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Still Life: The State of Art in Cyprus
Read more: Still Life: The State of Art in CyprusParaskos Stass, “Pagan Spring” (1968) Under the scorching Cypriot sun, I was thrilled to have an air-conditioned pause at the State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, located in the heart of Nicosia. With the island’s rich and layered heritage—shaped by its position at the crossroads of continents and influenced by Greek, Turkish, Middle Eastern, and…
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Who Am I / Who Are You
Read more: Who Am I / Who Are YouOn Ancestry, Collapse, and the Oceanic Call in Jafa and Owuor ©2025 Arthur Jafa, Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone Gallery and Sprüth Magers “Woooooow!”A young girl gasped as she walked into the space where Arthur Jafa’s AGHDRA (2021) was installed, at Bourse de Commerce, Paris. A vast, empty hall. A few stairs to sit on.…
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The Quiet Bloom
Read more: The Quiet BloomA personal reflection – Wake Up Retreat at Healing Spring Monastery The flowers in the monastery field bloomed this morning. I walked the same path I’ve taken every day this past week—quiet, familiar, worn by my footsteps and the rhythm of my thoughts. But today, something shifted. The light fell differently, or maybe my eyes…
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The Moldy Aesthetic
Read more: The Moldy AestheticFrom the Petri Dish to the Canvas, Fungus and Bacteria are “Cultured“ Gala Porras-Kim, “Out of an instance of expiration comes a perennial showing” (2022) © courtesy of the artist; photograph Andy Keate; exh. Gasworks, London It was the first time I had to walk through a plastic sheet to enter a museum room. That…



