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


MARK MANDERS
Picture
DESK OF MARK MANDERS (PHOTO: MISA JEFFEREIS) // [SPACE]

LUCHITA HURTADO
Picture

​LUCHITA HURTADO – “UNTITLED” (c. 1975) // [OIL ON CANVASETTE]

FRANCIS ALŸS
Picture

​FRANCIS ALŸS - 'FABIOLA' (EARLY 1990s - PRESENT) // [COLLECTION]

CANDIDA HÖFER
Picture

CANDIDA HÖFER - 'KUNSTHALLE BASEL III' (1999) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

CLAUDE GARACHE
Picture

​CLAUDE GARACHE - 'SANS TITRE' (ca. 1975) // [OIL ON CANVAS] 

KIMSOOJA 
Picture

KIMSOOJA - 'TO BREATHE: A CONSTELLATION' (2024) //
​[INSTALLATION, PINAULT COLLECTION, PARIS]

ISAAC JULIEN
Picture

​ISAAC JULIEN - 'STONES AGAINST DIAMONDS' (2015) //
[INSTALLATION, ELISABETHENKIRCHE, BASEL]

DARA BIRNBUAM
Picture

​DARA BIRNBAUM - 'BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN B-DUR' (1995) // [INSTALLATION AT BELVEDERE MUSEUM, VIENNA]

JOSEPH BEUYS
Picture

​JOSEPH BEUYS - 'STAG' (1957) // 
[FERRIC CHLORIDE, PENCIL]

ELLEN GALLAGHER
​[via RUSSELL SALMON]
Picture

ELLEN GALLAGHER - 'BLING BLING' (2001) // 
[RUBBER, PAPER AND ENAMEL ON LINEN] 

SUSAN ROTHENBERG
Picture

​SUSAN ROTHENBERG - 'UNTITLED DRAWING NO. 44' (1977) //
[ACRYLIC, GOACHE, AND PENCIL ON PAPER] 

KOJI YAMAGUCHI
Picture

KOJI YAMAGUCHI - 'UNTITLED' (~2021) // [OIL ON CANVAS]

PAT STEIR
Picture

​PAT STEIR - 'FOG IN THE EAST 1' (1999) // [OIL ON CANVAS]

LYGIA PAPE
Picture

​LYGIA PAPE - 'TECELAR' (1957) //
​[WOODCUT PRINT ON JAPANESE PAPER]

JANNIS KOUNELLIS
Picture

JANNIS KOUNELLIS - '[NO TITLE]' (1999) //
[ETCHING, DRYPOINT and AQUATINT ON PAPER] 

RUTH BERNHARD
[via GRACE WALES BONNER]
Picture

​RUTH BERNHARD - 'HALL JOHNSON CONDUCTING
HIS NEGRO CHOIR' (1938) // [GELATIN SILVER PRINT]

DOROTHEA TANNING
Picture

​DOROTHEA TANNING - 'FAR FROM' (1964) // [OIL ON CANVAS]

BRENNA YOUNGBLOOD
Picture

​BRENNA YOUNGBLOOD - 'HEAVY METAL' (2013) // [MIXED MEDIUMS]

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA
Picture

​MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA - 'SS 90' (1989) // ​[RUNWAY SHOW]

ANNE TRUITT
Picture

ANNE TRUITT - 'FROST LINE' (DETAIL) (1976) // [ACRYLIC ON CANVAS]

PETER DOIG
Picture

PETER DOIG - 'BATHER' (2019-2023) // [DETAIL]

ALLISON WATT
Picture

​ALISON WATT - 'SUSPEND' (1999) // [OIL ON CANVAS]

LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER
Picture

LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER - 'VENUS AND CUPID'
(DETAIL) (1530) // [PAINTING] 

FLEUR JAEGGY
Picture

​FLEUR JAEGGY - 'FLEUR JAEGGY THINKS
​NOTHING OF HERSELF' (2021) // [INTERVIEW]

BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND 
​(via WU TSANG)
Picture

