BOMB Magazine

12/09/2025

"Color is one of the most effective emotional tools in abstraction. But it has to be strategic." —Leslie Smith III

Smith's new paintings are on view at Chart Gallery in NYC until December 20.

The conflict between image and material.

12/02/2025

BOMB’s Winter 2026 issue is here and features a dramatic photograph of a performance by Dread Scott on the cover. The winter issue hits newsstands on December 15. Subscribe, join, and receive your copy.

Our new issue hits newsstands on December 15. Here, a peek at the interviews, literature, and art inside.

11/21/2025

Artist Anysia Kym discusses her musical collaboration that challenges expectations with Branden W. Joseph.

“I have to remind myself that with more eyes on me, I might think there’s an expectation of how to present myself, but just continue doing what you want.”— Anysia Kym

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

11/20/2025

Writer Elissa Suh interviewed filmmaker Oliver Laxe. His film Sirāt surrounds a desert rave while conflicts rage in the world beyond.

“...we want to evoke something, not explain. People already understand—we’re witnessing conflict every day.”— Oliver Laxe

Finding spiritual transcendence at a desert rave while conflicts rage in the world beyond.

11/19/2025

Art director Luca Santiago Mora discusses his collective of neurodivergent artists.

“I had the responsibility to let these astonishing things appear and to introduce these amazing, completely unknown worlds to a wide audience.”— Luca Santiago Mora

A collective of neurodivergent artists exhibits work internationally.

11/19/2025

Art director Luca Santiago Mora discusses his collective of neurodivergent artists.

“I had the responsibility to let these astonishing things appear and to introduce these amazing, completely unknown worlds to a wide audience.”— Luca Santiago Mora

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

11/18/2025

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11/17/2025

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11/17/2025

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11/17/2025

Qingyuan Deng interviewed artist Julien Ceccaldi whose anime-influenced drawings and videos explore q***r desire.

“To me what happens with the full body is not as interesting as what happens with the head, where all the thinking, speaking, eating, and kissing happens.”— Julien Ceccaldi

Anime-influenced drawings and videos explore q***r desire.