In conversation with Jill Downen
By D. Dominick Lombardi Nunu Hung, Char Schwall and Jill Downen, Photo credit: Catherine O’Donnell I first met Jill Downen at a dinner party commemorating their solo exhibition “Weightless,” at NuNu Fine Art on Broome Street in New York City. I had the good fortune of sitting next to Downen’s life partner, the visual artist, […]
A Four‑Voice Conversation and Many Questions:
Zasha Colah and Valentina Viviani (curators, 13th Berlin Biennale), María Pichot, and Kekena Corvalán We emphasize the significance of biennials professionally sustained by women who critically engage with issues shaping our artistic, curatorial, and political practices. With María Pichot, we shared experiences rooted in visual arts that are mobile, domestic, and vital. The Berlin Biennale’s […]
It is Tough
In-person interview with Jim Amaral. Casa Amaral, Bogotá, May 21, 2025. By Daniel Santiago Salguero. Jim Amaral. Walnut Tree (Árbol de Nueces), 36 x 54 cm. Pencil and ink on paper. 1965. Photo courtesy of the artist Daniel Santiago Salguero (DSS) Master Jim, the column is partly about how artists narrate themselves. Could you speak […]
Women to the Front: A Living Archive of Feminist Creative Power
By Yohanna M. Roa Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN MARINA VARGAS. Intra-Venus, 2021. Archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the Artist, Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell Presented at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, a beacon of progressive curatorial practice in Indiana, this exhibition centers women’s aesthetic intelligence, radical visual storytelling, and […]
A Journey Through Galaxies, Struggles, and Possible Futures
The Autonomous InterGalactic Space Program Concludes Its Journey in Lisbon INES_Magazina_News On July 5, 2025, the ZDB 8 Marvila space in Lisbon witnessed the conclusion of one of the most potent, poetic, and politically vibrant exhibitions of the year: The Autonomous InterGalactic Space Program. This exhibition, running from March 1 to July 5, culminated in […]
Dragging a Body, 30 Years Later
A Performance Workshop by Elvira Santamaría and Eugenia Vargas Pereira Arrastrando un Cuerpo (Dragging a Body) performance by Elvira Santamaría and Eugenia Vargas-Pereira, Mexico City, 1995. Documentation by Víctor Martínez. The workshop Dragging a Body (Arrastrando un cuerpo), presented at Ex Teresa Arte Actual and coordinated by Elvira Santamaría and Eugenia Vargas Pereira, positioned itself as an act of critical archive […]
On the Horizon · Must · Watch Artists, Bogotá
En el Horizonte: Artistas Imperdibles del 2025 / Bogotá, Colombia. Agradecemos a las tres artistas que hicieron parte de “On the Horizon · Must · Watch Artists, Bogotá”: Adriana Martínez Barón, Cristina Figueroa Palau y Alejandra Hernández Ávila. Su participación ha sido fundamental para abrir conversaciones sobre las nuevas direcciones del arte contemporáneo en Colombia. […]
Healing Feminism Symposium – Viena, Austria
Special Coverage from the Healing Feminism Symposium, Reporting from Vienna | Our correspondent Lorena Tabares is covering the Healing Feminism symposium for INES_Magazina, a gathering curated by Elke Krasny that weaves together feminist practices beyond linear time and geographic borders. June 14 We anticipate this visual report will have a second installment in a more […]
Borinquen Gallo’s Mending My Garden
A Survey of Repair, Process, and the Poetics of Refuse By Yohanna M Roa At Alessandro Berni Gallery in Chelsea, Mending My Garden is a solo exhibition by Borinquen Gallo. However, after visiting the show and speaking with the artist, it feels more accurate to call it a survey, a deep dive into her long-standing […]
The Multiple Layers of a Dream
By Semíramis GonzálezArt Historian García Callegari, G. A New American Dream Series, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 31.5×43 inches. The series A New American Dream by artist Gonzalo García Callegari (Lima, Peru, 1971) proposes an ironic and deeply critical rereading of the stereotyped and sexist representations of women in the 1950s. These works shift between […]
