Essays
On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers
In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision
On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers
In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision
Why Deaccessioning Is Never a Straight Story
To many, ”deaccessioning” means ”scandal.” But it’s a valuable process—and without decent public funding for museums, it’s bound to become more common
We Aren’t a “We”
The diasporic arts collective RAGGA NYC ventures north of the border for a new exhibition
The Art of Translation
A literary translator talks about her craft
Hollywood, Whiteness and the Illusion of Normalcy
Writer Amy Fung draws on the video work of Aleesa Cohene, a story about Alice Cooper and life in LA to reflect on race and visibility
Two-Way Mirrors
A curator and translator reflects on the incongruities of translating iconic writing on conceptual art into Chinese—for the first time
See, Listen, Repair
How can immigrants in Canada engage with Indigenous art practices to reconsider reconciliation?
Peter Hujar’s Insides
The late, famous New York photographer took “uncomplicated, direct photographs of complicated and difficult subjects”
The Great Canadian Amnesia
As Cold War politics resurface internationally, we often forget how Canada’s 1950s cultural policy still shapes—and even strangles—the arts scene in 2018
Tom Girls
How the hyper-masculine, homoerotic world of artist Tom of Finland became an unlikely inspiration for G.B. Jones's subversive queer aesthetics
Dirty Words: Interesting
“Interesting” might be a vague, meaningless way to describe art. It might also be at the heart of how art is given value, and is made political.