Terry Nguyen

2 months ago | family.style | Terry Nguyen |Magdalena O'Neal |Jane Lewis

When it comes to Larry Bell, the Taos- and Venice-based artist is best known for his contributions to the Light and Space movement and his striking sculptures, installations, and mixed-media works. Yet his innovative, and idiosyncratic approach follows over to his chili verde recipe. “Make it exactly as the recipe is written, then eat this chilli!” Bell instructs. The artist’s materials of choice? El Paso green chilis, spanish onions, and lean-cut pork.

2 months ago | family.style | Osman Can Yerebakan |Terry Nguyen |Magdalena O'Neal |Jane Lewis

Time and timelessness are entangled in artist Laurent Grasso’s moody environments. The Parisian painter and filmmaker’s paintings and multimedia work embody a poetic detachment, featuring both topographies of a remote past and alarms of a near future. “I try to create places with invisible power and radiation,” he tells Family Style.

2 months ago | family.style | Joshua Glass |Terry Nguyen |Magdalena O'Neal |Jane Lewis

“I have eight sisters,” says Theaster Gates as he takes a seat, “so I’m always thinking of them.” We’re in a cylindrical chamber, and the artist is on the second of three brown sugar oatmeal-colored rows. A dramatic skylight pulls reminders of the harsh Abu Dhabi sun just above us into the cave-like space, and a gradient violet backdrop behind us contrasts the dark domestic carpet, forming a scene that is inconceivably beautiful in a language that only Prada can articulate.

2 months ago | family.style | Magdalena O'Neal |Terry Nguyen |Jane Lewis |Osman Can Yerebakan

Soul music is a force that shoots off in every direction, landing deep in the heart of the believing listener, the dancer, and the D.J., reverberating in the bass that shakes the floorboards. Like the comforting taste of a bowl of gumbo, soul music nourishes the heart. As a chef, I’ve always been fascinated by the relationship between food and music, especially ours in Black culture. They both carry a deep connection to our history rooted in resistance, expression, and joy.

Oct 6, 2024 | curbed.com | Terry Nguyen

Mamoudou Athie, Téa Guarino, Khris Davis, and Susan Kelechi Watson in the New York premiere production of Good Bones, by James Ijames and directed by Saheem Ali. The audience’s first glimpse of the set of Good Bones, James Ijames’s new Off Broadway play at the Public, is obscured by a curtain of translucent plastic, the workaday material of any home renovation, hung to contain dust and fumes.