Jesus Days
A photographer’s images of a contented but closeted youth.
A photographer’s images of a contented but closeted youth.
On constructing and reconstructing sexuality, upending and transgressing the constricting binaries of gender, and the body as the first and most foundational means of relation.
The artist discusses refugee trauma, female oppression, and her new show, How Iraqi Are You?
Canonizing and continuing DJ Afrika Bambaataa’s hip-hop legacy
Alex Zafiris talks to French director Céline Sciamma about her new film, Girlhood.
The photographer’s recent images of Havana.
These books won’t help you drop 10 pounds or achieve Inbox Zero, but they will remind you of the power of brand new ideas.
On the continued tendency in America to define belief by its absence, myriad approaches to spiritual life, and lasting expressions of faith, be it through dogged observance, syncretism, resistance, or renewal.
https://www.guernicamag.com/religion-in-america-gods-and-devils/
The artist discusses Hinduism in the diaspora, religious imagery, and her new show, Eyes of Time.
On the vast cultural, economic, and political space of America, where there is the government and also what governs us: family, preachers, landlords, money, or that thing you feel in the absence of money, corporations, even art.
https://www.guernicamag.com/american-empires-power-and-its-discontents/
The art critic and activist discusses the power structures of the art empire.
The novelist and visual artist discuss their collaborative work “The Mastermind y lo contrario.”
On yesterday’s legacy, today’s money, and class lines as fault lines—politically fraught and personally subjective, actual and imagined.
https://www.guernicamag.com/class-in-america-the-fault-lines/
The iconic graphic designer on personal responsibility, the dangers of corporate branding, and the power of art to bridge social divides.
In Bowls Balls Souls Holes, artist Mika Rottenberg imagines the hidden machinations of luck.