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This month in Artforum:
Summer Previews: We look ahead to 40 shows worldwide—Charles White: A Retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago; Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Diamond Stingily at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Michael Jackson: On the Wall at the National Portrait Gallery, London; Anna Boghiguian at the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria; Xu Bing at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and more.
The Whole Truth: Harry Cooper on Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, 2015
“Kelly has brought the cathedral down to earth. He has left us with a human work.”
–Harry Cooper
Project: Chloe Wyma introduces Ebecho Muslimova
“Originating as an inside joke for the artist and her friends, Muslimova’s Zeligesque avatar grew into an ambitious long-term practice.”
–Chloe Wyma
Superpower: Hannah Black on Black Panther
“Blackness cleaves—as in joins and splits—the human and the animal. What a magic property!”
–Hannah Black
Tectonic Arts: Frank Gehry talks with Julian Rose
“Let’s get back to basics: From the beginning, I’ve been interested in building buildings.”
–Frank Gehry
And: Jane McFadden on Bryan Stevenson; Beau Rutland on Jennifer Packer; Annie Godfrey Larmon on Patricia L. Boyd; David Frankel and Richard Serra on Kynaston McShine; J. Hoberman on Jason E. Hill’s Artist as Reporter: Weegee, Ad Reinhardt, and the “PM” News Picture; Sam McKinniss on Gorey’s Worlds; Julia Bryan-Wilson on Outliers and American Vanguard Art; and Melissa Anderson on Shelley Duvall.
Plus: Morgan Bassichis on Gregg Bordowitz at the New Museum, Damon Krukowski on Hito Steyerl’s Liquidity Inc., Julian Rose on Image Building at the Parrish Art Museum, Nuit Banai on Poetry & Performance: The Eastern European Perspective, Kerstin Stakemeier on Bruno Gironcoli, Andy Campbell on Stories of Almost Everyone, and Lyra Pramuk shares her Top Ten.