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Amy Sillman is a highly regarded painter, writer, and curator based in New York. One might regard her as a consummate insider. The artist... The post Changing the Ground: Amy Sillman Talks Abou...

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The painter Agnes Martin contemplated language with a great deal of skepticism. Though she produced an impressive body of written work, mostly compiled and... The post A Feeling Between the Lin...

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In the fall of 2023, when I came to New York on a research fellowship, I visited Levani’s studio for the second time. Levani,... The post Falling From the Tower: Levani on the Necessity of En...

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“The Sound-Sweep,” a 1960 short story by J. G. Ballard, takes place in a world where normal music has been supplanted by soundless, uncontaminated... The post Can We Tune the Museum? Laurie...

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Satisfaction (2000) by the artist Alexis Smith is a collage that features a shabby reproduction of Hokusai’s The Great Wave placed within a glitzy... The post She Was Paying Attention: Rememb...

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I was once teleported to Chapada dos Veadeiros (Plateau of the Deer Protectors) National Park in the southwestern region of the state of Goiás... The post Do You Believe in Aliens?: Re-Indigen...

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What is the visuality of abortion care? Though I am writing this text for a publication based in Los Angeles—once my home for many... The post Our Visuality: Abortion Care Work and Photograph...

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Sawridge First Nation artist Brenda Draney paints open-ended memories, what might have been or should have been or could have been otherwise. Her solo... The post Abstraction, Legibility, and D...

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On August 29, 2023, the Globe and Mail published an article headlined “Toronto’s cash-strapped Artscape to enter receivership, end management of 14 artist facilities.”... The post Magical...

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Rarely do I find a work of art as disturbing as Louise Bonnet’s innocuously titled painting Figure Holding an Orange (2023). This thirty-square-foot oil-on-linen... The post Through the Looki...

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