ArtReview Summer 2025 Issue: Silence, Erasure, and Representation

The Summer 2025 edition of ArtReview delves into concepts of absence, erasure, and the boundaries of visual representation. Cover artist Raven Chacon, highlighted by Geeta Dayal, utilizes sound installations and performances to explore themes of political silence, referencing John Cage's 4'33". Max Crosbie-Jones examines Indonesian filmmaker Bachtiar Siagian, whose works were lost during the anti-communist purges of 1965–66, through a documentary and a short film co-produced with Siagian's daughter. Ben Street analyzes Vija Celmins' perplexing reproductions of studio objects and landscapes. In Kyiv, Oliver Basciano converses with Nikita Kadan, whose charcoal artworks reflect on identity and memory, including pieces exhibited at the National Art Museum prior to the full-scale invasion. Daniel Browning discusses the journey of Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray from silk batiks to national collections. Zoë Hopkins reviews Nolan Oswald Dennis' diagrammatic art, influenced by Black science fiction and decolonial ideas. Bex Wade comments on the UK Supreme Court's decision regarding trans rights, while Kuba Szreder addresses the political constraints of art. The issue also features reviews of Gallery Weekend Berlin, Salman Toor in New York, and the Bienal do Mercosul in Porto Alegre, among others.