Book Review
Do We Need to Vindicate Paul Gauguin?
Sue Prideaux’s new biography of the artist reveals both a discomfort with his complex legacy and that, in 2025, redemption arcs sell.
Alisyn Amant
Alisyn Amant is a New York-based writer with an M.A. in arts and culture journalism from Columbia University.
Art
Bio Artists Face an Uncertain Future
The shuttering of SymbioticA, the world’s first bio arts laboratory, sends many practitioners back to square one when it comes to securing funding for their work.
Performance
Voicing the Pain and Resilience of Burkina Faso Refugees
Olivier Tarpaga’s "Once the dust settles" produces a tension between horror and beauty as the piece explores motherhood, womanhood, and feminism under threat of overpowering subjugation.