Thematic Essays

The pioneering novelist and poet, who championed avant-garde practices, continues to inspire contemporary artists and writers

Juliet Jacques observes the pros and cons of archives, who’s represented in them and how past prejudices shaped self-documentation

Assistant editor Cassie Packard on confronting the toxicity that permeates our environments, bodies and lifestyles

Is the mega-exhibition a form fundamentally unable to bear the weight of its own contradictions?

A writer reflects on her hometown, exploring its economic and architectural changes through art and film