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.

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Srijon Chowdhury • A new exhibition gets viewers inside the head of a rising Neo-Symbolist painter.

Science Fictions • A conversation on imagining the future by extrapolating from the past.

Mic Drop • A hard-up artist desperately seeks a show, and another needs some tips to raise the roof at karaoke.

Sacred Space • The Shaker Museum sets its sights on a new incarnation in Upstate New York.

Hello Cruel World • Working in Marfa, Texas, painter Julie Speed surveys humanity’s plight.

Apples to Apples • In an eclectic new book, T.J. Clark wrestles with the work of Paul Cézanne.

Books in Brief

OUR WORK IS WORKING • How art became a primary tool of the movement for disability justice.

Disability Culture So Far • Disabled artists and experts recall the moments that make up a movement.

IM.PAIR. MENT as IMPETUS • These five artworks by disabled artists show how impairment has served as a creative force throughout art history. Before today’s disability arts movement, the lived experience of disability prompted countless artists to explore interdependence, reimagine existing tools to suit their needs, and emphasize the importance of mechanisms for well-being.

REBECCA HORN • Finger Gloves (1972)

IBRAHIM NUBANI • Untitled (2006)

DARREL ELLIS • Untitled (ca. 1992)

ALICE RAHON • La balada para Frida Kahlo (The Ballad for Frida Kahlo), 1955–56

DAVID HOCKNEY • Tennis (1989)

WAYS OF NOT-SEEING • Blind and low-vision artists discuss their extravisual art.

EMILIE L. GOSSIAUX • The New York–based artist discusses her tactile drawing process and her relationship with her guide dog.

THE “MALADY” OF IMPRESSIONISM • A full account of the Impressionist movement must reckon with the role of disability and impairment in shaping both the art and its reception.

WHY BE NORMAL? • The lived experience of disability always involves practicing design. This long-overlooked expertise is now shaking up the field.

“52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone” • Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut

FRONT International 2022 • Multiple venues, Cleveland

Clara Ianni • Amant, New York

William E. Jones • David Kordansky, New York

James Welling • Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Chadwick Rantanen • Bel Ami, Los Angeles

Rosa Bonheur • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France

Amie Siegel • Thomas Dane Gallery, London

Ahmet Doğu İpek • Arter, Istanbul

Q & A • with Francisco echo Eraso, arts and access consultant