​WU TSANG - 'ANTHEM' (2021) //
[FILM-PORTRAIT OF BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND]

PETER DREHER
Picture

​PETER DREHER - 'TAG UM TAG IST GUTER TAG
(NIGHT SERIES N.2140) (1974-2020) // [OIL ON CANVAS]

LINA BO BARDI
Picture

​LINA BO BARDI - 'CAVALETES' FOR 'HABITAT' AT
SÃO PAOLO MUSEUM OF ART (MASP) (1957-1968) // [DESIGN OBJECT]

BRICE MARDEN
(IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

BRICE MARDEN - 'POLKE LETTER' (DETAIL) (2010-2011) // [PAINTING]

FAUSTO MELOTTI
Picture

​FAUSTO MELOTTI - I SETTE SAVI
(THE SEVEN SAGES) (1960-1969) // [SCULPTURE]

VANESSA BEECROFT
Picture

VANESSA BEECROFT - (TITLE NOT KNOWN) // [PAINTING]

SAINT HERON
Picture

SAINT HERON - 'SAINT HERON LIBRARY' (2021) //
[FREE ARCHIVE OF RARE BOOKS ON BLACK ART AND DESIGN]

GIUSEPPE PENONE
Picture

​GIUSEPPE PENONE - 'CEDRO DI VERSAILLES' (2000-2003) // [SCULPTURE]

ISSEY MIYAKE
Picture

​ISSEY MIYAKE / IRVING PENN - 'BILLOWING PLEATS' (1985) // [PHOTOGRAPH]

DOMINIQUE NABOKOV
Picture

​DOMINIQUE NABOKOV - 'FRANCESCO CLEMENTE, ARTIST,
​NEW YORK CITY' (1997) // [PHOTOGRAPH OF LIVING ROOM]

PETER SAVILLE
Picture

PETER SAVILLE / NEW ORDER
'POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES' (1983) // [ALBUM COVER] 

ZHANG ENLI
Picture

​ZHANG ENLI - 'DESTINATION 10' (2019) // [WATERCOLOR ON PAPER]

BETHANY COLLINS
Picture

BETHANY COLLINS - 'BLUE NOISE' (LAND OF THE SOUTH) (2022) // [CHARCOAL AND ACRYLIC ON PANEL]

MARY KELLY
Picture

MARY KELLY - MARY KELLY'S REVOLUTION IS ONGOING (2022) // [WORKS IN PROGRESS IN THE ​ARTIST'S HOME STUDIO]

GARY SIMMONS
Picture

GARY SIMMONS - 'STAR CHILD' (2003) //
​[OIL AND SLATE PAINT ON CANVAS]

OJAS (DEVON TURNBULL)
Picture

DEVON TURNBULL - OJAS LISTENING ROOM AT LISSON GALLERY // [VIDEO PROFILE]

CY GAVIN
Picture

CY GAVIN - 'UNTITLED (MOON)' (2022) // [PAINTING]

DANH VÕ
[VIA MARGARET MORGAN]
Picture

DANH VÕ - 'untitled' (2019) //
​[INSTALLATION AT SOUTH LONDON GALLERY]

MINJUNG KIM
Picture

​MINJUNG KIM - 'RED MOUNTAIN' (2019) // 
[INK AND WATERCOLOR ON MULBERRY HANJI PAPER]

GIOVANNI ANSELMO
Picture

​GIOVANNI ANSELMO - 'ENTRARE NELL'OPERA' (1971) //
​[PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED ON CANVAS]

SZA
Picture

​SZA - 'DREW BARRYMORE' (2017) // [MUSIC VIDEO]
DIRECTED BY DAVE MEYERS

ROSALÍA
Picture

​ROSALÍA - 'HENTAI' (2022) // [MUSIC VIDEO]

JACK WHITTEN
Picture

​JACK WHITTEN - 'FIRST GESTALT' (1992) // [PAINTING]
​INTERVIEW WITH KENNETH GOLDSMITH

SHIRIN NESHAT
Picture

​SHIRIN NESHAT - 'LAND OF DREAMS' (2019) // [VIDEO STILL]
INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR C. DANTO

