In review: "Goodnight Sweet Thing"
Whitney Mallett reviews the sold out performance of a new book of poetry
Yancey Strickler
Legitimize yourself
Plus Autonomous Worlds N1
Psychic infrastructure
A few years ago we were speaking with our friend Clare Farrell, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and Hard Art, about the big idea behind Metalabel: that all creative people could start “labels” to put out work by themselves and others that reflected their shared worldviews.
Clare, always brilliant, called the
Editor's Picks (May 8, 2024)
The Whitney Review of New Writing Issue 003
Edited by Whitney Mallett
Featuring reviews, interviews, and essays from Mary Gaitskill, Pamela Sneed, Dennis Cooper, and many more
In celebration of The Whitney Review of Books Issue 003, which premieres exclusively on Metalabel this week, we invited Anika Jade Levy, editor
Editor's Picks (May 1, 2024)
New Releases
Twins
By Paul Waters and Jamie Nami Kim
18 x 24 inch fine art print
50 editions
This week on Metalabel we premiere work by two NYC-based painters who have come together to bridge differences in backgrounds to make a stunning piece that reflects them as distinct individuals
Context is queen
If content is king, then context is queen.
We can all enjoy creative work as a pure sensory experience. YES.
But it’s when we get context for that work — who made it, how it was made, what ideas, scenes, and history surround it — that joy turns into a deeper
The arc of change
Most creator lore encourages creative people to start your channel, get subscribers, be the star.
These instructions have zero relationship to making great creative work, pursuing creative fulfillment, or making something that becomes bigger than you. They just want to make you feel like you need to post more to