GALFETTI
[VIA MAHFUZ SULTAN]

AURELIO GALFETTI - ENTRANCE TO 'CASTELGRANDE' (1989) //
[ARCHITEURAL STRUCTURE, PHOTO BY SIMONE BOSSI]

CAI GUO-QUIANG - 'SKY LADDER' (2015) // ['EXPLOSIVE EVENT']

TACITA DEAN - 'SALT DOLMEN' (2012) //
[GOUACHE ON BLACK AND WHITE ALBUMEN PRINT]

JEREMY O. HARRIS

JEREMY O. HARRIS DISCUSSES 'SLAVE PLAY' (2018)
WITH EBRO ON HOT 97 // [INTERVIEW]

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM - 'HANDS READING BRAILLE' (1933) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

CLAIRE DENIS - 'BEAU TRAVAIL' (1999) // [FILM]

JOHN PAWSON - BIANCO CARRERA MARBLE 'SPAN'
FOR SALVATORI // [DINING TABLE]

LOUISE BOURGEOIS

LOUISE BOURGEOIS - FROM 'THE WAITING HOURS' (2007) //
[FABRIC COLLAGE]

LEE UFAN - FROM THE SERIES 'RELATUM' (ONGOING SINCE 1968) //
[STONE, STEEL, GLASS]

HERZOG & DE MEURON

HERZOG & DE MEURON - 'ELBPHILHARMONIE' HAMBURG

ALICIA KWADE - 'GEGEBENENFALLS DIE WIRKLICHKEIT' (2017) //
[STONE, COPPER, PAPER]

LUCIO FONTANA - 'CONCETTO SPAZIALE, ATTESE' (1966) //
[PAINTING / SCULPTURE]

TANAZ MODABBER
[VIA HAMZA WALKER]

TANAZ MODABBER - 'OTHER SCALES OF PROSODY' (2018) //
[LEPORELLO ART BOOK]

MAX ERNST

MAX ERNST - 'MARINE' (1926) // [PAINTING]

SOPHIE CALLE - 'LAST SEEN...' (1991) // [PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXTS]

SHIRO KURAMATA - 'GLASS CHAIR' (1976) // [FURNITURE]

KAZUMA OGAWA

KAZUMA OGAWA - 'IRIS KAEMPFEREI' (1896) //
[COLLOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH]

VIJA CELMINS - 'UNTITLED (OCEAN)' (1973) // [GRAPHITE ON PAPER]

ALEXANDRA BELL - 'COUNTERNARRATIVES' (2018) //
[VIDEO FOR NEW YORKER]

AUGUSTE RODIN

AUGUSTE RODIN - 'NUDE FIGURE ON HANDS
AND KNEES' (1900-1910) // [WATERCOLOR]

FIONA APPLE - 'THE FIRST TASTE' (1996) // [MUSIC VIDEO]

LUIGI GHIRRI - 'SELF PORTRAIT, PARIS' (1976) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

FRANCESCA WOODMAN

FRANCESCA WOODMAN - 'SPACE2, PROVIDENCE,
RHODE ISLAND' (1976) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

GERHARD RICHTER

GERHARD RICHTER - 'EISBERG IM NEBEL' (1982) // [PAINTING]

KANDIS WILLIAMS

KANDIS WILLIAMS - 'SHALLOW POOL OF
BACCHANALE FREEDOM' (2018) // [COLLAGE]

'FRED MOTEN'S RADICAL CRITIQUE OF THE PRESENT' (2018)
BY DAVID WALLACE // [NEW YORKER PROFILE]

CALIDA GARCIA RAWLES

CALIDA GARCIA RAWLES - 'THE SPACE IN WHICH
WE TRAVEL' (2019) // [PAINTING]

GUSTAVE COURBET

GUSTAVE COURBET - 'THE BLACK ROCKS
AT TROUVILLE' (1865-66) // [PAINTING]

MARY WEATHERFORD

MARY WEATHERFORD - 'GEORGIA' (2010) //
[CONVERSATION WITH HAMZA WALKER]

ANISH KAPOOR

ANISH KAPOOR - 'BLIND' (2013) // [ALABASTER SCULPTURE]

HOWARDENA PINDELL

HOWARDENA PINDELL - 'VIDEO DRAWINGS: SWIMMING' (1975) // [VIDEO]

TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI

NICHOLAS KRISTOF - 'THIS 8-YEAR-OLD CHESS CHAMPION
WILL MAKE YOU SMILE' (2019) // [NY TIMES PROFILE]

"IT IS A FAULT TO WISH TO BE UNDERSTOOD BEFORE WE HAVE
MADE OURSELVES CLEAR TO OURSELVES." - SIMONE WEIL

FRED SANDBACK

FRED SANDBACK - 'UNTITLED (SCULPTURAL STUDY, FIVE-PART CONSTRUCTION)' (ca. 1987) // [THREAD SCULPTURE]

VIRGINIA JARAMILLO

VIRGINIA JARAMILLO - 'UNTITLED' (1974) // [NY TIMES PROFILE]

ALBRECHT DÜRER

'SEEING OUR OWN REFLECTION IN THE BIRTH OF THE SELF-PORTRAIT'
BY JASON FARAGO (2020) // [NY TIMES FEATURE]

RAF SIMONS AND MIUCCIA PRADA

PRADA - SPRING/SUMMER 2021 WOMENSWEAR COLLECTION, PLUS
CONVERSATION BETWEEN RAF SIMONS AND MIUCCIA PRADA // [SHOW]

MOSES SUMNEY - 'WORTH IT' (2016) DIRECTED BY ALLIE AVITAL
PHOTOGRAPH BY LUKE GILFORD // [MUSIC VIDEO]

ISABELLE ALBUQUERQUE

ISABELLE ALBUQUERQUE
'ORGY FOR 10 PEOPLE IN ONE BODY: 5' (2020) // [SCULPTURE]

BILL VIOLA - 'LOVE/DEATH : THE TRISTAN PROJECT' (2005)
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, CONDUCTOR / PETER SELLARS, DIRECTOR // [VIDEO]

SHEILA METZNER

MOLLY RINGWALD BY SHEILA METZNER FOR VANITY FAIR (1984) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

BRUCE NAUMAN - 'SELF PORTRAIT AS A FOUNTAIN'
FROM '11 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS' (1966/67) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

GRACE WALES BONNER

HILTON ALS - 'GRACE WALES BONNER'S VISIONS OF BLACK STYLE' (2020) //
[NEW YORKER PROFILE]

RICHARD BRODY ON YASUJIRŌ OZU'S 'GOOD MORNING' (1959) //
[VIDEO ANALYSIS FOR THE NEW YORKER]

AGNES DENES - 'WHEATFIELD' (1982) / 'THE WOMAN WHO HARVESTED A WHEAT FIELD OFF WALL STREET' BY KARRIE JACOBS // [ARTICLE]

MARK BRADFORD - 'THE HOOD IS MOODY' (2003) // [MIXED MEDIA]

'THE EVE BABITZ REVIVAL' BY PENELOPE GREEN (2019)
PHOTO OF EVE AND MARCEL DUCHAMP BY JULIAN WASSER // [ARTICLE]

CY TWOMBLY

CY TWOMBLY - 'PEONIES' BASSANO IN TEVERINA (1980) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

WEYES BLOOD - 'MOVIES' (2019) DIRECTED BY NATALIE MERING
'TITANIC RISING' PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRETT STANLEY // [MUSIC VIDEO]

MINORU YAMASAKI

MINORU YAMASAKI - 'ONE M&T PLAZA, BUFFALO, NEW YORK' (1966) // [BUILDING]

JEANNE CLAUDE ON 'WRAPPING'
(DURING THE INSTALLATION OF 'WRAPPED COAST') (1969) // [VIDEO]

ALBERT AYLER TRIO - SPIRITUAL UNITY (1965)
WITH GARRY PEACOCK, BASS AND SUNNY MURRAY, DRUMS // [ALBUM]

SUSAN SONTAG
[FEATURING EARLY DAYS OF MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS]

SUSAN SONTAG - 'PILGRIMAGE : TEA WITH THOMAS MANN ' (1987)
PHOTO OF SUSAN SONTAG BY PETER HUJAR (1975) // [ESSAY]

HENRIK PURIENNE

PURIENNE - 'JEUX DE PEAU : PHYSICAL SPACE AS MENTAL SPACE'
(DETAIL) (2019) // [VOGUE INTERVIEW]

RICHARD WAGNER - 'LIEBESTOD' (FROM 'TRISTAN UND ISOLDE') (EXCERPT)
HERBERT VON KARAJAN AND JESSYE NORMAN, VIENNA PHIL. // [VIDEO]

