Emily McDermott

Art

I’d Invite You to this Rave, But You’ll Need to Mine Crypto and Find a New Identity First

The Omsk Social Club is not your grandfather’s watering hole—they stage IRL games around Europe as left wing benders for collective dreaming.
Emily McDermott
8.2.18
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The Artist in an Age of Invisible Forensics

Meet Lynn Hershman Leeson in her hotel room, and she’ll show you who you are.
Emily McDermott
5.18.18
Art

Eric Fischl's New Paintings Skewer Trump-Era Privilege

The artist pulls no punches in depicting 45 as a red-nosed clown.
Emily McDermott
2.28.18
Art

These Artists Want a Pizza the Action

A new exhibition celebrates a universally acknowledged truth: there's a lot more to pizza than food.
Emily McDermott
2.13.18
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An Artist Is Scuba Diving Across Europe

Klara Hobza hopes to complete her aquatic odyssey in the next "twenty to thirty years." She's already learned how to eat a banana underwater.
Emily McDermott
2.6.18
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Robin Rhode Has a Lot of Feelings About Geometry

In the artist's latest photos of his own wall paintings, precise shape and color become tools for both escape and interaction.
Emily McDermott
1.18.18
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Michel Comte's New Show Reveals the Terrible Beauty of Climate Change

Fashion photographer-turned-mountaineer Michel Comte makes spectacular photographs of remote landscapes with a concerned eye to fast-vanishing glaciers.
Emily McDermott
11.15.17
Art

Theater vs. Performance Art—A New Production Asks, Is There A Difference?

It's hard to think of a more rigorous pairing than minimalist-modernist playwright Samuel Beckett and image-averse artist Tino Sehgal, but a recent building-filling production at Berlin's Volksbühne theater was gripping stuff.
Emily McDermott
11.15.17