Our Love-Loathe Relationship With Capitalism

January 3, 2023

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David Carrier grapples with tensions between the sacred and secular in an art installation at a church in Italy, AX Mina ponders our complex relationship with capitalism, and Amy Ellingson loses herself (in a good way) between the lines of Max Cole's abstract, infinity-invoking paintings.

And in Roanoke, Virginia, a knocked-down Robert E. Lee statue will be replaced with a monument to Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from the same city whose cancer cell samples were taken without her consent to be researched for modern medical breakthroughs. But I don't know if justice has reigned as her cells are still being used today.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

Our Love-Loathe Relationship With Capitalism

When it comes to capitalism, to quote the great Cardi B out of context, “It’s gon’ hurt me to hate you, but lovin’ you’s worse.” | AX Mina

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A monumentof Henrietta Lacks is set to replace a destroyed Robert E. Lee statue in Roanoke, Virginia.

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The Church of Secular Art

Bill Viola's installation at a Naples church misses the spiritual mark. | David Carrier

Looking Between the Lines of Max Cole’s Abstract Paintings

In the artist’s exhibition Endless Journey, each tiny, delicate mark reads as a meditative act, imbued with rigorous attention, care, and focus. | Amy Ellingson

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