Unfortunately, the problematic nature of authoring one’s own artist’s statement limits many artists to writing descriptive, factual, or personal (“I statement”) statements, and consequently, many ...

As a writer who works with visual artists, I was inspired to address Iris Jaffe’s recent post, “The Anti-artist-statement Statement.” “I hate artist statements,” Iris began. “As an artist, they are ...

It was Renoir who said that a work of art “must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, and carry you away.” Interviews with artists should have a similar effect. With “Artist's Statement,” our weekly ...

Read Kara Walker’s Artist Statement About Being Fed Up With Such Statements“How many ways can a person say racism is the real bread and butter of our American mythology…” ...

At a literary festival, it’s natural to talk about reviews. Recently at the Kolkata Literary Meet, Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri and Booker winner Kiran Desai were sharing the stage for the first time ...

Although the clamouring for bold artistic statements remains loud, one place in the art industry that has become less likely to answer it in 2026 is the art-fair stand. The waning adventurousness in ...

Our relationship to fashion is complicated -- alternately painful and delightful. There's a lot to consider here: the tugging of strings and straps to push and pull flesh into properly positioned ...