Art in America

Art in America, the world’s premier art magazine, delivers in-depth coverage of the global contemporary art scene. Published 11 times per year, every issue contains profiles on respected and rising talents, critical essays and reviews of current exhibitions around the world, written by today’s leading artists, curators and historians.

Art in America

contributors

Antwaun Sargent

Naudline Pierre • Naudline Pierre is an artist based in New York.

Precious Okoyomon • Precious Okoyomon is a conceptual artist and chef based in New York.

Chase Hall • Chase Hall is an artist who works in painting, sculpture, and photography. He is based in New York and Los Angeles.

The Brief • Highlights from around the globe—including appointments, awards, and acquisitions, along with recently established art spaces.

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley • An artist and video game developer archives the Black trans experience.

All Black Everything • The anthology Black Futures captures the richness of Black creativity today.

Janicza Bravo • The director, whose film Zola is set to be released at the end of June, discusses self-soothing, along with related interests.

Post-Continental • Recent surveys of contemporary African photography reveal the limits of a geographic framework.

Shikeith • Shikeith is an artist and filmmaker based in Pittsburgh.

Melancholy Pleasure • A conversation on queer Black sex, anime, and history.

THE EPIC BANAL • A conversation on capturing everyday moments of joy, career-changing commissions, and the American South.

AYA BROWN • Her portraits honor essential workers without romanticizing their sacrifice.

Clifford Prince King • Clifford Prince King is a photographer based in Los Angeles.

Jammie Holmes • Jammie Holmes is a self-taught painter based in Dallas.

MANUEL MATHIEU • The Haitian-born painter’s haunting works take up the history of his homeland.

Justin Allen • Justin Allen is a performer and writer based in New York.

Quay Quinn Wolf • Quay Quinn Wolf is a sculptor based in New York.

DIONNE LEE • A photographer combines darkroom techniques with wilderness survival tactics.

JESSICA BELL BROWN • Five Black curators reflect on the challenges—and opportunities—facing art institutions.

JORDAN CARTER

JAYSON OVERBY JR.

ADEZE WILFORD

IKECHÚKWÚ ONYEWUENYI

ESTEBAN JEFFERSON • Calling attention to neglected artworks, the painter explores how museums have represented Black figures.

Miles Greenberg • Miles Greenberg is a performance artist based between New York and Paris.

Qualeasha Wood • Qualeasha Wood is an artist who works primarily with textiles. She is based in Detroit.

THE NEW ALTERNATIVES • Artists are developing online education programs that don’t replace art school but supplement it with experimental, more equitable forms of pedagogy.

KARIMAH ASHADU • A filmmaker honors the everyday labor of African workers.

Tourmaline • Tourmaline is an artist and filmmaker based in New York.

Alexandra Bell • Alexandra Bell is an artist based in New York.

ALLANA CLARKE • Working with beauty products and other everyday materials, the Caribbean-born artist refutes the urge to assimilate.

I WILL NOT BE TAUGHT HOW TO BEHAVE • Deborah Roberts carries on the Black expressive tradition by depicting the defiance and outright rebellion of Black children.

SEAN-KIERRE LYONS • Putting whimsical spins on Civil War–era emblems, Lyons creates a vivacious, fantastical vision of Black life.

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