Across Josephine Decker’s work and in her new film about Shirley Jackson, Decker wants us to ask what right she, or anyone, has to make another’s story her own. Eileen G'Sell Now, Now Louison is a book that will trouble purists who believe in strict categories, such as biography, art criticism, and novel. John Yau In Kelly’s sculptures, manmade objects morph into new or composite forms that seem to verge on organic. Natalie Haddad I have come to think of Phillip Allen as one of the most wonderfully challenging painters around. John Yau “With vast art mausoleums now shuttered, we artists increasingly occupy the same virtual space, deepening our exchanges by sharing readings, conversations, and Zoom studio visits.” Stephen Maine This week, Soraya Nadia McDonald on the neck as a point of subjugation and control, Nicole J. Caruth on Black birth, Saidiya Hartman on the end of White Supremacy, John Edwin Mason on protest images, Hari Kunzu on Masha Gessen’s new book, and more. Hrag Vartanian Your membership supports Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. |