New York artists - FRONTRUNNER

James Falciano Reclaims Queer Illustration

In the age of COVID-19, creativity is flourishing - none more so than in the LGBTQ+ community. FRONTRUNNER meets queer illustrator James Falciano.

Darren Mew May 1, 2020

Madison McFerrin on “You + I” and The Vital Importance of Keeping It Real

It’s easy to make sense of the fact that Madison McFerrin seems so comfortable on stage--she comes from a family full of performers. There are a lot…

Karl Snyder February 21, 2020

Special Guest Post: Curator Emily Colucci’s Idol Worship

Organized by guest curator Emily Colucci, the group exhibition Idol Worship at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn celebrates the ongoing cultural, social and political significance of role model adoration as an essential survival strategy. Self-identifying women, in particular, are often overlooked as figures to be emulated, exempt from the label of “genius” so readily bestowed upon men. Partially inspired by John Waters’s Role Models, a pseudo-autobiography through his influences or “filth elders,” t...

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Will Noel Clarke January 1, 2020

Renaissance Reimagined, Reignited: Negin Sharifzadeh

Negin Sharifzadeh's recent photographs, sculptures and animations challenge the eternal Feminine in the history of Renaissance art to reinterpret and …

Fabio Pariante November 12, 2019

Jacob Hicks: Painting Against the Dark Arts

Through his art, Brooklyn-based painter Jacob Hicks has decided to add to the many voices of displeasure in speaking out against the Trump administrat…

Corazon Miller July 20, 2019

Crossing New ‘Terrain’: An Interview with Yasue Maetake

Andrew Erdos and Yasue Maetake’s second collaboration, Amorphous Terrain II, disperses forms in their shifting state throughout the space of 5-50 Ga…

Corinne Beardsley March 14, 2019