PHOEBE BRIDGERS
Picture

​PHOEBE BRIDGERS - 'DAY AFTER TOMORROW' (2021) // [AUDIO]
(TOM WAITS COVER)

DEREK JARMAN
Picture

​DEREK JARMAN - 'AVEBURY SERIES NO. 4' (1973) // [PAINTING]

SOPHIE HICKS ARCHITECTS
Picture

​SOPHIE HICKS ARCHITECTS - ACNE STORE
(SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA) // [SPACE]

BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR
Picture

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

LAWRENCE WEINER
​(IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER
Picture

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

SHEN CHEN
Picture

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

ENZO MARI
Picture

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

CATHERINE OPIE
Picture

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

VIRGIL ABLOH
(IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

LATIFA ECHAKHCH
Picture

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

ROBERT RYMAN
Picture

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

PEGGY GOU
Picture

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

MARK TANSEY
Picture

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

ZAHA HADID
Picture

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

RICARDO BOFILL
Picture

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

ESSENCE RANSOME
Picture

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

CARLO MOLLINO
Picture

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

DO HO SUH
Picture

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

PAULINE OLIVEROS
Picture

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

STEVE MCCURRY
Picture

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

MEREDITH FRAMPTON
Picture

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

WALTER DE MARIA
Picture

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

CARRIE MAE WEEMS
Picture

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

UTA BARTH
Picture

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

XAVIER CORBERÓ
Picture

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

BLINKY PALERMO
Picture

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

LISETTE MODEL
Picture

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

PETER ZUMTHOR
Picture

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

GLENN LIGON
Picture

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

WINSLOW HOMER
Picture

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

DORA MAAR
Picture

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

JULIE DASH
Picture

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

LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN
Picture

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

EVELYN BENCICOVA
Picture

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

CHRIS MARKER
Picture

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

NJIDEKA AKUNYILI CROSBY
Picture

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

ROBERT HEINECKEN
Picture

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

TAUBA AUERBACH
Picture

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

AURELIO GALFETTI
[VIA MAHFUZ SULTAN]
Picture

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

CAI GUO-QUIANG
Picture

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

TACITA DEAN
Picture

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

JEREMY O. HARRIS
Picture

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

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Picture

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

CLAIRE DENIS
Picture

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

JOHN PAWSON
Picture

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

LOUISE BOURGEOIS
Picture

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

LEE UFAN
Picture

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

HERZOG & DE MEURON
Picture

HERZOG & DE MEURON - 'ELBPHILHARMONIE' HAMBURG

ALICJA KWADE
Picture

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

LUCIO FONTANA
Picture

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

TANAZ MODABBER
​
[
​VIA HAMZA WALKER]
Picture

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

MAX ERNST
Picture

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

SOPHIE CALLE
Picture

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

SHIRO KURAMATA
Picture

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

KAZUMA OGAWA
Picture

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

VIJA CELMINS
Picture

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

ALEXANDRA BELL
Picture

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

AUGUSTE RODIN
Picture

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

FIONA APPLE
Picture

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

LUIGI GHIRRI
Picture

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

FRANCESCA WOODMAN
Picture

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

GERHARD RICHTER
Picture

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

KANDIS WILLIAMS
Picture

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

FRED MOTEN
Picture

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

CALIDA GARCIA RAWLES
Picture

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

GUSTAVE COURBET
Picture

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

MARY WEATHERFORD
Picture

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

ANISH KAPOOR
Picture

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

HOWARDENA PINDELL
Picture

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

TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI
Picture

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

SIMONE WEIL
Picture

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

FRED SANDBACK
Picture

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

VIRGINIA JARAMILLO
Picture

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

ALBRECHT DÜRER
Picture

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

RAF SIMONS AND MIUCCIA PRADA
Picture

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

MOSES SUMNEY
Picture

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

ISABELLE ALBUQUERQUE
Picture

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

BILL VIOLA
Picture

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

SHEILA METZNER
Picture

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

BRUCE NAUMAN
Picture

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

GRACE WALES BONNER
Picture

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

YASUJIRŌ OZU
Picture

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

AGNES DENES
Picture

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

MARK BRADFORD
Picture

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

EVE BABITZ
Picture

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

CY TWOMBLY
Picture

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

WEYES BLOOD
Picture

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

MINORU YAMASAKI
Picture

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

JEANNE-CLAUDE
Picture

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

ALBERT AYLER
Picture

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

SUSAN SONTAG
​[FEATURING EARLY DAYS OF MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS]
Picture

