Press
Selected Press & Interviews:
December 7, 2021 – Codeswitch featured in Condé Nast Traveler – “The Coolest Airbnb in Every State, From Floating Tiki Huts to Desert Marvels”
December 7, 2021 – Sanford featured in New York Times – “Artists Rally to Preserve Black History in Sag Harbor”
December 7, 2021 – Oracle featured in Artsy – “The Best Public Art of 2021”
December 5, 2021 – Sanford featured in Culture Type – “Latest News in Black Art: Remembering Virgil Abloh and Robert Farris Thompson, Sanford Biggers Wins Heinz Award, New Representation for Umar Rashid, Eric N. Mack, and Derrick Woods-Morrow & More”
December 3, 2021 – Quandary featured in Artsy – “The Canvas’s Full Art Basel in Miami Beach Sales Roundup”
December 3, 2021 – Sanford featured in NPR – “Artists win awards for highlighting life on the border and reclaiming African art”
December 2, 2021 – Sanford and Fool’s Folly at the Phillips Collection featured in PBS NewsHour – “Why artist Sanford Biggers remixes different forms, styles of art to express himself”
December, 2021 – Re:emancipation featured in On Wisconsin – “An Emancipation Sculpture Revisited”
November 29, 2021 – Sanford featured in Heinz Award Announcement – “Announcing the 26th Heinz Awards Honorees”
November 24, 2021 – Only the Ashes featured in Art Daily – “MASSIMODECARLO opens an exhibition of works by Sanford Biggers”
November 23, 2021 – Sanford featured in Art Forum – “Frieze Appoints Christine Messineo Director of US Fairs”
November 20, 2021 – Sanford featured in The Los Angeles Times – “Newsletter: An art park fundraiser aims to revitalize an olive grove”
November 19, 2021 – Mosaic featured in Apollo Magazine – “The museum that introduced America to modern art”
November 18, 2021 – Sanford featured in Vogue – “Dressed in Custom Dior, Lorde Gave a Rousing Performance at the Guggenheim International Gala”
November 18, 2021 – Sanford featured in The Art Newspaper – “Sanford Biggers and Tanya Aguiñiga win $250,000 Heinz award”
November 17, 2021 – Mosaic featured in the Washington Post – “At the Phillips Collection, a visual ‘conversation’ between the art of Europe, Africa and Japan”
November 17, 2021 – Sanford featured in Art News – “Staying South”
November 15, 2021 – Sanford featured in Artsy – “How 9 Artsy Vanguard Alumni Have Become Leading Contemporary Artists”
November 13, 2021 – The Dirty South featured in The Houston Chronicle – “Hey ya! CAMH’s ‘The Dirty South’ connects visual art to hip-hop”
November 8, 2021 – Sanford featured in Art News – “Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Offers First Look at New Herzog & de Meuron–Designed Home”
November 5, 2021 – Sanford featured in the Memphis Flyer – “Brooks Museum of Art Unveils Design for New Location”
November 3, 2021 – Fabric of a Nation featured in MetroWest Daily News – “’Fabric of a Nation’ quilts at the MFA”
November 3, 2021 – Sanford featured in Harper’s Bazaar – “Style for the Ages”
November 2, 2021 – Sanford featured in Art Fix Daily – “The American Folk Art Museum to Launch Online Benefit Auction of Contemporary Art”
November 1, 2021 – Mosaic featured in the Phillips Collection Blog, The Experiment Station – “Learning to Slow Down with Sanford Biggers”
November 1, 2021 – Well/Being featured in The Chronogram – “This Week’s Eight Hudson Valley Events”
October 28, 2021 – Mandala Lab featured in Dezeen – “Buddhist principles inform PRO’s design of Mandala Lab in New York”
October 22, 2021 – Codeswitch featured in NewBlackMan (In Exile) – “John Jennings and the Visual World of Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch”
October 21, 2021 – Fabric of a Nation featured in The Boston Globe – “MFA’s ‘Fabric of a Nation’ pieces together American history through the quietly radical power of quilts”
October 20, 2021 – Mandala Lab featured in News Nation USA – “Want to Change Your Life? A New Exhibition Offers a Path.”
