Artpress June 2024 Issue Features Matthew Barney Interview and Sound Art Focus

The June 2024 issue of artpress, numbered 522, includes a major interview with Matthew Barney discussing performance and failure, conducted by Andrea Nitsche-Krupp. A dossier explores sound as a medium, with contributions from Julien Bécourt on sound becoming form and Félix Gatier examining the ecology of sound. Interviews feature artists Méryll Ampe on materializing the invisible and Hervé Di Rosa on painting adventures. Reviews cover exhibitions by Chiharu Shiota, Bastien Vivès, Aurélie Ferruel, Florentine Guédon, Philippe Hortala, José Loureiro, Gianni Pettena, and Nina Beier. Columns include Paul Ardenne on the clitoris as art object, Anne Bertrand on Maria Lassnig's key work 'Du oder Ich' from 2005, and Fabrice Lauterjung on Warhol's mirror. Catherine Francblin writes about the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire. Spotlights highlight Pasolini by Mariia Rybalchenko and Transfo by Annabelle Gugnon. Literary reviews cover works by Fabrice Hadjadj, Jules Verne, Rachilde, Linn Ullmann, Philippe Sollers, Philippe Muray, Bernard Cerquiglini, Olivier Rachet, Christian Prigent, Mandico, and Thiellement. The issue previews artpress number 523 for July-August 2024, with an interview of Steve McQueen, a dossier on commercial art, an interview with Rem Koolhaas, reviews of the Venice Biennale, Luigi Serafini in Rome, Rencontres d'Arles, and Monte Verità utopia in Le Locle. The cover features Matthew Barney's 'Secondary' from 2023.