George Condo: 'Change can’t just be an idea or a slogan – it has to get real'

The artist, who worked with Warhol, befriended Basquiat and painted for Kanye, talks about making art during a tumultuous year and why he left New York City

The New York City artist George Condo has become New York state artist George Condo, a surprising move for someone so intensely intertwined with the city's culture. The Hamptons is his new normal, after he ditched Manhattan in March.

Not that he is keeping track of time. The month of May soon turned into August, which then turned into November," Condo says to the Guardian from his studio later that day. 2020 is just the framing of the time lapse."