CARLO SCARPA

MUSEO CANOVA (WING DESIGNED BY CARLO SCARPA) (ca. 1957) // [SCULPTURES, LIGHT, SPACE]

JUDE RAE - 'SL350' (2015) // [PAINTING]

DONALD JUDD - '101 SPRING STREET LOFT, NYC' // [INTERIOR DESIGN]

VIVIAN MAIER - 'SELF-PORTRAIT, CHICAGOLAND' (1975) [PHOTOGRAPH]
'WHAT VIVIAN MAIER SAW IN COLOR' BY ANDREA K. SCOTT // [ARTICLE]

PURPLE PRESENTS : AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST SISSÒN (2020)
PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BRIDGER, WORDS BY KATE CARUSO // [INTERVIEW]

KANYE WEST - 'FADE' (2016) TEYANA TAYLOR, DANCE
DIRECTED BY ELI LINNETZ // [MUSIC VIDEO]

'AXEL VERVOORDT AND THE EXTRAORDINARY TREASURES OF
KASTEEL VAN'S GRAVENWEZEL' (2020) // [VIDEO]

"UNCLOG YOUR MIND. UNCLOG YOUR ROOM. ARRANGE YOUR ROOM
IN A WAY YOU WISH YOUR MIND WOULD BE." - YOKO ONO

ORSON WELLES - 'F FOR FAKE' (1973) // [FILM]

ANNE CARSON - 'IF NOT, WINTER : FRAGMENTS OF SAPPHO' (2003) //
[BOOK REVIEW]

FRANK OCEAN - 'SELF CONTROL' (2016)
PORTRAIT BY WOLFGANG TILLMANS // [RECORDING]

SUSAN WEIL AND ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
'SUSAN WEIL WITH CANE' (1950) // [CYANOTYPE]

JOHN CAGE - '10 STONES' (1989) // [PAINTING]

TANYA AND ZHENYA POSTERNAK

TANYA AND ZHENYA POSTERNAK
FOR SUNNEI SWIMWEAR SS19 // [PHOTOGRAPH]

'INSIDE THE CONCRETE ATELIER OF JAPANESE ARCHITECT TADAO ANDO' BY ALYN GRIFFITHS // [PROFILE]

MARTHA ARGERICH

DOMENICO SCARLATTI - 'SONATA IN D MINOR K141'
MARTHA ARGERICH, PIANO (2008) // [PERFORMANCE]

MARTIN SCORSESE AND WONG KAR WAI IN CONVERSATION (2014) // [VIDEO]

RONI HORN - 'UNTITLED ('...IT WAS A MASK, BUT THE REAL FACE
WAS IDENTICAL TO THE FALSE ONE.')' (2010) // [SCULPTURE]

BAS JAN ADER - 'FALL II, AMSTERDAM' (1970) // [PERFORMANCE]

LYNN YAEGER - 'THE NOTORIOUSLY RECLUSIVE
REI KAWAKUBO SPEAKS OUT' (2017) // [VOGUE ARTICLE]

PERGAMON MUSEUM

ANONYMOUS - 'GORGON (OR "LION GODDESS")
AND POSEIDON'S OPPONENT' (2nd CENTURY B.C.E.) // [FRIEZE]

'GESUALDO : DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES' (1995)
DIRECTED BY WERNER HERZOG // [DOCUMENTARY]

RIHANNA - 'SAME OL' MISTAKES' (2016)
PORTRAIT BY PAOLO ROVERSI // [RECORDING]

WOLFGANG TILLMANS

WOLFGANG TILLMANS - 'FIRE ISLAND' (2015) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

JOAN MITCHELL - 'UNTITLED' (1946) // [PAINTING]

CHARLES GAINES - 'NUMBERS AND TREES V,
LANDSCAPE #8: ORANGE CROW' (1989)

PAM TANOWITZ - 'GUSTAVE LE GRAY No. 1' MUSIC BY CAROLINE SHAW
DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM & MIAMI CITY BALLET // [PERFORMANCE]

JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES

JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES - 'PORTRAIT OF
BARONNE DE ROTHSCHILDE' (DETAIL) (1848) // [PAINTING]

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND

'CHARLOTTE PERRIAND, STEPPING OUT OF CORBUSIER'S SHADOW'
CHAISE LONGUE BASCULANTE B 306 (1929) // [NY TIMES ARTICLE]

