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History as a Chorus: Reimagining Monumentality at SITE Santa Fe

A few miles outside of Santa Fe is a former foundry turned gallery space known as Finquita. In the main building,...

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Wilson Makgawinata, Artist – Vancouver

Wilson Makgawinata is a multidisciplinary visual artist working across ceramics, photography, video, and digital...

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“Tween” by Photographer Oliver Raschka

Oliver Raschka                            ...

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“Edgelands” by Photographer Morgan Mueller

Morgan Mueller                            ...

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Inside the Ruins of American Masculinity: Jared Buckhiester at David Kordansky Gallery

In Continent of Misbelief at David Kordansky Gallery in New York, Jared Buckhiester stages American masculinity as a...

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2025 Critics’ Picks – Part Two

Once again, Akimblog has reserved the last two weeks of our publishing year to reflect on the past twelve months of...

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Choosing How to be Seen: Lessons from Louise Nevelson’s Early Work

Louise Nevelson and I are twins, separated at birth by almost one hundred years—or maybe we’re friends, or she’s my...

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2025 Critics’ Picks – Part One

Once again, Akimblog has reserved the last two weeks of our publishing year to reflect on the past twelve months of...

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Diane Borsato, Artist – Toronto

Diane Borsato is an artist known for her social and environmental art practice, informed by close observation and...

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Go on Without Me: Summer Kim Lee and TJ Shin on Absenteeism, Endlessness, and Recursion

In my book, Spoiled, I engage with a group of contemporary Asian American artists who expose and unravel the...

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Alexis Bulman on Surveying the Community

Alexis Bulman’s presentation at Creative PEI’s Arts, Access, & Wellbeing Conference, November 7, 2025 (photo:...