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Reflections

On Fear, Water, and the Work That Keeps Going

Gordana Žikić reflects on her long-term project exploring the sea — the shamanic headdress, the performances, the ongoing series of water paintings and drawings, and what it means to make art from a fear that doesn't fully go away.

Where Each Stitch Breathes — Britta Marakatt-Labba
Exhibitions and Encounters

Where Each Stitch Breathes — Britta Marakatt-Labba

An exhibition reflection on Britta Marakatt-Labba's major retrospective at Moderna Museet Stockholm — and how her approach to textile, embroidery, and narrative connects to questions every artist asks.

Project PLAY — Juan Antonio Cerezuela
Projects & Research

Project PLAY — Juan Antonio Cerezuela

Three texts by Mark Fish responding to Project PLAY — Juan Antonio Cerezuela's residency in Belgrade, and the question of whether an artist can quit being an artist.

The Room of Absence — Elena Greta Falcini
Projects & Research

The Room of Absence — Elena Greta Falcini

Elena Greta Falcini reflects on presence, matter, and the philosophy of the subject in this project developed during the VSG virtual residency program.


Books & Ideas

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Bestiary: Animals in Art from the Ice Age to Our Age
The British Museum / Thames & Hudson

A gorgeous, wide-ranging survey of how animals have appeared in human art from prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary work.

Making It in the Art World
Brainard Carey

A practical, honest guide to building a sustainable art career — written not by an institution but by an artist who figured it out.

Oceans: Documents of Contemporary Art
Edited by Pandora Syperek and Sarah Wade — Whitechapel Gallery / MIT Press

Part of the Documents of Contemporary Art series — artists' writings, interviews, and critical texts around the ocean as subject, metaphor, ecological crisis, and spiritual force.

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