Dossiers
Founding Stories:
Oral Histories of Grassroots Atlanta
“Founding Stories: Oral Histories of Grassroots Atlanta” was a decade-by-decade series of panel discussions exploring the founding stories of a selection of Atlanta’s DIY, grassroots, and artist-run spaces.
1988 Special Issue on Contemporary Black Artists
We hope these archival texts provide history and context to current conversations, as well as an insightful glimpse into the thoughts of our predecessors from more than three decades ago.
Art of the New Civil Rights Era
In January 2020, ART PAPERS reached out to a group of curators, writers, educators, and art historians, offered them an outline of the Spring 2020 issue’s theme, and invited them to contribute to this dossier by selecting an artist to spotlight with a short text.
D. Eric Bookhardt
In Memoriam
D. Eric Bookhardt died in New Orleans on November 8, 2019, at age 73. What follows is a selection of his contributions from the ART PAPERS Archive.
Mildred Thompson
Mildred Thompson served as an associate editor of ART PAPERS from 1989 to 1997. What follows is a selection of her contributions from the ART PAPERS Archive.
Origins of Creativity
This series by long-time contributor Will Corwin seeks to explore how and why we became the creative and artistic species we are today.
Vienna v. Vegas
A look at two very different cities that share a common objective: to attract, sustain, and grow a flourishing arts ecosystem for the 21st century.
Philip K. Dick
Concerning lies, truths, and the alternate worlds that reveal them; largely inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick
Pools
This special issue of ART PAPERS explores the Los Angeles landscape not only in content, but in form.
Geopolitics on the Edge
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is the new arena in a global sprint for power, influence, and resources—and an emerging site for artistic and interdisciplinary research.