VALERIO OLGIATI
[VIA MAHFUZ SULTAN]

VALERIO OLGIATI - 'VILLA ALÉM' (PORTUGAL, 2014) // [ARCHITECTURE]

JULEE CRUISE - 'ROCKIN' BACK INSIDE MY HEART' (1990)
DAVID LYNCH, LYRICS. ANGELO BADALAMENTI, MUSIC. // [VIDEO]

ORNETTE COLEMAN

'ORNETTE : MADE IN AMERICA' DIRECTED BY SHIRLEY CLARKE (1985) // [TRAILER TO DOCUMENTARY]

TRISHA BROWN - 'WATERMOTOR'
A FILM BY BABETTE MANGOLTE (1978) // [DANCE VIDEO]

BARNETT NEWMAN

BARNETT NEWMAN - 'CANTO VII' (1963-64) // [PAINTING]

JIL SANDER - SPRING / SUMMER 1996, SHOT BY CRAIG MCDEAN
FEATURING GUINEVERE VAN SEENUS // [PHOTOGRAPH]

ASAP ROCKY - 'GUNZ N BUTTER' (2018) FEATURING JUICY J
DIRECTED BY JAMES MACKEL // [MUSIC VIDEO]

AMANDA CHARCHIAN

AMANDA CHARCHIAN - 'AGAPE' FROM 'THE SEVEN TYPES OF LOVE' (2017) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

GIORGIO MORANDI

GIORGIO MORANDI - 'NATURA MORT' (1937) // [PAINTING]

RACHEL WHITEREAD

RACHEL WHITEREAD - 'UNTITLED (ONE HUNDRED SPACES)' (1995) // [SCULPTURE]

PETER FISCHLI & DAVID WEISS
[VIA HAMZA WALKER]

PETER FISCHLI & DAVID WEISS - 'DER LAUF DER DINGE' (1987) // [VIDEO]

NASREEN MOHAMEDI

NASREEN MOHAMEDI - 'UNTITLED' (ca. 1970) // [DRAWING]

LAOCOÖN

ANONYMOUS - 'LAOCOÖN AND HIS SONS' (HELLENISTIC PERIOD) // [SCULPTURE]

DEANA LAWSON - 'KINGDOM COME' (2014) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

DIETER RAMS - 'TEN PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD DESIGN' // [MAXIMS]

HOMER - 'THE ODYSSEY' TRANSLATED BY EMILY WILSON //
[ESSAY IN THE NEW YORKER]

'THE FASHION OUTLAW DAPPER DAN' BY BARRY MICHAEL COOPER //
[NEW YORK TIMES PROFILE]

ÉLISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE

ÉLISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE - 'CEPHALE ET PROCRIS' (1694) // [OPERA]

SIMONE PORTE JACQUEMUS

JACQUEMUS - 'L'AMOUR' SPRING/SUMMER 2021 // [FASHION SHOW]

LYNN GOLDSMITH

PATTI SMITH PHOTOGRAPHED BY LYNN GOLDSMITH (1975)
FROM 'BEFORE EASTER AFTER' // [PHOTOGRAPH]

PAUL MCCARTHY & MIKE KELLEY

PAUL MCCARTHY & MIKE KELLEY - FROM 'HEIDI, MIDLIFE CRISIS TRAUMA CENTER & NEGATIVE MEDIA-ENGRAM ABREACTION RELEASE ZONE' (1992)

HARLEY WEIR

HARLEY WEIR - 'BALENCIAGA SPRING/SUMMER 2017'
FEATURING ELIZA DOUGLAS // [PHOTOGRAPH]

JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES

JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES - 'VIOLIN DUO No. 3'
PERFORMED BY AUGUSTIN HADELICH // [PERFORMANCE]

DOREEN GEHRY NELSON

DOREEN GEHRY NELSON AND FRANK GEHRY - 'KID CITY' (1972)
DIRECTED BY JON BOORSTIN // [DOCUMENTARY]

REN HANG - 'UNTITLED' (2016) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

GEORGIA O'KEEFE

GEORGIA O'KEEFE - 'COTTONWOOD TREE IN SPRING' (1943) // [PAINTING]

NICOLAS DE STAËL

NICOLAS DE STAËL - 'PAYSAGE DE VAUCLUSE No. 3' (1953) // [PAINTING]

