“As a Matter of Survival”: Dark Study on Making Art School a Radical Refuge
When I reached out to the directors of the “virtually-rooted” Dark Study, a recently-launched free experimental art school, I had envisioned writing a piece…
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Lifesaving and Abolitionism: Shifting the Frame on Prison Art
In March 2008, Ojore Lutalo received official denial of his request for release from solitary confinement at Trenton State Prison. In its appraisal of…
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Between the Gallery and the Street: An Interview with Vanessa Thill
I first met Vanessa through mutual friends on the streets of New York City’s Chinatown. I felt connected to the neighborhood given that, pre-pandemic,…
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Chance Elements: On Wayne Ngan (1937-2020)
Six years ago, while browsing in Nanaimo, British Columbia’s Value Village, a black vase with gold highlights caught my attention from across two aisles….
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The White Pube on “What’s Changed, and What Should?” – Ep. 24
In the final episode of Season 3, which has been devoted to the question of “what’s changed, and what should?”, Sky Goodden speaks to…
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“A Planetary Expenditure”: Ensayos on Learning Across a Distance
The work of Ensayos – a strategically covert group of artists, poets, historians, biologists, lawyers, sociologists, ecologists, activists, policymakers, and local community members, around…
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Sophia Al Maria on “What’s Changed, and What Should?” – Ep. 23
For episode 23, Lauren Wetmore spoke with Sophia al Maria, a Qatari-American artist, writer, and filmmaker based in London. Author of publications including Sad…
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: On Artists and Survival
An artist recently lamented to me that, these days, being an artist felt so painfully inadequate. Against fascism and pandemic, the racist cruelty of…
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Ebony L. Haynes on “What’s Changed, and What Should?” – Ep. 22
For episode 22, Lauren Wetmore spoke with Ebony L. Haynes, a gallerist, curator, and writer. Haynes is the Director of Martos Gallery in…
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This Valley is Filling with the Blood of Ghosts: On the Work of Scott Daniel Williams
Monuments are not inert. Like removing a scab on an infected wound, the defacement or removal of monuments can cause a rupture – in…
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