Embracing Friction in the Art World
A little Brooklyn exhibition space rejects optimization culture, the Pentagon bans press photographers, and guess who's headed to Perrotin?
On Franklin Street in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters “a small, stubbornly human space for friction,” writes Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang. Friction — the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way — is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré’s current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
In the news, pride will not be the capital sin that sends Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to hell, but it's the vice we take the most pleasure in ridiculing him for. The former Fox News host has reportedly banned press photographers from the Pentagon over what he perceived as “unflattering” images of him taken during briefings of the US-Israel war on Iran. Writer Sarah Rose Sharp has a few choice words for the “secretary of war” below. News flash, Pete: Evil people are just ugly.
—Valentina Di Liscia, senior editor
The Tiny Brooklyn Project Space Resisting the Gallery Machine
The non-commercial Greenpoint-based space Subtitled NYC models the tentative ways we make do in everyday life. | Lisa Yin Zhang
News
- Brian Eno is among the 200+ artists and cultural groups urging the British Museum to “stop erasing Palestine” after the institution altered some wall texts in its Middle East Galleries in the wake of pressure from a pro-Israel group.
- The Pentagon has reportedly banned photography at briefings because Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth complained about “unflattering” photos.
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