April’s cover star, Rashid Johnson, will be throwing the opening pitch at Thursday’s Chicago Cubs VS. Milwaukee Brewers game at Wrigley Field. As In The Air reports, it’s tied into the opening of his much-anticipated retrospective, “Message to Our Folks, opening on Saturday at the MCA Chicago. Above is a photograph of Johnson at work in his Brooklyn studio, taken during Modern Painters’ studio visit with the artist.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, whose upcoming memoir, A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful is excerpted in our April issue, ran into cover star Rashid Johnson at the Parkside Lounge while celebrating the latest opening at Lisa Cooley Gallery. Grab your own copy now for Lewis-Kraus’s memories of Berlin and a look inside Johnson’s brightly-burning studio—not to mention a Q&A with video artist Alex Bag, shot by Ryan McGinley.
