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Afterall Journal Issue 0 Features Alan Woods Essay on The Nam publication
Alan Woods' essay 'Expecting Rain. Reading The Nam' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 0 on June 1, 1998. The full text is restricted to subscribers, with individual articles…
Enrico David: Publicly, Privately essay by Melissa Gronlund in Afterall Journal Issue 20 publication
Melissa Gronlund wrote an essay titled 'Enrico David: Publicly, Privately' published on June 1, 2009, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 20. The full text is accessible only to…
Disobedient Video in France in the 1970s: Women's Collectives publication
Published on 13 May 2013 in Afterall Journal Issue 27, Stéphanie Jeanjean's essay examines video production by women's collectives in 1970s France. The text is only available to…
Afterall Issue 22: Gareth James Essay on Transformation publication
Afterall Journal published Issue 22 on September 21, 2009, featuring an essay by Gareth James titled 'Do you, promise not to transform?' The full text is accessible only to…
Andreas Spiegl's Essay 'A Conflict at the Very Heart of the Identification' Published in Afterall Issue 3 publication
Andreas Spiegl authored an essay titled 'A Conflict at the Very Heart of the Identification', published on April 29, 2001, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 3. The full text is…
Allen Ruppersberg: Certain of His Books | Afterall publication
The text is an essay by Susan Morgan published on April 29, 2009, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 6. It is only accessible to journal subscribers; full text requires…
Jan Verwoert on the Romantic Cult of Radical Individualism publication
Jan Verwoert's essay 'Bring on the Devil: On the Romantic Cult of Radical Individualism' was published on April 28, 2009, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 7. The full text is…
Repurpose and Remake: Essay by Adeena Mey in Afterall Journal 50 publication
An essay titled 'Repurpose and Remake' by Adeena Mey was published on November 11, 2020, as part of Afterall Journal 50. The full text is accessible only to journal subscribers or…
Sven Lütticken on Cultural Marxism in Afterall Issue 46 publication
Afterall Journal Issue 46, published July 23, 2018, features an essay titled 'Cultural Marxists Like Us' by Sven Lütticken. The full text is restricted to subscribers, with…
Andrea Bowers Essay in Afterall Journal Issue 14 publication
Afterall Journal published an essay titled 'Bad Example: Andrea Bowers' in Issue 14, written by Mike Sperlinger and dated 7 May 2006. The full text is restricted to subscribers,…
Afterall Journal Issue 14: Burn a Debt to the Present publication
Afterall Journal Issue 14, published on 7 May 2009, features an essay titled 'Burn a Debt to the Present' written by Jian-Xing Too. The full text is accessible only to subscribers…
Afterall publishes essay on Jonathas de Andrade's Museu do Homem do Nordeste publication
Afterall issue 55/56, titled 'Out of Place', includes an essay on Jonathas de Andrade's work 'Museu do Homem do Nordeste'. The essay is titled 'Homem com H'. The issue was…
Art In and Out of the Age of Terror by Dieter Roelstraete publication
Dieter Roelstraete's essay 'Art In and Out of the Age of Terror' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 17 on 23 April 2009. The full text is available only to subscribers or for…
Anatomies of the Image by Serano Murri in Afterall Journal Issue 5 publication
Afterall Journal Issue 5 features the essay 'Anatomies of the Image' by Serano Murri, published on June 2, 2009. The full text is restricted to subscribers, with individual PDFs…
Afterall Publishes Essay on Britta Marakatt-Labba publication
Afterall Journal Issue 45 includes an essay titled 'Britta Marakatt-Labba: Images Are Always Stories' by Anders Kreuger, published on March 26, 2018. The full text is accessible…
Dierk Schmidt: Packing the Hard Potatoes | Afterall publication
An essay by Lars Bang Larsen on Dierk Schmidt, published in Afterall Journal Issue 29 on 17 January 2017. The full text is behind a paywall for subscribers, with individual PDFs…
Jeff Wall's 'Depiction, Object, Event' in Afterall Issue 16 publication
Jeff Wall's essay 'Depiction, Object, Event' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 16 on May 1, 2007. The full text is accessible only to subscribers or via individual purchase…
David Claerbout's Indecisive Moments in Afterall Journal publication
Erika Balsom's essay on David Claerbout's work is published in Afterall Journal Issue 32, dated 30 January 2013. The full text is restricted to subscribers, with individual…
Laboratoire AGIT'art and Tenq in 1990s Dakar publication
An essay by Clémentine Deliss, published in Afterall Journal Issue 36 in 2014, examines the collaborative practices of two Senegalese art collectives—Laboratoire AGIT'art and…
Be Corpse: Afterall Journal Issue 14 publication
The article 'Be Corpse' is part of Afterall Journal Issue 14, published on September 5, 2006. The full text is accessible only to subscribers, with individual purchase options via…
