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Still Life: The State of Art in Cyprus
Paraskos 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
On 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
A 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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This might be about Art
In the first minutes of the ‘Art Criticism 101’ lecture I attended, our lecturer asked us, “Why are you here?”. Everyone had very professional answers – diving in a new line of work, expanding on the critical knowledge, using writing tools for their curatorial path. I sat there listening to my peers speak of theory,…
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