Gehard Demetz: The Invocation

The Italian sculptor explores the transition to adulthood through his life-size wooden sculptures of children at Jack Shainman Gallery

Gehard Demetz could perhaps be called a modern-day Geppetto—but instead of woodcarving puppets with curiously growing noses, he creates lifelike limewood sculptures of children that captivate as much as they unsettle. Each child holds a special object—not a pacifier or teddy bear, but objects associated with adulthood: belts, blinders, guns, smudged makeup and more. From afar, these realistic objects look like they are another material, …

Zak Bush: Revisions

Saturdays Surf NYC's resident photographer's solo show melds moody urban scenes with surreal seascapes

The surf scene in NYC has exploded in recent years, with surf shops cropping up in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. Seeing a board on the train is common—especially in the warmer months. It’s this growing scene that brought photographer Zak Bush to the city from his native Canada to serve as the in-house photographer for local brand Saturdays Surf NYC. After two years shooting everything …

Bora Yoon: Sunken Cathedral

The experimental artist's new album is a culmination of seven years of works, blending everyday objects with celestial voices

Chicago-raised, NYC-based composer (and professional soprano) Bora Yoon has the uncanny ability to blend recorded samples that depict everyday life—her mother’s voicemails, Bible pages, aluminum cans, loose change—with the dreamiest and holiest of instruments, including her own powerful voice that reaches high notes with ease and the equally enthralling organ at the Church of Ascension in NYC, where she works. The 2014 TED Fellow collected …