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Established in 2016, Cultbytes is an online publication focused on art and culture, led by women. It provides insights into contemporary art, offering a wide-ranging yet critical viewpoint.

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Experiential Theater Company Begs You to Exercise Your Nose

2 weeks ago | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

The curators of the Costume Institute‘s blockbuster exhibition commissioned Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas to add dimensionality to the garments on view from the archives in Sleeping Beauties by creating smell profiles that visitors could experience by leaning into the walls at designated places to get a whiff. Smelling a musty dress didn’t really transport me anywhere except an old closet or a dusty attic.
A Glorious Return to Partying at The Frick

3 weeks ago | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

Visiting the The Frick, the Gilded Age mansion that houses Henry Clay Frick’s art collection, is both an extravagant and educational experience. From a historical perspective, the collection offers telltale signs about the rise of the United States as a leading industrial nation at the turn of the previous century. Frick, aided by the French brother duo dealers Duveen, amassed an impressive collection and built the mansion intending to open it to the public after his and his wife’s passing.
Spotlighting The Others: Lucy Liu and Elizabeth Colomba in Conversation

1 month ago | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

Elizabeth Colomba is on a mission to bring the portraits of black women into historically male, white dominated cultural spaces. Amidst her latest solo show at Venus Over Manhattan, the gallery hosted a conversation between Colomba and her friend and fellow artist, the acclaimed actress Lucy Liu, who, through her acting, has brought Asian representation to the silver screen.
No Shame in the Slutverse, Please

1 month ago | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

Perusing the lust archive of the Internet, to contextualize Drink Me! and S.L.UT.S, I watched Andy Warhol’s Flesh (1968), or simply Flesh, directed by Paul Morrissey, yesterday. As a celebration of the glorious Joe Dallesandro, the film is a masterpiece (otherwise it is mediocre at best), and for its delicate investigation of sexual repression and fluidity, lust, and sex work, it was surprisingly current.
Finally, a Zany Victorian Period Piece About Accomplishment

Feb 20, 2025 | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

In a Victorian era air, the play “Shelley and Lovelace Never Met” follows its tropes—witty conversations about extramarital affairs, the travails of betrothals, and class between women in bell-shaped skirts and puff sleeves—á la the society gossip papers of the day.
A Vacation with Adam Himebauch

Feb 11, 2025 | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

Early January, I was at the crowded opening for SPRING/BREAK Art Show alumni Noah Kloster’s first solo exhibition at the experimental artist-run space MoonCalf NYC. While looking around and trying not to bump into anyone, I see Adam Himbauch. He was talking to a friend, and I go up to him, telling him how much I enjoy his work and seeing it on social media. Honestly, I wasn’t sure how he would react as I was a complete stranger to him, but he was kind and friendly.
Finally, a Zany Victorian Period Piece About Accomplishment

Feb 9, 2025 | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

In a Victorian era air, the play “Shelley and Lovelace Never Met” follows its tropes—witty conversations about extramarital affairs, the travails of betrothals, and class between women in bell-shaped skirts and puff sleeves—á la the society gossip papers of the day.
Vignettes from The Winter Show’s Young Collectors Night

Jan 31, 2025 | cultbytes.com | Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

“Let’s do our first photograph here,” Louise Fitzgerald beckoned the group to an interior by John Koch. Her friend, the architectural historian, David V. Griffin, of Landmark Branding, had been admiring and speaking to Elizabeth Feld, an Hirschl & Adler associate, about it. Koch is known for his interesting depictions of interiors, mostly of his apartment, where he hosted salons with his wife, the pianist, and piano teacher Dora Zaslavsky.
Elisabeth Subrin at Participant Inc

Jan 31, 2025 | cultbytes.com | Christen Clifford

THE LAST TANGO IN PARIS was released in the US in 1973. A film by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Marlon Brando said to be the greatest actor of his time. The director and actor conspired against the 19-year-old lead actress, Maria Schneider, and manipulated her into a nonconsensual sex scene[1] that was not in the script. Schneider was asked about it in an interview in 1983.
At P·P·O·W, ‘Promiscuous Rage’ Presents Ignored Archives

Jan 24, 2025 | cultbytes.com | Alexandria Deters

The minute I walked into Promiscuous Rage I was overwhelmed with emotion. Tears welling. I walked up to the front desk and said, about Hunter Reynolds, ‘he was my friend, and I miss him.’In the exhibition at P·P·O·W, Reynolds’ (1959-2022) photo weavings and installations are on view together with paintings by living artist Dean Sameshima (b.1971) reflecting their experiences of being gay men living through the AIDS crisis, and its horrors.