Tag: Play
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Child’s Play: The Paintings of Kayla Mahaffey – Hi-Fructose Magazine
On a very basic level, Mahaffey’s style is an answer to the question, what kind of art should she make? As a child, she wanted to be an illustrator. Children’s book art has been a big inspiration. She was—and still is—a fan of cartoons and comic books. Dr. Seuss books, vintage Disney, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, read more
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The 2026 Whitney Biennial Includes a Video Game Designed by Leo Castañeda You Can Play At Home
While the Whitney Biennial isn’t set to open its 2026 edition to the public until Sunday, anyone can get a sneak peek at one work in the show: Camoflux Recall Grotto. The work, a video game by Colombian artist Leo Castañeda, is available to play on the web from any computer. For the work, Castañeda read more
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Eat, Stay & Play in Mérida, Yucatán Peninsula
Ku’uk, with its brown-and-white checkerboard tile and mansion setting, serves up suckling pig Yucateco-style. Finish your nights at the ultra-coolSalón Gallos, a restaurant that also includes a small arthouse cinema, pop-up shops by local designers, a gallery space, a wine bar, and a disco ball-crowned nightclub in the rear. For more stationary drinking, see Acervo read more
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In New York, the Stakes are High for a Young Gallery Dedicated to Play
A cold wind cuts through lower Manhattan, passing shuttered storefronts that once housed small galleries—some casualties of the rent crisis—before losing force at the corner of Broome and Chrystie Streets. There, a different kind of market experiment took shape. Last year, Spielzeug Gallery, a nomadic curatorial project had a turn as a brick-and-mortar commercial gallery, read more
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Ángela Ferrari's Dramatic Paintings Tease Out a Passionate Play for Power
Aggression and struggles for power abound in the vivid paintings of Ángela Ferrari. The Argentinian artist is keen to explore the limits and consequences of control through scenes rife with antagonism: dogs nip at each other, horses buck and bare their teeth, and birds lie lifeless. Evoking hunting paintings and masculine displays of pride for read more
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