YVONNE LEFÉBURE

'YVONNE LEFÉBURE TEACHES HOW TO PLAY DEBUSSY'
('UNE LEÇON DE VIE'), DIRECTED BY YVETTE CARBOU // [DOCUMENTARY]

AIR JORDAN COMMERCIALS (1986-2020)
GUEST STARRING SPIKE LEE AS MARS BLACKMON // [COMMERCIALS]

COMME DES GARÇONS

COMME DES GARÇONS PHOTOGRAPHED BY SARAH MOON (2007) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

LOUIS KAHN

LOUIS KAHN - 'SALK INSTITUTE' (1965) // [CAMPUS]

TECHING HSIEH AND LINDA MONTANO

LINDA MONTANO & TECHING HSIEH 'ART/LIFE ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE (ROPE PIECE)' (1983/1984) // [DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE]

ENNIO MORRICONE (IN MEMORIAM)

TITLE SEQUENCE TO PIER-PAOLO PASOLINI'S 'UCCELLACCI E UCCELLINI' (1967) MUSIC BY ENNIO MORRICONE // [TITLE SEQUENCE]

BJÖRK - 'FROSTI' (2001) // [RECORDING]

DAVID HAMMONS - 'AFRICAN-AMERICAN FLAG' (1990) //
[NEW YORKER PROFILE]

'HAPPY?' FROM 'MYSTERY TRAIN' (1989)
DIRECTED BY JIM JARMUSCH // [FILM CLIP]

ANNI ALBERS

ANNI ALBERS - DETAIL OF 'WITH VERTICALS' (1946) // [TEXTILE]

JOSEF ALBERS

JOSEF ALBERS - 'HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE : SOFT SPOKEN' (1969) // [PAINTING]

Q LAZZARUS - 'GOODBYE HORSES' (1988)
FILM FOR GUCCI BY GLEN LUCHFORD (2016) // [SHORT FILM]

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL - 'A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
AS A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF' (1980) // [PAINTING]

GWENDOLYN KNIGHT

GWENDOLYN KNIGHT - 'RUNNING HORSE' (1995) // [ETCHING]

ORVILLE PECK - 'DEAD OF NIGHT' (2019)
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MAXXIS // [MUSIC VIDEO]

AGNES VARDA - 'BLACK PANTHERS' (1968) // [FILM CLIP]

MICHAEL HEIZER - 'CITY' (1972 - PRESENT)
'A MONUMENT TO OUTLAST HUMANITY' // [NEW YORKER PROFILE]

'RUTH ASAWA HOLDING A FORM-WITHIN-FORM SCULPTURE' (1952)
PHOTOGRAPH BY IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM // [INTERVIEW]

HALIM EL-DABH - 'WIRE RECORDER PIECE' (1944) // [MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE]

'BALLETS FÉLIX BLASKA' (1971), GERD THIEME DIRECTOR
JEAN-PIERRE DROUET AND PIERRE CHERIZA, COMPOSERS // [FILM]

KANYE WEST IN CONVERSATION
WITH THE BREAKFAST CLUB (2013) // [INTERVIEW]

KARA WALKER - 'UNTITLED' (2018) // [INTERVIEW]

DAVÓNE - 'LET IT SHINE' (2020) // [RECORDING]

BEATRIZ FERREYRA

BEATRIZ FERREYRA - 'L'ORVIETAN' (1970) // [MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE]

ARTHUR ASHE ON RACE AND TENNIS (1969) // [INTERVIEW]

MYRIAM BEN SALAH

'MISSED CONNECTIONS : MYRIAM BEN SALAH
IN CONVERSATION WITH MAHFUZ SULTAN' (2020) // [INTERVIEW]

'BOB DYLAN HAS A LOT ON HIS MIND' (2020) // [NY TIMES INTERVIEW]

MISS MAJOR GRIFFIN-GRACY DISCUSSES THE STONEWALL RIOTS
AT STUDIO Q (2016) // [INTERVIEW]

BUTCH MORRIS - 'OTHELLO A' (1991) // [RECORDING]

ADRIAN PIPER - 'A SYNTHESIS OF INTUITIONS' (2018)
MoMA RETROSPECTIVE // [NY TIMES ARTICLE]

NOAH DAVIS - 'PREY' (2010) // [PAINTING]

