Press & Interviews

  • A screencap of an article on Filthy Dreams blog about Michelle

    Filthy Dreams.org 2024

    “Lydia Lunch has always had a voice able to shake audiences to their core.” Emily Colucci writes about Michelle Handelman’s project Delirium.

  • A screencap of an article on Filmmaker Magazine about Michelle Handelman

    Filmmaker Magazine 2024

    “I think of my work as functioning like a virus…” Michelle Handelman is interviewed by Scott Macaulay.

  • The Brooklyn Rail NSE #979 2024

    Artist Michelle Handelman joins Brooklyn Rail contributors Jill H. Casid and Ksenia M. Soboleva for a video conversation about her project Delirium and more.

  • Tribes.org 2024

    An audio conversation between Michelle Handelman, M. Lamar and Lydia Lunch focusing on Michelle’s upcoming project, Delirium.

  • A still of a video showing Michelle Handelman being interviewed for FIT

    Fashion Institute of Technology 2023

    The FIT Special Collections & College Archives interviews Michelle for their Oral History Collections.

  • A screenshot of an article in Little White Lies

    Little White Lies 2023

    Lucy Talbot Allen loves the lesbian documentaries of the 1990s, including Michelle Handelman’s BloodSisters, which exemplifies a kind of low-budget, shot-on-video “dyke doc” style.

  • GutterSaint 2023

    GutterSaint announces the private sale of Michelle Handelman’s artist archive which features over 3900 items from the 1980s to today.

  • Astra Mag 2022

    Davey Davis talks art and BDSM with Michelle Handelman.

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 2022

    Assistant Curator Lisa Shoshany Anderson is joined by Maeve Hogan and Becca Owen for a conversation about Handelman's work and the collaborative process behind the exhibition These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves.

  • Little Joe Issue #6 2021

    Little Joe’s first issue in six years features a cover story on Michelle Handelman’s BloodSisters.

  • Filmmaker Magazine 2021

    “If something gives me the chills…then I know I have to use it.” Lauren Wissot interviews Michelle Handelman on the 25th anniversary release of BloodSisters.

  • Stonewall National Museum and Archives 2020

    SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian interviews Michelle Handelman on the 25th anniversary of her work, BloodSisters.

  • Screen Slate 2020

    Mackenzie Lukenbill writes about BloodSisters 25th anniversary screening at NewFest, New York’s annual LGBTQ+ film and media festival.

  • Bomb Magazine 2020

    Jane Ursula Harris interviews Michelle about BloodSisters.

  • Flash Art 2020

    Michelle’s These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves opens at signs and symbols gallery.

  • Indiewire 2020

    Jude Dry discusses why Michelle Handelman’s BloodSisters is a queer classic.

  • Them.us 2020

    Michelle Hyun Kim picks her favorite LGBTQ+ films at Outfest 2020, including Michelle Handelman’s BloodSisters.

  • Creative Capital 2019

    Michelle Handelman presents at the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat with her upcoming project, Delerium.

  • NY Art Beat 2019

    signs and symbols presents Michelle’s “Lover, Hater, Cunty Intellectual” from Hustlers & Empires.

  • Brooklyn Rail 2019

    Alex A. Jones covers Michelle’s Hustlers & Empires.

  • Artnet 2019

    Sarah Cascone includes Michelle’s Hustlers & Empires in her Editors’ Picks for 11 Things to see in New York.

  • Filmmaker Magazine 2019

    Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine’s Editor in Chief, interviews Michelle Handelman about her journey from filmmaking to gallery installations.

  • Filthy Dreams Blog 2018

    Emily Colucci writes about Michelle Handelman’s Hustlers & Empires for her blog, Filthy Dreams.

  • KQED 2018

    Sarah Hotchkiss writes about Michelle Handelman’s Hustlers & Empires at SFMOMA.

  • Video still of an interview with Michelle for Chelsea Film Festival

    Chelsea Film Festival #WCW 2017

    CFF Founder Ingrid Jean-Baptiste interviews Michelle Handelman, their #WomanCrushWednesday, via livestream video at The Fashion Institute of Technology.

  • Video still of Michelle Handelman being interviewed for Bomb Magazine 2013

    Bomb Magazine 2013

    Michelle Handelman discusses vampire jewel thieves, censorship, and re-interpreting The Picture of Dorian Gray in a video interview for Bomb Magazine.

  • Video still featuring Michelle Handelman

    VelvetPark Studio Visit 2007

    From the archives! Back in 2007 Velvetpark captured a studio visit with Michelle Handelman on video.