Something I Ate

A seasonal gastronomic event celebrates delicious art and beautiful food

The cliché of the artist so wrapped up in his work that he routinely forgets to eat is a familiar one. Even those fiercely dedicated to their creativity can go beyond the practicality of eating to reap the true benefits of enjoying a meal. “Something I Ate,” a seasonal event series based in NYC, brings together a diverse group of artists to explore the purpose …

Christopher Janney

A sound architect's latest projects debut with musical fanfare at Miami's Art Basel festivities

Artist Christopher Janney merges jazz and architecture with a rare balance of logic and imagination, describing his unique method as “painting with sound.” The trained composer is concerned with providing an emotional element to physical structures—to Janney, buildings are “urban musical instruments,” and over the past three decades he has built up an impressive array of site-specific works, from public installations in Miami to an …

The Eyes of the Skin

A conceptual artist's first solo show explores the duality of human nature using hairnets, fish hooks and more

Rubber dairy hoses, human hair, fish hooks and other oddities serve as standard materials for Manchester-based artist Susie MacMurray, who explores the human condition with a beautifully eerie approach. Curious about life’s delicate balance, MacMurray explains she is fascinated by “how amazing and successful we are” and yet how “fragile and weak” we can be, and her unsettling compositions and shapes poetically express this duality. …