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Dr. Huey Copeland
On influences, the stakes of art history, and pushing the binaries of art historical imagination.
Order & Chaos
In ancient times, when philosophy informed the sciences and our knowledge of the brain was speculative or mythological, the anatomical...
The 43rd Annual Atlanta Film Festival
As with most trips to a movie theater, every screening at the 43rd Annual Atlanta Film Festival began with a...
Louder Than Words
“What are you?” “To define is to limit.” “Give me a clue.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray...
The Infinite Nature of Black
Artist Paul Stephen Benjamin’s work explores the relevance, resonance, and poetics of the color black and ranges across media including photography, painting, video, and sculpture. We discussed his belief in simplicity, the relationship between interpretation and artist intention, and the experience of preparing for his solo debut in New York City.
With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino & Tommie Smith
Each of us keeps images in mind that are without context or explanation. These memories and images don’t have to...
Zipporah Camille Thompson: Black Cloud Prism
Zipporah Camille Thompson’s Black Cloud Prism [September 7–October 20, 2018] at Whitespace in Atlanta fuses millennial tech-savvy with ancient cultural...
Kirstin Mitchell: Miecznikowski
In Kirstin Mitchell’s Miecznikowski at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, darkness and obscurity counterbalance neon lights and pastel-painted...
Amy Sherald: Pictures of American Life
In April 2018, as interviews with Sherald and features about her continued to stream across headlines, former ART PAPERS Editor and Artistic Director Victoria Camblin spoke with the artist about living and working in not-New York, the power of being mainstream, and how making art is a damn job.