October 18, 2021 – Mosaic featured in See Great Art – “Phillips Collection continues centennial celebration with Sanford Biggers”
October 11, 2021 – Sanford featured in Artsy – “Market Brief: Sanford Biggers’s Captivating Work Breaks Auction Record amid Rising Demand”
October 11, 2021 – Mandala Lab featured in The Gothamist – “The Mandala Lab is now open at the Rubin Museum”
October, 2021 – Somethin’ Close to Nothin’ featured in White Hot Magazine – “Out in Miami Beach—Sand, Sea, Art and Architecture”
September 29, 2021 – Mandala Lab featured in TimeOut – “Mandala Lab at The Rubin Museum”
September 29, 2021 – Sanford featured in Artspace – “Wise Words From Ten Artworld Insiders”
September 29, 2021 – Sanford Featured in Art News – “Phillips ‘New Now’ Sale Brings Fierce Competition for Newcomers at the Auction Block”
September 10, 2021 – Sanford featured in India Education Diary – “MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2021-22”
September 8, 2021 – Sanford featured in Art News – “ONE WORK: SANFORD BIGGERS’S “7 HEAVENS””
September 8, 2021 – Sanford Featured in MIT News – “MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2021-22”
September 9, 2021 – Sanford featured in e-flux – “Fall 2021 public program – Announcements”
September 9, 2021 – Codeswitch featured in Daily News – “Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Sept. 9-16”
July 13, 2021 – Codeswitch featured in Hyperallergic – “Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for July 2021”
June 30, 2021 – Oracle featured in Cultured Mag – “The Chelsea Art Legends That Started It All”
June 04, 2021 – Oracle featured in Fast Company – “7 Must-See Art Installations to Visit This Summer”
June 04, 2021 – Oracle featured in Untapped New York – “13 New Public Art Installations in NYC June 2021”
June 03, 2021 – Oracle featured in Our Town – “Outstanding Outdoor Art”
May 31, 2021 – Sanford featured in The Art Newspaper – “Stuck in a loop” curator Helen Molesworth organizes Feedback at The School in Kinderhook”
May 29, 2021 – Oracle featured in Vogue – “Looking For Things to Do This Weekend? Here’s Where to Go (and What to Wear)”
May 25, 2021 – Sanford featured in Architectural Digest – “17 Design Exhibition to See This Spring and Summer”
May 24, 2021 – “New York’s Museum of Arts and Design Puts Craft Front and Center”, Metropolis.
May 19, 2021 – “In New York and More, Public Art Is Taking on Thorny Social Issues”, New York Times.
May 13, 2021 – Oracle featured in Whitewall – “Sanford Biggers Transforms Rockefeller Center”
May 13, 2021 – Oracle featured in Sunday Times – “The Oracle sculpture in NY City has drawn mixed reactions. But is it misunderstood or offensive?”
May 13, 2021 – Oracle featured in New York Times – “5 Things to Do This Weekend”
May 11, 2021 – Oracle featured in Smithsonian Mag – “This Monumental ‘Oracle’ Statue in NYC Subverts Traditional Sculpture”
May 10, 2021 – Oracle featured in Eurweb – “Artist Sanford Biggers Transforms Rockefeller Center wit 25-foot Bronze ‘Oracle’ Sculpture”
May 10, 2021 – Oracle featured in Interrobang – “The Filtered Excellence”
May 09, 2021 – Oracle featured in Global Times – “Long-overlooked black artists dominate New York spring sale”
May 08, 2021 – Oracle featured in Newsaxes – “Large new ‘Oracle’ greets Rockefeller Middle guests in New York”
May 08, 2021 – Oracle featured in News4545 – “Enormous new ‘Oracle’ greets Rockefeller Heart guests in New York”
May 08, 2021 – Oracle featured in Artnet – “Artist Sanford Biggers Explains How Our Misunderstandings of Classical Sculpture Inspired His Rockefeller Center Takeover”
May 06, 2021 – Oracle featured in Reuters – “Huge new ‘Oracle’ greets Rockefeller Center visitors in New York”
April 22, 2021 – Sanford featured in Artsy – “10 Standout Auction Lots on Artsy This Week: April 22, 2021”
April 2021- Codeswitch featured in Selvedge Magazine – “Codeswitch”
April 2021 – Sanford featured in Sculpture Magazine – “Dubious”
April 09, 2021 – Sanford featured in Artsy – “The 10 Best Booths at EXPO Chicago’s Online Edition.”
April 08, 2021 – Sanford featured in Art Space – “Sanford Biggers “Ibeji (Duet).”
March 22, 2021 – Codeswitch featured in Emintra – “Top Tips: Chef/Restaurant Owner Marcus Samuelsson’s New York Guide.”
March 10, 2021 – Soft Truth’s and Codeswitch featured in Brooklyn Rail – “Sanford Biggers with Yasi Alipour.”
March 03, 2021 – Sanford featured in NY City Lens – “Teen Artists Explore What “Home” Means.”
February 21, 2021 – Contra/Diction featured in Connect Savannah – “SCAD takes deFINE ARTS events virtual to highlight globally prominent artists.”
February 18, 2021- Codeswitch featured in Yale University Press Blog “Changeability for Survival: Sanford Biggers’ Codeswitch.”
February 18, 2021 – Contra/Diction featured in SCAD – “Survey a prolific career with honoree Sanford Biggers at deFINE ART 2021 keynote lecture.”
February 18, 2021 – Contra/Diction featured in Art and Object – “SCAD deFINE ART 2021 Announces Virtual and Location-based Programming.”
February 17, 2021 – Sanford featured in Hyperallergic – “A Premature Celebration of the Ascension of Black Artists.”
