Art

October 26, 2025

How This Artist’s Practice and Her Role as a Gallery Director Enrich One Another [Interview]

There are countless artists who work in galleries, just as there are countless gallerists who also happen to be artists. Kari-Lise Alexander is one such person, boasting not only a rich artistic practice but a fulfilling career as director of Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle. For Alexander, one world only enriches the other, positioning her at a unique intersection between exhibiting artist, curator, and advocate.

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October 24, 2025

Nearly 30 Years of Artist Lee Bul’s Extensive Oeuvre in One Expansive Exhibition

For artists who have been working for many years, survey exhibitions are a valuable opportunity for us to understand their work as a single oeuvre. What throughlines are there? Are there recurring motifs visible from project to project? Artist Lee Bul is an influential figure in Korean contemporary art, and a major survey exhibition of her work at the Leeum Museum of Art is a journey into her artistic mind.

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October 21, 2025

Artist Creates Enigmatic Maps and Diagrams That Are Meant To Be Defined by You

There is beauty in repetition. Seeing the same motif produced again and again is like a symphony of form. And while it’s satisfying to see carbon copies, it’s perhaps more compelling when created by the human hand. As hard as we may try, a pattern drawn by hand will never be completely perfect—and that’s part of its charm. Artist Shane Drinkwater creates works on paper that are replete with repeats.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.