AMANDLA STENBERG

AMANDLA STENBERG ON CODE SWITCHING
(WITH TREVOR NOAH) (2018) // [INTERVIEW]

HENRY TAYLOR 'HAMMONS MEETS A HYENA ON HOLIDAY' (2004) //
[NEW YORKER PROFILE BY ZADIE SMITH]

NINA SIMONE - 'LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME' (1958) // [PERFORMANCE]

BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS

SELF PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS // [ARTICLE]

MARSHA P. JOHNSON

ANDY WARHOL - 'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (MARSHA JOHNSON)' (1974) // [BELATED OBITUARY IN NEW YORK TIMES]

'ME WHEE' MUHAMMAD ALI SPEAKS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY (1975)
ARNY STONE, DIRECTOR // [FILM]

TONI MORRISON MIC DROP ON CHARLIE ROSE (1993) // [INTERVIEW]

A CONVERSATION WITH BARACK OBAMA
AND THE WIRE CREATOR DAVID SIMON (2015) // [INTERVIEW]

'13TH' (2016) AVA DUVERNAY, DIRECTOR // [DOCUMENTARY]

POPE.L - 'TRINKET' ( 2008 / 2015 ) // [ARTIST TALK]

ANGELA DAVIS
[VIA MAHFUZ SULTAN]

ANGELA DAVIS ON REVOLUTION (1972) // [INTERVIEW]

DO THE RIGHT THING

'THE TALE OF RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND' FROM
'DO THE RIGHT THING' (1989) SPIKE LEE, DIRECTOR // [FILM CLIP]

CLAUDIA RANKINE

CLAUDIA RANKINE - 'THE MEANING OF SERENA WILLIAMS' (2015) //
[ESSAY]

ARTHUR JAFA - 'LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE IS DEATH' (2016)
MUSIC BY KANYE WEST // [VIDEO]

ANA KRAŠ - FROM THE SERIES 'GRIDS' (2014) //
[COLORED PENCIL ON PAPER]

FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES

FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES - 'UNTITLED' (1991) //
[BILLBOARD OF AN EMPTY BED]

PUSHA T - 'NUMBERS ON THE BOARDS' (2013),
SO ME, DIRECTOR // [MUSIC VIDEO]

CHANTAL AKERMAN

CHANTAL AKERMAN DISCUSSES 'JEANNE DIELMAN' (2009) // [INTERVIEW]

MITSUKO UCHIDA DISCUSSES THE 'ÉTUDES' (1915) OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY // [INTERVIEW & DEMONSTRATION]

MICHAEL ASHER - 'KUNSTHALLE BERN' (1992) // [INSTALLATION]

SOLANGE - 'CRANES IN THE SKY' (2016)
ALAN FERGUSON & SOLANGE KNOWLES, DIRECTORS
ARTHUR JAFA & ALAN FERGUSON, D.O.P // [MUSIC VIDEO]

JAMES LEE BYARS

JAMES LEE BYARS - 'THE DEATH OF JAMES LEE BYARS' (1994)
MUSIC BY ZAD MOULTAKA (2019) // [SCULPTURE]

'THE INSCRUTABLE BRILLIANCE OF ANNE CARSON' (2013)
BY SAM ANDERSON // [NEW YORK TIMES PROFILE]

MAHFUZ SULTAN - 'SKYJACKING' RED LEBANESE' (2020) //
[EDITION OF SEVEN, HANDMADE]

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

INTERVIEW WITH SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1959) // [INTERVIEW]

SISSÒN - 'THE HEIRESS & HIGH PRIEST' (2020) // [PAINTING]

ANNELIESE VARALDIEV

JORGA FLEEZANIS PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANNELIESE VARALDIEV //
[PHOTOGRAPH]

HELMUT LACHENMANN

HELMUT LACHENMANN - 'SALUT FÜR CAUDWELL' (1977)
GIL FESCH AND NUNO PINTO, GUITARS // [PERFORMANCE]

LANA DEL REY - 'VIDEO GAMES' (2011) LANA DEL REY, DIRECTOR //
[MUSIC VIDEO]

JERRY STILLER (IN MEMORIAM)

JERRY STILLER AS FRANK COSTANZA
'YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?' // [BLOOPER]

LAURIE SPIEGEL - 'THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE' (1980) // [ALBUM]

LITTLE RICHARD (IN MEMORIAM)