February 15, 2021- Sanford featured in Savannah Now – “12th edition of SCAD deFINE ART offers a unique mix of virtual, in-person programming”
January 19, 2021 – Sanford featured in Black Film – “Black Art: In The Absence of Light.”
January 12, 2021 – Codeswitch and Soft Truths featured in Art & Object – “History Remixed: An Interview with Sanford Biggers.”
December 8, 2020 – Sanford featured in The Art Newspaper – “Miami Beach public votes to acquire Sanford Biggers quilt for public art collection.”
December 3, 2020 – Codeswitch and Soft Truths featured in Frieze – “Travel through Time and Space with Sanford Biggers.”
November 22, 2020 – Soft Truths featured in Arte Fuse – “Sanford Biggers: Soft Truths at Marianne Boesky Gallery.”
November 22, 2020 – Sanford featured in Observer – “Quilting as a Radical Act: Exhibitions Examines the Art Form’s Revolutionary Impact.”
November 19, 2020 – Codeswitch featured in Homer News – “New Homer creator brings Afrofuturism to town.”
November 16, 2020 – Codeswitch featured in AIRFIX daily – “Bronx Museum Names New Executive Director and Deputy Director.”
November 13, 2020 – Codeswitch featured in The New York Times – “New Director for the Bronx Museum of the Arts? It’s a Familiar Name”
November 11, 2020 – Sanford featured in Vox – “If museums want to diversify, they’ll have to change. A lot.”
October 30, 2020 – Soft Truths featured in The Art Newspaper – “Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend.”
October 27, 2020 – Codeswitch featured in Interview Magazine – “Code-Switching in Art and Craft: Sanford Biggers in Conversation with Diedrick Brackens.”
October 27, 2020 – Codeswitch featured in Metropolis Mag – “Sanford Biggers Uses Traditional Quilting to Issue New Message.”
September 18, 2020 – Codeswitch featured in Artnet News – “25 Shows to See Across the US as Museums Reopen.”
September 10, 2020 – Sanford featured in WWD – “First Survey of Sanford Biggers’ Quilts on View at Bronx Museum”
September 10, 2020 – Sanford featured in Wallpaper Magazine – “Sanford Biggers is weaving new narratives into American History”
September 9, 2020 – Sanford featured in Flaunt – “Sanford Biggers / The Interplay of Narrative and Linguistics in Quilting.”
September 8, 2020 – Sanford featured in Hyperallergic – “In His New Works, Sanford Biggers Finds a Future Ethnography”
September 8, 2020 – Sanford featured in The Art Newspaper – “Sanford Biggers show will highlight the unlikely role played by quilts in helping slaves flee to free states”
September 1, 2020 – Sanford featured in Artful Jaunts – “Sanford Biggers on Unlocking The Secret Codes of Patchwork Quilts”
September 2020 – Sanford featured in The Smithsonian Magazine – “Sanford Biggers’ Quilts Carry Secret Messages”
August 18, 2020 – Sanford’s podcast interview – “Sanford Biggers on Art as a Change Agent”
August 14, 2020 – Sanford featured in The New York Times – “Cracking Codes With Sanford Biggers”
July 1, 2020 – Sanford’s interview with Cultured Magazine – “How These Seven Artists Use Their Work To Call For Change”
June 17, 2020 – Artist Sanford Biggers on Instagram live with RoseLee Goldberg, founding Director and Chief Curator of Performa, NYC
June 16, 2020 – Conversation with Sanford Biggers and Franklin Sirmans, Director of the Perez Art Museum
April 14, 2020 – Sanford featured in Art & Object – “Meet this year’s Guggenheim Fine Arts Fellows”
April 10, 2020 – Sanford featured in Observer – “Awardees of 2020 Guggenheim Fellowships Get a Lifeline Amid Cancellations and Closures”
April 9, 2020 – Sanford featured in ARTnews – “Sought-After Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Sanford Biggers, Zoe Leonard, Sky Hopinka, More”
April 9, 2020 – Sanford featured in Art Forum – “Sanford Biggers and Zoe Leonard Among 2020 Guggenheim Fellows”
April 9, 2020 – Sanford featured in Art Net News – “Sanford Biggers, Zoe Leonard, and Dozens of Other Artists Are Among the Winners of the Prestigious 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship”
Feb 2020 – Sanford featured cover story in School of Art Institute of Chicago Magazine: Spring 2020 issue – “The Bravery of Sanford Biggers”
January 2020 – Sanford’s interview with Toure of Toure Show: Podcasting with Smart People. Episode – “Sanford Biggers – I AM ART”
January 2020 – Sanford’s interview with Tyler Green of The Modern Art Notes Podcast – “NO. 427: Sanford Biggers, Michelle Angela Ortiz”
December 19, 2019 – Sanford featured in The Boston Globe – “New England’s 10 Best Museum Exhibitions”