The 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.
Read MoreMotherhood: A Visual Contract
By Essay Issue 102
Leni Dothan examines and critiques how motherhood has been presented in western art history.
Read MoreBesides, Before, Beyond Beauty
By Editorial Issue 102
I’m tired of beauty. Or rather, I’m tired of hearing the word “beauty” overused and misapplied.
Read MoreLiving Fabric: Letitia Huckaby Talks to History
By Essay Issue 101
In her art, Huckaby is constantly pushing herself to discover those previously unheard voices.
Read MoreWeb Exclusive: A Love Supreme: The Surprising Art of Sedrick Huckaby
By Essay Issue 90
Homely, decorative, domestic—that’s how most of us think of quilting: something a sweet grandmother does while humming an old tune and waiting for a pie to cool on the rack. It’s a comfy-seeming practice we associate with homemaking and mothering—vocations mostly overlooked and never accorded the worldly esteem we give to the artist, composer, intellectual,…
Read MoreThe Empty Bed: Tracey Emin and the Persistent Self
By Essay Issue 90
THIS ALL HAPPENED IN 1998. A youngish woman, an artist, was at home in her council flat in the Waterloo neighborhood of central London. Council flats, you should know, are basically a British version of public housing. The woman’s name was Tracey Emin. She was having a lousy week. A relationship had gone sour. More…
Read MoreEcstatic Dislocation: The Art of Sedrick Huckaby
By Essay Issue 90
IN 2016, SAINT PATRICK’S DAY falls on a Thursday, bringing with it an early weekend. In the aftermath of apocalyptic north-central Texas thunderstorms, a sultry heat settles on the quiet residential street in Fort Worth where artist Sedrick Huckaby is hard at work preparing for his next exhibition. Huckaby is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker…
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