Ambera Wellmann’s Big Swing
There’s been much talk of Ambera Wellmann’s show Logic of Ghosts at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, but not much talk of her paintings. For in filling…
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Dora García Has Many Names: The Artist on Three Works Across a Pandemic
It’s become such a common sight, these past seasons, to visit someone over Skype and watch their form swim into view before a bookshelf….
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“Proudly Broken and Refusing to ‘Fit'”: Legacy Russell on “Glitch Feminism”
Legacy Russell doesn’t do things IRL. Throughout her writing, you’ll find instead the term “AFK” (Away From Keyboard). As the mobile internet became ubiquitous in…
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In the Studio with Didier William: “I Came Back to the Body”
I met Didier William in the fall of 2018, when he came to Pratt Institute to critique our undergraduate students. Didier and I talked…
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“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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