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These Walls Talk

A brief history of wheatpasting in New York.
By Aidan Chisholm 


Cindy in Philly

A 48-hour jaunt to catch enchanting live performances in an unfamiliar city.
By Ashley D. Escobar 


Girlfriend Zap!

Sophie Kemp’s Paradise Logic is so fucking sexy!!!
By Georgina Brainerd


Projecting Pride: Shorts Movie Theater and the Queer Art Scene

An inaugural short-film screening in Brooklyn offers a vibrant and welcoming community hub for independent filmmaking.
By Halle Wellington

Letters of Recommendation #4

Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen


Two New York Indie Presses, Two Thrilling Debut Collections

In Glib by Ashley D. Escobar and Python with a Dog Inside It by Max McDonough, fresh voices explore intimacy and distance.
By Philip Kenner


Striking Gold with Father Koi

On the heels of a new EP release, the indie musician chats with COPY about her creative inspirations, from Grimes to The Beatles.
By Lily Crandall


Street Altars, Remembrance of the Unseen

An exhibition at Miriam Gallery pays homage to the everyday acts of  remembrance that shape our urban landscape.
By Taylor Stout

Photo Diary: The Mill Opening

An art exhibition at All Street Gallery by Miguel de Laveaga, Naava Guaraca, Laura Lee Ross, and Taylor Stout. 
Photos by Lily Crandall, Ilana Guaraca, Andy Klein, and Taylor Stout


(Un)Happy Hour(s)

Celebrating ten years of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s five-hour epic.
By Henry Trinder

Lost Grrrl Found

Seeing a riot grrrl musical in a small music venue was like opening a door to a funhouse mirror.
By Layla Passman


Fictitious Family

Seven artists interrogate narrative building through family photos.
By Theodora Bocanegra Lang

An Interview with Maya Man

The artist explores what it means to be a girl online.
By Nolan Kelly


Fefu, Her Friends, and Their Private Suffering (Made Public)

One woman’s take on a glamorous, site-specific production of a María Irene Fornés play where beauty abounds—and the women themselves lay interred somewhere beneath.
By Claire Tumey


Doki Doki Tutu’s Delivery at Tutu Gallery

Aesthetics with Asian roots and global reach nettle and nuance the inherent flattening of the descriptor “Asian American.”
By Will Kaplan 


Letters of Recommendation #3

Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen 


Oscars 2025: Gaslighting Edition

the fourth annual installment of an ancient COPY tradition: Auveen’s Oscars predictions.
By Auveen Dezgaran


We Want to Be Opposite 

What happens when we meet our more perfect double?
By Philip Kenner


Sarina Freda Is Totally Probably Fine

Talking LSD trips and deconstructing tropes with the actor/writer
By Amelia Langas


“Every Woman Adores a Fascist”

No, but masochism is prevalent in two recent popular film releases. Why?
By Myka Greene

Paula Romeu Garcia’s Topless America

A striking photography show asks: why can’t I be exactly who I am, right in front of you?
By Naava Guaraca 


Memberless Clubs

Reflections on writing and reading in London.
By Noa Fischer 


Letters of Recommendation #2

Bimonthly book recs. 
By Amelia Olsen


Floating on Musical Waves with Dreamphone

Copy sat down with the duo to talk dream worlds, defying classification, and embracing emptiness.
By Amelia Langas


In Defense of “Gaffe Track Films”

Explore a kind of freedom rarely captured in other movies.
By Mallory Merlo


A Saint with a Cowboy Mouth

In a fraught national moment, a reading of Sam Shepard’s plays sheds light on American dreaming.
By Taylor Stout


Mike Kota Wants You to Believe

The singer talks branching out on her own, relying on her friends to ground her, and music as a vessel for healing.
By Naava Guaraca


Lorenzo Amos Captures Fleeting Moments

The solo exhibition No Regrets Because You’re My Sunshine tells a story of multiples.
Xuezhu Jenny Wang


Deep History at the Public Theater

A one-man show by David Finnigan explores the roles we all play in facilitating climate change.
By Ciaran Short


Letters of Recommendation #1

Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen


Ask Casey #3: Making Moves

A new advice column.
By Copy Casey 


Two Painting Shows Explore the Inexpressible

On Kim Stolz at Yveyang Gallery and Jack Albrittain at Ruby/Dakota Gallery.
By Theodora Bocanegra Lang


Short Cut

That ink-black pixie cut is what she wanted the whole time; all she wanted was to change.
by Davis Dunham


Orange Juice

For a moment, we were looking at one another from sister ambulances, letting the world go on without us.
by Halle Wellington


DETOX Gallery’s Homecoming

In order for DETOX to dominate in the way it ought to, the gallery must dig deep curatorially to beat the art world at its own game.
by Dagny Edwards 


Geordie Greep Escapes to the Americas to Find “The New Sound”

The musician explores the tiny space between dreams and reality where anything absurd could happen.
by Victoria Borlando