Issue 39 - AMUSE YOUR BOUCHE
Spring 2023

Thinking within the context of recent eat-the-rich-core television and cinema, this Art Project, imagined as a ‘menu’, explores seven artworks that use the dining table as a vehicle and catalyst for building a potential piece of commentary, catharsis, or both. Featuring da Vinci, van Gogh, Cézanne, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, Carrie Mae Weems, and Augustine Paredes & Nahla Tabbaa.

Issue 38 - POWER
Winter 2022/3

Which are the most powerful artworks in the world? A question oddly prompted by Season 2 of popular TV show The White Lotus, this Art Project examines six of the most powerful pieces of art of all time, delving into how and why they are considered that way – is it money, politics, capital, aesthetics, social context, or simply desire? Featuring Modigliani, Klimt, Gauguin, Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Issue 37 - REBEL
Fall 2022

How does an image rebel? How does an artwork or artist transcend mere scandal and begin to erode something staid, turgid, established? Influenced by bell hooks’ 1995 book Art on My Mind, this Art Project considers seven artworks that have ‘rebelled’ against convention, form, content, canon, and the course of art historical discourse and criticism – including Dorothea Lange, Basquiat. Paula Rego, Ghada Amer, Danish Siddiqui, Tanya Habjouqa, and Andres Gonzalez.

Issue 36 - POP
Summer 2022

Does the art “scandal” still exist? This Art Project, designed as an old-fashioned tabloid feature, explores eight artworks in the art historical canon that caused immense controversy when exhibited, in addition to what it means for an artwork to do so now – including Ingres, Picasso, Guerrilla Girls, Duchamp, Manzoni, Ai Weiwei, Warhol, and Tracey Emin.