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3/8/2022
13 : 14
The Systems of Power Reinforce Themselves
The goal is to build systems that allow for people to be held accountable, for redemption, and for us to move forward without having to bury our heads in the sand.
3/1/2022
13 : 4
Put These Seeds in Your Pocket
This post is dedicated to each and every act of resistance, no matter how big or small.
2/22/2022
13 : 4
Dear ______
I'm wondering what I would want someone to write to guide my trip each day. And what I would want to write to them.
2/15/2022
13 : 4
Taking Down the Establishment in Six Easy Payments
Anytime I hear someone refer to art collecting as the domain of the wealthy and the powerful, I want to scream.
2/8/2022
13 : 4
Something From Nothing
On days when it feels like we have so little to work with, I always think of the sculptor Chakaia Booker.
2/1/2022
13 : 4
Power Dynamics and Covid in the Art World
What happens when we disagree with someone who has power over other people's livelihoods?
1/25/2022
13 : 4
The Patron Saint of Style
He was hiding a huge heart under that caftan
1/18/2022
13 : 4
The Loss of Meaning
A reality star selling NFT farts is the perfect avatar for a culture that embraces style over substance and spectacle over skill.
1/11/2022
13 : 4
Putting an End to the Male vs. Female Gaze
The problem with this framework is that it's tied to the sex or gender of the artist, which is immaterial.
1/4/2022
13 : 4
Rage Against the Idiot Machine
Artists are our first line of defense against...well, all of the things.
12/21/2021
13 : 4
To Bear Witness
The mechanism we use to distance ourselves from an event we don't want to think about is impossible to implement when we are looking at someone who carries that event inside of them.
12/17/2021
17 : 4
Discussion Thread: What are you most looking forward to?
Let's skip ahead in our imaginations to a time when we no longer have to live under the thumb of Covid. What's the one thing you're most looking forward to being able to do?
12/14/2021
13 : 4
The Importance of the In Between
In the art world, artists are either having an exhibition, working toward an exhibition, or they cease to exist.
12/7/2021
14 : 34
I see your broken heart
In our America, there is no time to tend to last week's heartbreaks because we must always begin bracing for the next.
12/7/2021
14 : 34
Watching Over Us
The glorious thing about self-taught artists is that no one has told them the “right” way to do something, so they get to figure out for themselves that whatever way their art wants to come through
12/7/2021
14 : 34
Discussion Thread: Most Memorable Art Viewing Experience
After nearly two years of quarantine, mind has been wistfully casting back to some of my most memorable art experiences. So, I'm dying to know: what are yours?
12/7/2021
14 : 34
There's Still Time to Un-fuck This Up
There is nothing inherent to visual art that is less understandable or more opaque than any other mode of expression. The difference is in the way we present it.