LITTLE RICHARD ON LETTERMAN (1982) //
[INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE]

JAMES BALDWIN
[VIA ANAÏS JULIA NGBANZO]

JAMES BALDWIN - 'HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WANT FOR *PROGRESS?*'
FROM 'THE PRICE OF THE TICKET' (1989) // [INTERVIEW]

SERENA WILLIAMS

SERENA WILLIAMS READS 'STILL I RISE' (1978) BY MAYA ANGELOU //
[POEM AND MONTAGE]

KENDRICK LAMAR - 'DNA' (2017)
NABIL & THE LIL HOMIES, DIRECTORS // [MUSIC VIDEO]

'WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM?'
DAVID LYNCH WITH PAUL HOLDENGRÄBER (2014) // [INTERVIEW]

LORNA SIMPSON - 'CLOUDSCAPE' (2004) // [VIDEO LOOP]

AGNES MARTIN

AGNES MARTIN - 'SUMMER' (1964) // [PAINTING]

FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS

FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS - 'SEE HER OUT (THAT'S JUST LIFE)' (2016)
JAKE SCHREIER, DIRECTOR // [MUSIC VIDEO]

JENNY HOLZER

JENNY HOLZER - 'SAVOR KINDNESS BECAUSE CRUELTY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE LATER' (FROM 'TRUISMS') (1978-1987) // [MARQUEE]

EZRA POUND - 'LE TESTAMENT DE VILLON' (1919)
ASKO ENSEMBLE | REINBERD DE LEEUW, CONDUCTOR // [RECORDING]

M.I.A. - 'BAD GIRLS' (2012) ROMAIN GAVRAS, DIRECTOR // [MUSIC VIDEO]

CARLOS KLEIBER CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN //
[PERFORMANCE]

NAN GOLDIN

NAN GOLDIN - 'THE HUG' (NEW YORK CITY, 1980) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

TOUMANI DIABATÉ

TOUMANI DIABATÉ WITH BALLAKÉ SISSOKO
'NEW ANCIENT STRINGS' (1997) // [RECORDING]

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

'ABBAS KIAROSTAMI ON ORIGINAL LOVE' (2012) // [INTERVIEW]

NADIA BOULANGER

'MADEMOISELLE (NADIA BOULANGER)' (1977)
BRUNO MONSAINGEON, DIRECTOR // [DOCUMENTARY]

LIFE OF GALILEO

VINKO GLOBOKAR - 'TOUCHER' (1973) JONATHAN HEPFER, PERCUSSION
TEXT FROM BERTOLT BRECHT'S 'LIFE OF GALILEO' (1938) // [PERFORMANCE]

NICO - 'THESE DAYS' (1967) // [RECORDING]

ISAO TOMITA - 'SUITE BERGAMESQUE: CLAIR DE LUNE, NO. 3' (1974)

ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS

ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS
'EXPULSION FROM PARADISE' (2020) // [PAINTING]

'KERWIN FROST EXPLAINS THE PENCIL TATTOO' (2017)
DIRECTED BY STEVEN SAVOCA AND WHITE TRASH TYLER // [VIDEO]

BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE

NEW ORDER - 'BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE' (1986)
ROBERT LONGO, DIRECTOR // [MUSIC VIDEO]

ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER

ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER - 'ROSAS DANST ROSAS' (1983) //
MUSIC AND FILM BY THIERRY DE MEY (1997) // [FILM]

PETER SELLARS ON CINEMA (2009) | WITH BILL PENCE // [INTERVIEW]

DAVÓNE TINES & IGEE DIEUDONNÉ - 'CHORALE' (2019)
DAVÓNE TINES, BARITONE // [VIDEO]

GRIMES - 'OBLIVION' (2012)
EMILY KAI BOCK, DIRECTOR // [MUSIC VIDEO]

JULIUS EASTMAN - 'THE HOLY PRESENCE OF JOAN D'ARC' (1981)
DAVÓNE TINES, BARITONE and ECHOI, PERFORMERS // [VIDEO]

PINA BAUSCH - 'CAFÉ MÜLLER' (1978) WIM WENDERS, DIRECTOR (2011)
MUSIC by HENRY PURCELL // [FILM CLIP]

HANDS OF BRESSON

KOGONADA - 'HANDS OF BRESSON' (2014)
MUSIC BY FRANZ SCHUBERT // [MONTAGE]

