Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic Robin Givhan discusses her new book Make it Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh, a detailed profile of Abloh’s legendary work & impact in not only fashion but the worlds of music and other art forms
Musician Bob Holmes of the New York-based trio Suss talks about his unique & ambitious Across the Horizon music series, where eight innovators from the wide landscape of instrumental music chose musicians for the first volume, now out as a double vinyl on Northern Spy Records
Austen Brantley, a Detroit-based artist whose sculptures & public projects venerate Black cultural figures, talks about the ways he seeks to make his work both timeless & urgently relevant, & the aftermath of the recent vandalization of his statue memorializing the Tuskegee Airmen
Author Suzanne Barbezat discusses her latest book, Frida Kahlo’s Love Letters, which includes a selection of letters to Frida’s great loves, along with translation and commentary
Artist Heide Hatry talks in-depth about her solo show Only at Dusk: A Flaco Memorial Exhibition, honoring Flaco—the Eurasian Eagle Owl whose bold escape and survival in New York captured the city’s imagination, on display through August 7 at Ivy Brown Gallery
Brooklyn-based artist Estefanía Vélez Rodríguez talks in-depth about the seven paintings she has on display as part of the group show Past Tense/Future Perfect at NYC's Marc Straus Gallery, up through August 8
American dancer & choreographer Mark Morris reflects on his programming choices, artistic evolution, & what keeps him inspired, plus what to expect for the 45th anniversary program of the Mark Morris Dance Group, running from July 15-26 at New York’s Joyce Theater
Poet and educator Lara Mimosa Montes plumbs the interstice between the real and the written in her debut fiction work, The Time of the Novel
Artist Hayley Youngs discusses her new series of works influenced by Surrealism, Psychedelia, and Visionary art in her solo exhibition Orchid Fever, on display at 5-50 Gallery from June 14 through July 20
An interview with poet and scholar Jennifer Chang about her Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist collection An Authentic Life
Olivia Clare Friedman discusses the elegies, nostalgias, present moments, & experiences of motherhood in her book An Arm Fixed to a Wing
Poet Dobby Gibson in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about the multitudes of forms & methods in the works from his latest collection, Hold Everything
Musician Amanda Ekery discusses Árabe, her new album exploring Syrian & Mexican shared history & culture
Isabelle Sakelaris in conversation with poet Jehanne Dubrow about her collection Civilians, the final volume in her groundbreaking trilogy about the experience of being a modern military spouse
Vincent John & Max Perla of Eraserhood Sound discuss their dynamic scoring work for PBS KIDS’ groundbreaking Carl the Collector, the network’s first animated series spotlighting central characters on the autism spectrum
Mimi Garrard talks with Catherine Tharin about her decades of esteemed dance & choreography work
Author Kevin Nguyen in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about his new novel, My Documents
Author Priya Vulchi discusses her new book Good Friends: Bonds That Change Us and the World, explores friendships across history, continents, and cultures to show how friendship can open up new levels of community
A very in-depth and timely conversation with author Vauhini Vara about Searches, a work of journalism and memoir focusing on how big technology companies are changing our understanding of our selves and our communities
Lloyd Knight discusses his 20 years with the Martha Graham Dance Company, along with what to check out at the company’s 99th-anniversary program, Dances of the Mind, now at The Joyce Theater in New York through April 13
