The Beat Goes On, is an exhibition curated by visual artist Derrick Adams, featuring work by Elia Alba, Kevin Beasley, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. D.J. Spooky, and Tameka Norris, a.k.a. Meka Jean. For The Beat Goes On, the SVA Chelsea Gallery has been transformed into four individual listening rooms, each presenting a solo show by one of the featured artists. Including photography, sculpture, installation, performance and video works, each room is inspired by music and the history of recorded sound.

Irena Jurek’s genre can probably be best articulated by a late night cruiser of self-published erotica on Amazon. The words in the search bar might read something like this: “anthropomorphized kitties and piglets” or “big salivating wolves.”

Chris Bors interviewed by Aaron Johnson.

On Sunday, May 1st, Historic Columbia’s Mann-Simons site opened its doors to a function that has indirectly been in the making since the transfer of ownership of the property in the 1970s. The Mann-Simons site was transformed into an art exhibition space that explored African American life, history, and culture entitled, Route to (re) settlement.

I first met Melissa Coleman when I lived in The Netherlands. I was a graduate student at Universiteit Leiden and she was teaching. Since the Leiden days, I moved to New York and Melissa moved to London. After four years, we had the opportunity to reconnect when she came to show her work at Pratt Manhattan’s exhibition CODED_COUTURE during February’s Fashion Week.

Art Basel 2016 happened. The final report showed the highest sales in years, replacing fear and desperation with confidence. Money changed hands, people had fun and there was a lot of interesting art to see.