Skin to page, myth to muscle, spring thaw to sex
byThis is not the avant-garde as a historical movement to cite, but as a force of nature, recurring every year like crocuses.
Art
Bound: The Making of a Photobook Opens at CPW, Celebrating the Photobook as an Artistic Medium
byThe Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) opens Bound: The Making of a Photobook on July 11, bringing together a diverse selection of photobooks…
Frida Kahlo’s Cosmic Signature
byby AstroCreatrix July 6 marks the 119th anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s birth. Born on July 6, 1907, the Mexican painter transformed personal suffering into…
The Absent Muse: the Terminal Prosthesis of Frida Kahlo and J. G. Ballard
byby Steve Finbow During my convalescence from catastrophic and invasive abdominal surgery and slowly researching material for a project on J. G. Ballard, I…
Outsider Art Fair: Portals Beyond the Canon
byWalking through the fair feels less like viewing an exhibition and more like entering multiple parallel realities, each governed by its own symbolic language.
Cosmotechnic Choreography in Ayoung Kim’s Delivery Dancer Codex
byAyoung Kim Delivery Dancer Codex curated by Ruba KatribOn view at MoMA PS1, New York,November 6, 2025–March 16, 2026 Review by Jana Astanovfeatured image:…
The Sacred Biodiversity Oracle – a tool for ecological semiosis.
byThrough ecological semiosis, The Sacred Biodiversity Oracle teaches us to perceive the subtle signs of the living Earth, transforming the deck into a gentle but potent tool for ecological awakening. It trains perception. It cultivates emotional intelligence. It grounds spiritual practice in planetary responsibility.
Cosmology of the contemporary – SCOPE Miami 2025
byby Jana Astanov Featured image Citlali Haro @citlali.haro at Pali Galeria @paligaleria at SCOPE SCOPE Art Show arrived in Miami this year as a…