From Chomksy to Chatbots: Annie Dorsen on Algorithmic Theater

The use of artificial intelligence in Dorsen’s practice draws out an ontological ambiguity that is already embedded in theater, thus revisiting some of the most fundamental questions that have preoccupied the genre since its origins.

Language and Statelessness in the Poetry of Olivier Cadiot

Taking Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of ‘déterritorialisation’ as a point of departure, this article explores how certain forms of literature dismantle or disrupt dominant linguistic codes

The Secret Life of Plants in Lucian Freud’s Paintings

Looking at Freud’s paintings, one can sense this intuitively; plants are not charged with doing or saying something, they are just there, in all their quiddity.

Gabriel de la Mora: “Art is not created or destroyed, it is just transformed.”

An interview with the Mexican artist on the eve of his new show “ECHO” at Galerie Perrotin.

Preview: “Eluard and Picasso” and “Picasso the Poet” at the Museu Picasso, Barcelona

Full article in Modern Painters (October-November 2019).

A Dreamy Rumination on Travelling by Moonlight

The British novelist Will Self and the legendary illustrator Quentin Blake have teamed up on a new book — a dreamy rumination on travelling by the light of the moon.