circulation
here. there. everywhere.
Lorraine O’Grady: Writing in Space, 1973–2019
Carolyn Lazard: Living Here and Together
On the limitations of institutional critique, and the transformative beauty of disability justice frameworks.
Shaina McCoy
Shaina McCoy is a Minneapolis, MN–based artist whose deeply textured paintings regularly depict Black children, families, and social scenes.
Didier William
In his painting practice, Didier William seeks to diffuse and complicate the idea of the gaze.
In Solidarity
Art Papers’ mission is, at its core, to offer words in response to the work of artists. Language often fails to account for the unprecedented, the unknown, or the unconscionable. The only words that feel meaningful now are simple but powerful ones: Black Lives Matter.
Derrick Adams: Beyond Spectacle
TK Smith and Derrick Adams discuss translating and exulting the archive and legacy of Patrick Kelly.
Historians of Exile
The immigrant documentaries of Chantal Akerman and Jonas Mekas.
Theaster Gates
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Theaster Gates in conversation with Hesse McGraw.