The Van Gendt Hallen in Amsterdam, a historic industrial facility where locomotives were previously manufactured, is currently undergoing a major renovation to become the future DRIFT Museum. A small group of attendees recently toured the site, which is in the early stages of construction, as part of a rare experience …
Christelle Oyiri Will Haunt You For her stateside solo debut, the Paris-based artist summons the ghosts of Memphis rap. By Erin Ikeuchi Hip-hop is a bicoastal game, at least that’s how it’s framed. Even decades after its founding, East and West back and forth roared over the constellation of regional …
After hallyu hit the global stage, South Korea’s creative imprint is ever-present. From the boom of Korean cinema and K-pop to the Gwangju Biennale if you lean more art connoisseur, the so-called soft powerhouse has proven a finesse on all cultural fronts. At the Smithsonian‘s National Museum of Asian Art, …
Jana Frost builds immersive, symbolic worlds through collage, animation and set design, moving between physical and digital space. Now based in London after years of relocating, her practice reflects that sense of movement and impermanence. She studied fine art at Tallinn University in Estonia, but her education has remained ongoing, …
Through the Lens: Exactitudes The cult, 30-year photo series that’s got subcultural style down to a science. By Erin Ikeuchi If uniformity spells out the death of personal style, maybe our fear of sameness is something worth learning from. Garment by garment, we assemble ourselves in ways as intimately entwined …
Asspizza, born Austin Babbitt, has a reputation that precedes him. Like any name plucked from the fashion mythology of 2010s SoHo, it’s one that braces you for chaos. I sit opposite Babbitt at a West Village office in the hours leading up to his new art show, and, to my …
Japanese contemporary artist TIDE has officially debuted EDIT, his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, bringing his signature monochromatic world to the city for the first time. Spanning two key creative hubs – a main showcase at WKM Gallery and an exclusive takeover of BELOWGROUND – the exhibition marks a …
Hypeart Visits: Joshua Evans The Alabama-born artist exploring the body as a site of power, healing and the supernatural. By Keith Estiler Joshua Evans moves with the quiet certainty of someone who understands that growth happens over time. There is no rush in his practice and no interest in spectacle. …
Slawn Comes Home to Himself On the heels of his return to Lagos, the artist opens up about the man and the myth he’s become. By Erin Ikeuchi “I’m not British-Nigerian,” Slawn stresses. “People always say that shit. I’m not.” It’s a label that, to him, feels like a shortcut, …
Through the Lens: Jacob Consenstein An intimate portrait of a photographer whose archive doubles as a personal history of New York’s creative generation. By Keith Estiler When I first met Jacob Consenstein around 2018 or 2019, I was still building the early version of Hypeart inside Hypebeast and Jacob was …
