On Brooke DiDonato’s Uncanny Aesthetics
Art askew.
Not being able to figure something out immediately may be a very good thing indeed.
Photography
Q&A: Exploring African Mythic Worlds with Photographer Ayana V. Jackson
Reconstructing the African diasporic identity.
“Throughout the world, you will find myth and folklore related to the water. This is nothing other than a testimony to humanity’s respect for their source material. We are all mostly water, after all.”
Photography Unveils the Secret Stillness of Casa Estudio Luis Barragán
Emotional architecture.
Luis Barragán described his work as “emotional architecture.” His use of vivid colours is to modernist design what Frida Kahlo was to visual art: a contribution to an artistic and intellectual movement that does not eschew vibrancy nor humanism.
The Sartorialist Turns a Lens to India’s Street Fashion
Photographer Scott Schuman’s latest book is a testament to the country’s youth and style.
Street photographer Scott Schuman’s latest book The Sartorialist: India contains over 300 pages showing a delicate and stylistic side of India. Not the India of National Geographic, but a younger, fashionable India. An India with music festivals, tattoos, and dyed hair.
Canadian Contemporary Artist Michael Snow is Still Going Strong
Forecast calls for more Snow.
With an agile and impressive mind, the nonagenarian remains artistically productive well into old age.
Moving Still: Performative Photography in India at the Vancouver Art Gallery
An exhibition of three generations in Indian photography.
Now in its closing weekend, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Moving Still: Performative Photography in India exhibition traces the art of performative photography—telling stories through visual stills—in India from the 1800s to the present day.
In Conversation: A Future World, Makeup Chores, Pilobo-land
A Sunday series.
The art of conversation in a digital world. This week, our editors are talking about climate change, the femininity and feminism of makeup, and a magical photoscape in Connecticut.
Photojournalism in the Modern Age
When words fail, a photograph does not.
When words fail, a photograph does not. And with the rise of image-heavy social media apps like Instagram, photojournalists have become the unsung heroes of truth. Does it matter who stands behind the lens?
In Conversation: Cryptids, American Messiahs, Beirut Nights, AI
A Sunday series.
The art of conversation in a digital world. This week, our editors are reading about urban fairy tales, Cyril Teed, Beirut bars, and the future of Artificial Intelligence.
