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Afterall Issue 55/56 Explores Memorials and Displacement

publication · 2026-04-22

Afterall journal published issue 55/56 titled 'Out of Place' on 30 January 2024, featuring an article 'The Improbable Memorial' by an unnamed artist. The issue includes related content such as a conversation with Gonzalo Díaz on his work 'Unidos en la Gloria y en la Muerte' (1997), an essay on Díaz's infrastructural aesthetics, a roundtable response on saving M HKA, and an essay on Niko Pirosmani's decentralized language. The full text is behind a paywall for subscribers, with individual articles available via University of Chicago Press.

Key facts

  • Afterall issue 55/56 titled 'Out of Place' published on 30 January 2024
  • Article 'The Improbable Memorial' by an artist insert
  • Related content includes conversation with Gonzalo Díaz on 'Unidos en la Gloria y en la Muerte' (1997)
  • Essay by Rada Georgieva on Gonzalo Díaz's infrastructural aesthetics
  • Roundtable response by Els Silvrants-Barclay on saving M HKA
  • Essay by Vija Skangale on Niko Pirosmani's decentralized language
  • Full text only available to journal subscribers
  • Individual articles available as PDF via University of Chicago Press

Entities

Artists

  • Gonzalo Díaz
  • Niko Pirosmani

Institutions

  • Afterall
  • University of Chicago Press
  • M HKA

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