Caro Antonioni Essay by Peter Wollen in Afterall Issue 3 publication
An essay titled 'Caro Antonioni' written by Peter Wollen was published in Afterall Journal Issue 3 on April 29, 2009. The full text is restricted to journal subscribers, with…
Dan Cameron's 'Into Africa' Essay Published in Afterall Issue 0 publication
Dan Cameron authored an essay titled 'Into Africa' for Afterall Journal Issue 0, published on April 29, 2009. The full text is restricted to journal subscribers, with individual…
Will Bradley on the permanent decline of circus and marching band publication
In the Afterall Journal's fifth issue, released on 29 April 2002, Will Bradley presents an essay asserting that the downfall of both the circus and the marching band is…
Cerith Wyn Evans Essay in Afterall Issue 4 publication
Afterall Journal Issue 4 includes an essay titled 'This Evening, Cerith' written by Andreas Spiegl and Cerith Wyn Evans, published on 29 April 2001. The full text is accessible…
Anthony Elms on Graphic Design: A Flibbertigibbet, a Will-o’-the-wisp, a Clown publication
Published in Afterall Journal Issue 27 on 13 May 2011, Anthony Elms's essay argues that graphic design is not the central issue in contemporary art discourse. The text is…
Aïda Ruilova: and Again… | Afteral publication
The full text of Ingrid Chu's essay on Aïda Ruilova, published in Afterall Journal Issue 13 on 9 May 2009, is behind a paywall. Only subscribers can access it; individual articles…
Afterall Publishes Darby English Essay on Laylah Ali publication
Afterall Journal issue 6 includes an essay by Darby English on the art of Laylah Ali, published April 28, 2009. The full text is restricted to subscribers, with individual…
Naiqua and the Rental Gallery System in 1960s Japan publication
The article, published in Afterall Journal Issue 47 on February 27, 2019, and written by Reiko Tomii, examines the rental gallery system in 1960s Japan through the case of Naiqua.…
Afterall Journal Issue 5 Essay by Soren Grammel publication
Soren Grammel's essay 'Finding the Words' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 5 on June 2, 2002. The full text is available only to subscribers, with individual purchase…
Applying Vilém Flusser's Philosophy to Critique Contemporary Digital Images publication
The article examines how the philosophical framework of Czech-Brazilian thinker Vilém Flusser (1920-1991) can be applied to analyze digital imagery. Flusser's work, emerging from…
The Evolution of No Mag: From LA Punk Zine to Cultural Artifact publication
The article details the history of No Mag, a significant publication within the Los Angeles punk scene. It traces the origins of the zine to the collaboration between Ewa Wojciak,…
Analysis of West Coast Art Vernacular's Global Influence in 2026 publication
In March/April 2026, Artillery Magazine published an article noting a rise in the adoption of West Coast-derived esoteric language, such as terms like 'vibes' and 'energy,' within…
NPR Launches Curiosity Campaign with Mischief Agency Following Funding Cuts publication
In mid-2025, the Trump administration eliminated $9 billion in public media funding, including $1.1 billion designated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CBP). The CBP,…
Guide to Square Inch Pricing Method for Artists publication
RedDotBlog has published an instructional guide explaining the square inch pricing method for visual artists. The article provides practical advice on implementing this systematic…
Magnum Book Club Features Salih Basheer's Photobook on Sudanese Displacement publication
Magnum Photos' Book Club highlights Salih Basheer's photobook 'The Return,' which documents the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The project began in April 2023 when Basheer was…
Book Presentation on Architect Amancio Williams at Universidad Torcuato di Tella publication
Universidad Torcuato di Tella and its Master's program in Architectural History and Criticism will host a book presentation on Thursday, October 16 at 7:00 PM. The event features…
Scientific Discovery Reveals Bumblebee Queens' Underwater Survival Mechanism publication
Researchers have uncovered how common eastern bumblebee queens can endure submersion for extended periods. This finding emerged from an accidental observation of the insects'…
Recipe Feature: No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Date Hearts by Katie Lolas publication
Katie Lolas has shared a recipe for no-bake chocolate peanut butter date hearts. The dessert involves filling Medjool dates with peanut butter, shaping them into hearts, dipping…
DesignThinkers Podcast Features Elizabeth Goodspeed on Historical Research in Design publication
The DesignThinkers podcast recently released an episode featuring independent designer and writer Elizabeth Goodspeed. In this conversation, Goodspeed explores how historical…
Anthology Explores Post-Human Design Perspectives for Ecological Challenges publication
A new anthology titled 'Design Beyond the Human: Transdisciplinary Conversations about the Planet' has been published, edited by Elio Caccavale and Gordon Hush. The collection…

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