The Brooklyn Rail

Established in October 2000, the Brooklyn Rail is an independent publication that comes out 10 times a year. It serves as a platform for discussions on arts, culture, and politics, reaching both New York City and audiences far beyond.

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DAVID GREENSPAN & MONA PIRNOT with Douglas Corzine | The Brooklyn Rail

1 month ago | brooklynrail.org | Douglas Corzine

Word count: 1255Paragraphs: 27After the Atlantic Theater Company shut down performances over a labor dispute with backstage employees in early January, Mona Pirnot’s new play I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan was shelved along with Eliya Smith’s Grief Camp. The parties reached a tentative agreement in early March, paving the way for both plays to return—starting with Greenspan, a solo show built around the downtown legend of the same name.
Common Ground: Art Omi - The Brooklyn Rail

1 month ago | brooklynrail.org

Art Omi executive co-directors Jeremy Adams and Ruth Adams, Senior Curator Sara O'Keeffe, and Senior Architecture Curator Julia van den Hout join Rail ArtSeen Editor Jessica Holmes for a conversation.
Dirty and Disorderly: Contemporary Artists on Disgust - The Brooklyn Rail

1 month ago | brooklynrail.org

Artists Nguyễn Duy Mạnh, Anna Ting Möller, Jackson Polys (New Red Order), Riley Yuen join Rail contributor Christina Yang for a conversation.
Cynthia Hawkins’s Art Notes, Art - The Brooklyn Rail

1 month ago | brooklynrail.org | Megan N. Liberty

This book brings her Art Notes, Art into the world as a typed book, each page undated save for the year. What comes across is Hawkins’s dedication to art making and willingness to experiment.
Common Ground: Artists & Mothers - The Brooklyn Rail

1 month ago | brooklynrail.org

Artists & Mothers Co-Founders Maria De Victoria and Julia Trotta join Rail ArtSeen editor Amanda Gluibizzi for a conversation.
Livien Yin: Thirsty - The Brooklyn Rail

1 month ago | brooklynrail.org | Justin Duyao

Sometimes, art tells you what it means to say plainly—in our world of small screens and short attention spans, that kind of art certainly has its place. Livien Yin’s dynamic and individual use of oil on linen, however, resists the temptation to gloss over fine distinctions and instead insists on particularity.
Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream... - The Brooklyn Rail

2 months ago | brooklynrail.org

Artist Vincent Valdez joins critic and art historian Max Tolleson for a conversation.
Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now - The Brooklyn Rail

2 months ago | brooklynrail.org | Dina A. Ramadan

By including artists across generations and media such as Robert Colescott, Fred Wilson, Kara Walker, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Lauren Halsey, Flight into Egypt certainly succeeds in demonstrating the almost ubiquitous—although at times inflated—presence of ancient Egypt in African American art and in doing so, presents something of a survey of its history.
Thirty-six Views on Nostalgia, Technostalgia, and Retrofuturism - The Brooklyn Rail

Feb 11, 2025 | brooklynrail.org | Charlotte Kent

Though much of the work I will encounter in Japan has been described to me or identified in various articles as nostalgic, I found the term disorienting.
KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS with Bryan Doerries - The Brooklyn Rail

Jan 28, 2025 | brooklynrail.org

The following conversation between Karen Brooks Hopkins and Bryan Doerries includes new thoughts on Karen’s remarkable book, the history and evolution of BAM, the launch of BAM KBH—and the challenges and opportunities of sustaining artists and arts organizations in this precarious time.