Summer 2023

A Vera Tatum Novel: By Leonora McCrae by: Part 2
The second installment of a short story by Percival Everett.

Everywhere Light
Jake Skeets reflects on Richard Avedon’s series In the American West, focusing on the portrait of his uncle, Benson James.

The Bigger Picture
IntoUniversity
Precious Adesina charts the development of the UK-based nonprofit organization IntoUniversity.

Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Questionnaire: Lynn Hershman Leeson
In this ongoing series, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist has devised a set of thirty-seven questions that invite artists, authors, musicians, and other visionaries to address key elements of their lives and creative practices. Respondents make a selection from the larger questionnaire and reply in as many or as few words as they desire. For the second installment of 2023, we are honored to present the artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson.

Game Changer
Dorothy Miller
Scholar Wendy Jeffers is working on a comprehensive biography of Dorothy Miller, the groundbreaking curator who joined the Museum of Modern Art in its early years, building, over the course of decades, an innovative and remarkable program promoting contemporary American artists. Here, Jeffers recounts some key moments from this extraordinary life.

Still Life, Still
Harry Thorne reflects on Brian O’Doherty’s recording of Marcel Duchamp’s heart.

Now available
Gagosien Quarterly Summer 2023
The Summer 2023 issue of Gagosien Quarterly is now available, featuring Richard Avedon’s Marilyn Monroe, actor, New York, May 6, 1957 on its cover.

American Artists and Reproductive Justice
Salomé Gómez-Upegui traces the history of visual artists’ involvement in the fight for reproductive rights in the United States.

Fashion and Art: Edward Enninful
Edward Enninful OBE has held the role of editor-in-chief of British Vogue since 2017. The magazine’s course under his direction has served as a model for what a fashion publication can do in the twenty-first century: in terms of creativity, authenticity, diversity, and engagement with social issues, Enninful has created a new mold. Here, Enninful meets with his longtime friend Derek Blasberg to discuss his recently published memoir, A Visible Man.