Azu Nwagbogu

Jul 26, 2024 | artforum.com | Matthew Wilder |Bradford Nordeen |Azu Nwagbogu

On the hyperreal cinema of Tsai Ming-liangONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, I was walking the mean streets Travis Bickle-like when I was accosted by a group of rather sinister aristocratic goths outside the old, long-dead Vogue Theatre.

Jul 25, 2024 | artforum.com | Bradford Nordeen |Azu Nwagbogu |Lola Kramer

On Charli XCX’s soundtrack to the seasonYOU’RE READING THIS ON THE INTERNET, so your eyes have likely tired of all that green. Charlotte Aitchison is the party responsible for all those memes and calls for #BRATSUMMER. Perhaps you know her as musician Charli XCX. This social media moment is hyping up her sixth studio album, BRAT. Offhand, it may seem a fluke, like the dumb machinations of an influencer who by happenstance hit the mark.

Jul 24, 2024 | artforum.com | Azu Nwagbogu |Lola Kramer |Amit Noy

On the sounds of Phillipine culture at the 60th Venice BiennaleMark Salvatus is fascinated with the materiality of repurposed objects. There exists a sensitive resourcefulness in how he forages for paraphernalia—whether miscellaneous photographs, old city maps, or discarded landscape paintings—and transforms them into installations that further complicate their histories.