Travis Diehl
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Want to Succeed as an Artist? We’ve Got a Coach For You.
With a rising number of artists vying for a limited number of galleries and grants, arts professionals are pivoting to careers as coaches. But can...
Off the Board Game, Onto the Digital Canvas
Are role-playing games enriching culture, or destroying it? In two shows, the artist Simon Denny spoofs the grandiose fantasy worlds of tech entrepreneurs designing virtual...
A.I. Art That’s More Than a Gimmick? Meet AARON
The British painter Harold Cohen spent over four decades refining his collaborator: an image-generating robot.
New Red Order: Artists With a Call to ‘Give It Back’
In “The World’s UnFair,” a Creative Time project in Queens in the form of a wry carnival, a collective redirects the resources of the art...
The Back Room of This Artist’s Studio Is Called the Abattoir
Max Hooper Schneider’s work space in Los Angeles is a cabinet of curiosities, complete with fish tanks, plastic mushrooms and Nerds candy.
Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins
The German provocateur’s opening in Los Angeles shows her choreographic skills and obsession with youthful nihilism. But when the performers leave, the emptiness remains.
Turning Trash Into Poetry
Ser Serpas, a young artist known for kinetic arrangements of discarded furniture, opens up about her expressive way of processing the used world.
The Many Lives of Martine Syms
The polyphonic artist finds ways to enjoy the harrowing business of putting herself, or versions of it, on display.
Computers and Painting’s Identity Crisis
A show at Nahmad Contemporary is an outgrowth of debates around “tradition” in art. Can artists embrace beauty while reaching for new technology?
Buck Ellison’s Great White Society
From the driving range to the dude ranch, an artist stages intimate, alluring portraits of U.S. hegemony from within its walls.