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

HENRIK PURIENNE
Picture

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

JESSYE NORMAN
Picture

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

CARLO SCARPA
Picture

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

JUDE RAE
Picture

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

DONALD JUDD
Picture

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

VIVIAN MAIER
Picture

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

SISSÒN
Picture

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

AXEL VERVOORDT
Picture

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

YOKO ONO
Picture

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

ORSON WELLES
Picture

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

SAPPHO
Picture

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

FRANK OCEAN
Picture

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

SUSAN WEIL
Picture

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

JOHN CAGE
Picture

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

TANYA AND ZHENYA POSTERNAK
Picture

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

TADAO ANDO
Picture

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

MARTHA ARGERICH
Picture

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

WONG KAR WAI
Picture

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

RONI HORN
Picture

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

BAS JAN ADER
Picture

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

REI KAWAKUBO
Picture

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

PERGAMON MUSEUM
Picture

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

CARLO GESUALDO
Picture

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

RIHANNA
Picture

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

WOLFGANG TILLMANS
Picture

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

JOAN MITCHELL
Picture

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

CHARLES GAINES
Picture

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

PAM TANOWITZ
Picture

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

JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES
Picture

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

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
Picture

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



VALERIO OLGIATI
​[VIA MAHFUZ SULTAN]
Picture

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

JULEE CRUISE
Picture

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

ORNETTE COLEMAN
Picture

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

TRISHA BROWN
Picture

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

BARNETT NEWMAN
Picture

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

JIL SANDER
Picture

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

ASAP ROCKY
Picture

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

AMANDA CHARCHIAN 
Picture

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


GIORGIO MORANDI
Picture

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

RACHEL WHITEREAD
Picture

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

PETER FISCHLI & DAVID WEISS
​[VIA HAMZA WALKER]
Picture

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

NASREEN MOHAMEDI
Picture

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

LAOCOÖN 
Picture

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

DEANA LAWSON
Picture

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

DIETER RAMS
Picture

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

EMILY WILSON
Picture

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

DAPPER DAN
Picture

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

ÉLISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE
Picture

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

SIMONE PORTE JACQUEMUS
Picture

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

LYNN GOLDSMITH
Picture

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

PAUL MCCARTHY & MIKE KELLEY
Picture

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

HARLEY WEIR
Picture

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

JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES
Picture

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

DOREEN GEHRY NELSON
Picture

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

REN HANG
Picture

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

GEORGIA O'KEEFE
Picture

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

NICOLAS DE STAËL
Picture

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

YVONNE LEFÉBURE
Picture

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

MICHAEL JORDAN
Picture

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

COMME DES GARÇONS
Picture

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

LOUIS KAHN
Picture

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

TECHING HSIEH AND LINDA MONTANO
Picture

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

ENNIO MORRICONE (IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

BJÖRK
Picture

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

DAVID HAMMONS
Picture

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

MYSTERY TRAIN
Picture

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

ANNI ALBERS
Picture

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

JOSEF ALBERS
Picture

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

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

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL
Picture

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

GWENDOLYN KNIGHT
Picture

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

ORVILLE PECK
Picture

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

AGNES VARDA
Picture

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

MICHAEL HEIZER
Picture

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

RUTH ASAWA
Picture

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

HALIM EL-DABH
Picture

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

BALLETS BLASKA
Picture

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

KARA WALKER
Picture

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

DAVÓNE
Picture

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

BEATRIZ FERREYRA
Picture

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

ARTHUR ASHE
Picture

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

MYRIAM BEN SALAH
Picture

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

BOB DYLAN
Picture

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

MISS MAJOR
Picture

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

BUTCH MORRIS
Picture

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

ADRIAN PIPER
Picture

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

NOAH DAVIS
Picture

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

AMANDLA STENBERG
Picture

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

HENRY TAYLOR
Picture

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

