Nonprofessional Experiments (NoPE) is an umbrella name for various projects by art critic and writer Raphael Rubinstein and visual artist Heather Bause Rubinstein, including publishing, curating, and art fair presentations. The name comes from musician James Murphy’s comment that the band he created, LCD Soundsystem, “was always supposed to be a nonprofessional experiment.”
For more information or to order NoPE publications, please email:
info@nonprofessionalexperiments.com
Curating:
“Under Erasure” at Pierogi Gallery, New York 2018-2019 (catalogue available)
“Schema: World as Diagram,” Marlborough Gallery, New York 2023 (catalogue available)
Publishing:
Heather & Raphael Rubinstein, Under Erasure, NoPE, 2018 (available $25 plus shipping)
Raphael Rubinstein, The New Italian Poetry, NoPE, 2025 (available, $15 plus shipping)
ISBN 979-8-218-66217-2
Press:
Cassie Packard, “Schema: World as Diagram,” The Brooklyn Rail, July-August 2023
Paul Stephens, “Schema: World as Diagram,” e-flux, July 11, 2023
Barry Schwabsky, “Schema: World as Diagram,” Artforum, October 2023
Brooklyn Rail, NSE #871 on YouTube
William Corwin, Under Erasure, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2019
Will Heinrich, “Under Erasure, New York Times, January 23, 2019
Gina DeCagna, “Erasure as Aesthetic Principle at Pierogi,” Two Coats of Paint, January 15, 2019