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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.
Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
Nate Lewis: Latent Tapestries
Nate Lewis and Tash Nikol Smith discuss seeing the unseen, the transition from being a nurse to an artist, and the overlapping influences of diagnostics and art making.
Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone
Ryan Coleman: Sophisticated Slapstick
A Year of Women’s Revenge
In 2019, women protagonists become the avengers for systemic violence.