A Long Strange Trip: Read Our Intimate Convo With Actor, Artist And Now Curator Leo Fitzpatrick On Navigating The Tricky Waters of The New York Art World →

Itโ€™s been a long strange trip for Fitzpatrick since he was discovered skateboarding in Washington Square Park at age 14 by Larry Clark to star in the directorโ€™s seminal โ€˜90s troublemaker film Kids. Though he has remained involved in acting on and off ever since (heโ€™s most likely appeared in at least one of your favorite shows: The Wire, Carnivale, Banshee, and a hilarious turn in this past season of Broad City as a misdemeanor prone trust fund man child), art has more or less been his primary passion since he bought his first Chris Johanson piece at age 17. He gained some notoriety for his austere and slightly brutal painting style as well as for his documented friendships with some of the early โ€˜00sโ€™ most famous wild child artists like the aforementioned Snow and Colen, Nate Lowman, and Ryan McGinley. Click here to read our intimate convo with Adam Lehrer. 

Jill Di Donato Takes On Gender, Sexual Reassignment Surgery, Sex Tapes and The Pleasure of Having a Clit In This Cultural Meandering on Womanhood in the 21st Century →

We don't mean to get heavy on a Monday, but Jill Di Donato's essay is just too good and too informative not to start your week off with. Starting with Lynda Benglis' massive faux member in Artforum to the discovery that her own sex tape was previewed in public to a bunch of strangers, Donato explores female sexuality, gender, and what it means to be a woman in the 21st century. She talks to photographers like Ricky Powell and Richard Kern to find the answers. Click here to read. 

Girls, Girls, Girls Group Photo Show Opening At Max Fish in New York

Max Fish, the Lower East Side bar known for its artsy congregations, was the host for GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS, an exhibition curated by photographer Brian Boulos. As the title suggests, the show features a photographs predominantly of woman by the likes of Richard Kern, Magdalena Wosinska, Alessandro Simonetti, Dan Martensen, and more. The women on the walls are a mix of personal inspirations and celebrity girl crushes, including Agyness Deyn, Sofia Coppola, a pregant Jemima Kirke eating ice cream by Kern, and an iconic portrait of Blondie. photographs by Adam Lehrer