CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
Visual Arts
Visual Arts at Catastrophe Ballet surveys the dark, macabre, surrealist, expressionist and outsider traditions — across exhibition, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, design and fashion. Coverage tracks shows, releases and news from galleries, institutions and independent artists working in that register.
Frank Gillette’s Anthropic Blues
Artist Directory: Summer Aldis
Colleen Allen Doesn’t Mess With Ouija Boards
How photographer Elizaveta Porodina finds the beauty in her nightmares
The beauty at Paris Fashion Week SS27 goes hard on the drama
Dorothea Tanning Beyond Max Ernst’s Shadow
Paul Carus’ The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil (1899)
Don’t get too close to Junya Watanabe’s SS27 collection
Carrying: The Substance meets Rosemary’s Baby in this trans body horror
Philip Lindeman builds a slightly haunted Sofia of night shops and stray cats in less than two weeks
Noir Kei Ninomiya SS27 wants us to stop and taste the roses
Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2027 Women’s – Paris
The Alchemical Transformations of the Mutus Liber (1677)
Gazier Marine makes her painstakingly detailed graphite drawings at night – and you can tell
Fashion gets stoned at Rick Owens SS27
New Wave Tarot Deals a Final Hand with Siouxsie Sioux, Dave Gahan, Robert Smith, and More
Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2027 Women’s – Paris
A Broomstick in a Man’s World
The Agony and Ecstasy of Johanna Hedva
Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Solitary Gaze
Three Artists and Two Writers On Surrealist Painter Remedios Varo’s Influence
“The Persian Mâr-Nâmeh or, The Book for Taking Omens from Snakes” (1892)
How Tarot Survived for 500 Years
Jenkin van Zyl on deepfakes, replication and rogue AI agents
These photos capture the eerie feeling right before you wake up
The Relics of Susie Cave’s World
Strike! Chopova Lowena’s coven goes bowling for SS27
Photographer Nelson Garrido, Who Embraced an “Aesthetics of the Ugly,” Dies at 73
Tarot for a Broken World
Sarah Michelson’s Delicate Fetish Play
Liza Keane is London Fashion Week’s dark and stormy saviour
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Spring/Summer 2027 Men’s – Paris
Yoox x SLEEK: Italian Cocktail at Schattenlos Atelier
Undercover Spring/Summer 2027 Men’s – Paris
SOSHIOTSUKI Spring/Summer 2027 Men’s – Paris
Get tickets for a preview of Her Private Hell with Nicolas Winding Refn
Jerry Hsu: “Dystopia Is More Present Than Ever”
Karla Wong’s Folkloric Portraits Conjure Mysterious Portals to Another World
Kristina Rozhkova turned her experience of being imprisoned into a stunningly brutal photo book about captivity, sadomasochism and cruelty (NSFW)
Forgotten Corners of the World: Heidi Linck’s Enigmatic Works
Catalogue New York
Junya Watanabe: “To Me, Couture Means Freedom”
Joseph Keefer Collection S10: Relics
Photographer Kwame Dapaa is creating dark, distorted fairy tales
The Overview Effect: A Different Way of Seeing Earth
An artist and former funeral professional have collaborated on a book about the bizarre and beautiful rituals of death
Inside the 3,000-Zine Library in a Texas Living Room
An Unprecedented Look at Renowned Photographer Peter Hujar’s New York in “Hujar:Contact”
