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Danielle Mckinney: Comfort and Quietude

To question how the pandemic changed an artists’ work can feel trite—until the answer is miraculous. Danielle Mckinney made photographs, primarily, until the time confined at home found her paint May 24, 2021

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Cristina BanBan: The Nuance of Memory

Think about the last time you cried. Oh, there are myriad reasons. Life can be upsetting,  life makes us feel nostalgic. We cry out of sadness and happiness, sometimes at the same time. We cry w June 07, 2021

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MADSAKI: Homecoming King

Subversive is a descriptive often overused in the art world, routinely referencing a brand of humor or political message, sometimes both, resulting in my hesitancy to use the term even when it's most June 01, 2021

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Hilary Pecis: The Humble is Whole

Hilary Pecis makes magic, buoyantly reviving the vivid dream you’d like to revisit. Her scenes become wonderland dioramas that expand, deepen and sprout detail. She paints picture postcards, some b June 14, 2021

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Khari Turner: The Light Between Oceans

“If I met my ancestors at the edge of the ocean, would I bring flowers?” What a natural notion to posit, a sentiment to be etched in stone and passed down through the ages. When Milwaukee-born, N July 05, 2021

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Jenna Gribbon: The Pleasure of Looking

For the past year, with interactions among each other relegated to the digital realm, what we see is exactly as dictated. Even if there were 80 selfies taken wearing a torn T-shirt in front of apartm July 19, 2021

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Lucia Hierro: Fuck Up The Algorithm

A lone plastic shopping bag, plucked by the breeze, floats gracefully down the street. It is the “muse” of Lucia Hierro, who, although foremost an academic, is also a conceptual artist—a driver June 28, 2021

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Ludovic Nkoth: A Dear Statement to the Soul

Cameroon-born painter Ludovic Nkoth takes issue with the common public perception of Black artists. Through a critical lens, being Black, in essence, comes to shape creatives’ identities, but Nkoth July 12, 2021

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Phlegm: Monuments Large and Small

Many artists enjoy tantalizing the media and public by playing cat-and-mouse in a practice that feels a bit indulgent, often frustrating. A few do have their simple, straightforward reasons, like eng July 26, 2021

Photography

Vasantha Yogananthan: A Myth of Two Souls

Upon first setting foot in India at the age of 25, French photographer Vasantha Yogananthan had already determined that he would devote the next decade to creating a comprehensive photographic interp June 02, 2021

Illustration

The Heavy and the Light: A Six-Pack with Nathaniel Russell

I was first exposed to Nathaniel Russell’s work back in 2013 when his humorous flyers were showcased in this very publication you’re currently staring at. I dug deeper into his portfolio, uncover July 21, 2021

Design

Make Do: Nicole McLaughlin’s Movement For Circularity

A friend slid into my DMs with a few of Nicole McLaughlin’s crafty and practical inventions, and we were instantly in love: Sharpie earrings, bread mittens, practical high heels with a built-in lin  ; August 02, 2021
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