weekend links: Mickalene mimicry, R.O. Kwon, Civilizations

At what point does artistic emulation and inspiration become plagiarism? In weekend links, the writer R.O. Kwon (of The Incendiaries) shares that she keeps a giant, running document of bits and pieces from books she loves; meanwhile, the photographer of Rihanna’s Vogue shoot faces accusations of ripping off the work of artist Mickalene Thomas. In other news, the PBS series Civilizations offers a supposedly new look at the global history of art, leaving us with a bigger question: what does its title mean? This and more in weekend links.

featuresSean RedmondJuly 27, 2018news

things we like ft. Nkosi Nkululeko

Nkosi Nkululeko's work explores the body and how bodies grow into citizens of unjust worlds. The recipient of fellowships from Poets House, the Watering Hole, and Callaloo, Nkululeko shares with us some of his current favorites, including music from R+R+NOW, Rosalind E. Krauss’s Passages in Modern Sculpture, and the works of Isamu Noguchi.

featuresSean RedmondJuly 25, 2018profiles & interviews

weekend links: Adrian Piper, vulnerable boys, aggressive water

Do you know what “aggressive water” is? How about “iceblink”? “Hydropot”? Read our weekend links for H20-related definitions, a review of Adrian Piper’s retrospective at the MoMA, and a look at the new wave of predominantly male-authored fiction in which male protagonists are permitted to be vulnerable.

featuresSean RedmondJuly 20, 2018news

weekend links: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, climate change, utopian cities

In an interview with Vulture, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about Melania Trump and expectations of manhood, while a panel of photographers and writers address the importance of creatively depicting climate change. A late artist’s utopian vision of Zaire (now the DRC) made from repurposed trash is on display at the MoMA.

featuresSean RedmondJuly 13, 2018news

weekend links: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ottessa Moshfegh, The American Dream

This week, we look at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign posters, author Ottessa Moshfegh’s fake letters to Donald Trump, Tom Kiefer’s photo series El Sueño Americano, the boys’ clubs of design and rare books worlds, M.H. Miller’s devastating struggle with student debt, and more.

featuresSean RedmondJuly 6, 2018news

things we like ft. Alisson Wood

Alisson Wood, MFA candidate and author of the forthcoming book Being Lolita, shares some of her favorite things at the moment, including Neko Case’s new album, feminist parody play Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf, and, surprisingly, pigeons.

featuresSean RedmondJuly 5, 2018profiles & interviews

weekend links: Dead Girls, Hannah Gadsby, #OscarsLessWhite

This week’s weekend links features a discussion of the “Dead Girl Show,” Hannah Gadsby’s very funny stand-up special Nanette, artists Paloma McGregor, KangHee Kim, Daniel José Older, and more.

featuresSean RedmondJune 29, 2018news

weekend links: migrant children crisis, Paisley Park, Tommy Orange

The photographer of the viral image showing a young girl separated from her mother describes his grief; to help the cause of reuniting parents with their children, all sales of our magazine through the weekend will go to benefit RAICES.

featuresSean RedmondJune 22, 2018news

in review: Lindsay Eyth, "Self-Defense"

Lindsay Eyth takes on the patriarchy in Self-Defense, her first solo exhibition, on display at RECSPEC Gallery.

featuresSean RedmondJune 21, 2018in review

weekend links: net neutrality, Maggie Nelson, Grindr

With the FCC repeal of net neutrality underway, artists whose work employs the Internet will suffer; in an interview with The Paris Review, Maggie Nelson shares her thoughts on genre fluidity; Grindr launches a Los Angeles-based production studio to support LGBTQ video work.

featuresSean RedmondJune 15, 2018news

interview: Meg Fee

Meg Fee is the author of Places I Stopped on The Way Home, an exploration of the formative years she spent in the city as a 20-something. In this interview, she talks about New York City as a cultural construct, finding home, and turning 30.

featuresSean RedmondJune 13, 2018profiles & interviews

scenes from our issue 9 release party

A selection of photos from our ninth issue release party, held at Slantspace in Austin on May 25, 2018.

featuresSean RedmondJune 11, 2018news