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