Articles by Talking Pictures

“Artforum” by César Aira, Chapter 3: “Subscription”

May 29, 2020

Subscription is the third chapter of a marvelous book! I know that much. But not whether it should it be shelved under Autobiography, Collected Essays or Fiction. Aira is very playful. In Subscription, for example, the author/protagonist [...]

The Collector #16

May 24, 2020

J.J. Murphy / Katherine Bradford Of all the paintings in our collection, this one arrived at a perfect moment—right before the pandemic ruptured our lives so significantly. I have always believed that what hangs on our walls affects the quality [...]

Quarantine: Gestalt Exercises #3: Attending and Concentrating

May 19, 2020

“For a brief period pay attention to some visual object for example, a chair. As you look at it, notice how it clarifies itself by dimming out the space and objects around it.” * (If you have not read the first two installments and practiced [...]

The Collector #15

May 17, 2020

Lisa Hein + Bob Seng / Kerry Law Lisa saw this painting at Kerry’s Bushwick open studio and told him on the spot she wanted to buy it. It took nearly a year to close the deal, but Kerry honored our dibs when other fans started closing in at his [...]

The Collector#14

May 10, 2020

Adam Simon / John Dougill We were in London for a week or so and went to visit Vanessa Jackson, an artist Michele had gotten to know at a residency in England. After visiting her studio, Vanessa took us to the studio of her husband, John [...]

i watched

May 10, 2020

“I watched five mallards, their necks flashing green, land in formation to skim on the Tiber.”* locust over Nigeria “And hazard in the Glorious Enterprize,” one limpid dream i was told girls ride their bicycles even around [...]

If You Live in Bed-Stuy Do This, You’ll Feel A Lot Better!

May 7, 2020

Staying away from other people in order to keep them safe is an utterly depressing experience. If you are going to the grocery store anyway, and you can afford it, buy some extra things and drop them off at the Golden Harvest Food Pantry, help [...]

The Collector # 14

May 3, 2020

Peggy Ahwesh / Leonard Woodruff As the days of self quarantine drift by I spend more time with the handsome genre painting that hangs on my bedroom wall in upstate New York – a still life with a shapely yellow pitcher next to a opal green vase [...]

The Collector # 13

April 27, 2020

Deborah Brown / Emitte Hych As someone who started one of the earliest artist-run galleries in Bushwick in 2010, I showed the work of many artists. Once I opened my space I started to purchase the work of artists I showed at Storefront, [...]

The Collector # 12

April 21, 2020

Steven Harvey / Sangram Majumdar and Kyle Staver Conversations with Friends A few months ago I moved into a new home. I’ve had a lot of fun hanging pictures in the rooms of this house. Each morning I wake up to two works hanging side by side next [...]