JANET CARDIFF - 'FORTY PART MOTET' (2001)
(A REWORKING OF 'SPEM IN ALIUM' BY THOMAS TALLIS (1556)) //
[SHORT PROFILE]

KANYE WEST - 'FOLLOW GOD' (2019)
JAKE SCHREIER, DIRECTOR // [MUSIC VIDEO]

ARVO PÄRT MAKES A JOKE, from
'AND THEN CAME EVENING AND THE MORNING' //
[CLIP] | [FULL DOCUMENTARY]

LAURIE ANDERSON

LAURIE ANDERSON - 'O SUPERMAN (FOR MASSENET)' (1981) //
[MUSIC VIDEO]

ÉLIANE RADIGUE

ÉLIANE RADIGUE - IMA PORTRAIT DOCUMENTARY (2009) //
[SHORT FILM]

CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE

CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE - 'WRAPPED REICHSTAG, BERLIN'
(1971-1995) // [WRAPPED BUILDING]

ALVIN LUCIER - 'I AM SITTING IN A ROOM' (1969) // [RECORDING]

BILL WITHERS (IN MEMORIAM)

BILL WITHERS - 'AIN'T NO SUNSHINE' (1971) // [PERFORMANCE]

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - 'THE MAGIC FLUTE'
INGMAR BERGMAN, DIRECTOR (1975) // [OPERA ON FILM]

SOLANGE - 'WHEN I GET HOME' DIRECTOR'S CUT (2019) //
[MUSIC VIDEO]

JIM JARMUSCH - 'CHAMPAGNE' from 'COFFEE and CIGARETTES' (2003)
WITH BILL RICE and TAYLOR MEAD, MUSIC BY MAHLER // [FILM CLIP]

INTERVIEW WITH WENDY CARLOS ON BBC 2 (1989) // [VIDEO]

THOMAS QUASTHOFF

FRANZ SCHUBERT - 'GUTE NACHT' from 'WINTERREISE'
THOMAS QUASTHOFF, BARITONE | DANIEL BARENBOIM, PIANO //
[VIDEO]

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (IN MEMORIAM)

REST IN PEACE, KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (1933-2020)
'THRENODY FOR THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA' (1959-61) //
[ANIMATED SCORE]

GERTRUDE STEIN - 'AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS'
ILLUSTRATED BY MAIRA KALMAN (2020) //
[NEW YORK TIMES PROFILE]

HIROSHI YOSHIMURA

HIROSHI YOSHIMURA - 'DANCE PM'
from 'MUSIC for NINE POSTCARDS' (1982) // [AUDIO]

JAY ROCK, KENDRICK LAMAR, FUTURE and JAMES BLAKE
'KING'S DEAD' (2018) // [MUSIC VIDEO]

WERNER HERZOG in CONVERSATION with PAUL HOLDENGRÄBER
THE QUARANTINE TAPES (2020) // [AUDIO]

ALICE COLTRANE - 'ETERNITY' (1976) // [ALBUM]

ANSELM KIEFER - 'REMEMBERING THE FUTURE' (2014) // [DOCUMENTARY]

'ARTHUR JAFA IN BLOOM' (2019) // [NEW YORK TIMES PROFILE]

RICHARD VALITUTTO

RICHARD VALITUTTO - 'NOCTURNES & LULLABIES' (2020) // [ALBUM]

GYÖRGY KURTÁG

GYÖRGY KURTÁG / SAMUEL BECKETT - 'FIN DE PARTIE' (2018)
at LA SCALA // [OPERA]

RICHARD SERRA and PHILIP GLASS

RICHARD SERRA - 'HANDS SCRAPING' (1968) //
PHILIP GLASS and RICHARD SERRA, PERFORMERS [VIDEO]

FINI STRAUBINGER

WERNER HERZOG - 'LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS' (1971) // [FILM]

LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE

LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE
'A PASSION LIKE NO OTHER' (2012) // [PAINTING]

GALINA USTVOLSKAYA

'GALINA USTVOLSKAYA : SCREAM INTO SPACE' (2005) // [DOCUMENTARY]

ARTHUR RUSSELL - 'LOSING MY TASTE FOR THE NIGHT LIFE' // [AUDIO]

ANDREI TARKOVSKY

ANDREI TARKOVSKY - 'A MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE'
from 'A POET IN THE CINEMA' (1983) // [DOCUMENTARY CLIP]