Curator’s Corner
By Visual Art Issue 111
I have often said that contemporaneity—much like modernity and creativity—does not belong to one race, place, or economy.
Read MorePortraiture and Personhood: Hubbard and Birchler’s Flora
By Visual Art Issue 111
The soundtrack alternates between David speaking about his mother’s life and his memories of her, and a voiceover narration in which Flora recalls her life in Paris. However, a viewer can only watch one side of the screen at a time—either Flora’s or David’s.
Read MoreIn the Studio
By Visual Art Issue 107
I love how it changes color with different kinds of light—it’s a different image in the morning than in the evening. Or the color shifts as the viewer moves position. The painting has a little life of its own.
Read MoreSeeing through Idols: Art and Imagination at the Border
By Visual Art Issue 106
Long before authorities are prepared to tear down walls, artists help us see through them.
Read MoreIn the Studio
By Visual Art Issue 106
As a child, I would write letters to god, then fold and throw them behind the wardrobe in my room, as if it were some sort of divine void.
Read MoreReconciliation
By Photo Essay Issue 104
As a queer woman raised Catholic, I have had a complex relationship to the church—making these photographs was part confession, part reconciliation.
Read MoreThe Dead Class
By Essay Issue 102
The loneliness of the dead. How they are isolated by what they know about themselves and about us.
Read MoreSpectacular Destruction
By Essay Issue 102
Why would you attack a beautiful work of art or building? In most cases, the clue is an urge to purify—a physical and spiritual decluttering beyond Marie Kondo’s wildest dreams.
Read MoreCurator’s Corner: Eva Fischer-Hausdorf
By Interview Issue 102
We want to transform the museum into a place of reflection and contemplation.
Read MoreIn the Studio: Antonius Roberts
By Essay Issue 102
We all need a rosary, whether we’re Catholic or not.
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