NINA SIMONE
Picture

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

BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS
Picture

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

MARSHA P. JOHNSON
Picture

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

MUHAMMAD ALI
Picture

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

 TONI MORRISON
Picture

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

THE WIRE
Picture

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

AVA DUVERNAY
Picture

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

POPE.L
Picture

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

ANGELA DAVIS
[VIA MAHFUZ SULTAN] 
Picture

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

DO THE RIGHT THING
Picture

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

CLAUDIA RANKINE
Picture

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

ARTHUR JAFA
Picture

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

ANA ​KRAŠ
Picture

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

FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES
Picture

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

PUSHA T
Picture

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

CHANTAL AKERMAN
Picture

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

MITSUKO UCHIDA
Picture

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

MICHAEL ASHER
Picture

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

SOLANGE
Picture

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

JAMES LEE BYARS
Picture

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

ANNE CARSON
Picture

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

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

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
Picture

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

SISSÒN
Picture

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

ANNELIESE VARALDIEV
Picture

​JORGA FLEEZANIS PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANNELIESE VARALDIEV // 
[PHOTOGRAPH]

HELMUT LACHENMANN
Picture

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

LANA DEL REY
Picture

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

JERRY STILLER (IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

LAURIE SPIEGEL
Picture

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

LITTLE RICHARD (IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

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

SERENA WILLIAMS
Picture

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

KENDRICK LAMAR
Picture

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

DAVID LYNCH
Picture

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

LORNA SIMPSON
Picture

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

AGNES MARTIN
Picture

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

FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS
Picture

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

JENNY HOLZER
Picture

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

EZRA POUND
Picture

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

M.I.A.
Picture

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

CARLOS KLEIBER
Picture

​CARLOS KLEIBER CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN // 
[PERFORMANCE]

NAN GOLDIN
Picture

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

TOUMANI DIABATÉ
Picture

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

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Picture

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

NADIA BOULANGER
Picture

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

LIFE OF GALILEO
Picture

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

NICO
Picture

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

ISAO TOMITA
Picture

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

ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS
Picture

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

KERWIN FROST
Picture

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

BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
Picture

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

ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER
Picture

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

PETER SELLARS
Picture

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

DAVÓNE TINES
Picture

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

GRIMES 
Picture

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

JULIUS EASTMAN
Picture

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

PINA BAUSCH
Picture

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

HANDS OF BRESSON 
Picture

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

JANET CARDIFF
Picture

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

ARVO PÄRT
Picture

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

LAURIE ANDERSON
Picture

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


ÉLIANE RADIGUE
Picture

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


CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE
Picture

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

ALVIN LUCIER 
Picture

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

BILL WITHERS (IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

INGMAR BERGMAN
Picture

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

SOLANGE
Picture

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

CHAMPAGNE
Picture

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

WENDY CARLOS
Picture

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

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

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (IN MEMORIAM)
Picture

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

MAIRA KALMAN
Picture

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

HIROSHI YOSHIMURA
Picture

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

KING'S DEAD
Picture

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

WERNER HERZOG
Picture

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

ALICE COLTRANE
Picture

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

ANSELM KIEFER
Picture

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

ARTHUR JAFA
Picture

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

RICHARD VALITUTTO 
Picture

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

GYÖRGY KURTÁG
Picture

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

RICHARD SERRA and PHILIP GLASS
Picture

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

FINI STRAUBINGER
Picture

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

LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE
Picture

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

GALINA USTVOLSKAYA
Picture

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

ARTHUR RUSSELL
Picture

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

ANDREI TARKOVSKY 
Picture

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