Sons of the Nation

By María Iñigo Clavo

FEB 2021 | Critics Page

We can think of the nation as akin to a narcissistic father figure that hopes to see his image, feats and aspirations reflected in the citizens

The Museum as Multi-dimensional Compass in Time and Geography

By Gus Casely-Hayford

SEPT 2021 | Critics Page

The creation of the British Museum in the 1750s was never just about building a collection of exceptional objects, constructing beautiful galleries, or gathering brilliant curators. Our national museum project began as our nation took shape, as the constituent nations that came to represent the United Kingdom established an uneasy national modus operandi.

The Art of Eliminating a Nation

By Shir Mohammad Karimi

NOV 2021 | Critics Page

What a pain to hear a young woman cry, a thousand wishes gone. A child weeps for the father he has lost. These children did not choose where to be born. And yet, here we are. They are paying the biggest cost for this war of the world. To be witness to the explosion of a bomb in front of the girl’s school; one can never imagine. Their only crime was the desire to learn. This picture should be a source of shame for the world; it is a pure pain for us.

68. (60 Hudson Street, Tribeca)

By Raphael Rubinstein

SEPT 2021 | The Miraculous

As the third wave of a deadly pandemic crashes through the nation, a painter sets up a storefront studio in a landmarked Lower Manhattan building that has served as a communications hub for nearly a century. Surrounded by stacks of folded cloth, she is visible through the window to passersby as she works with a pair of scissors and a sewing machine, cutting up and stitching together fragments of curtains, bedsheets, dish towels, women’s suits, embroidered tablecloths, brocade upholstery, scarves, men’s long sleeve shirts, knitted blankets and countless other remnants from the realm of everyday textiles.