Unruly Bodies, Skin as Soil
By Luis Felipe Vélez Cultural Center and Departmental Institute of Fine Arts Curated by Yohanna Roa, September – October 2025 Instituto departamental de Bellas Artes. Exhibition view. Photo INES_Magazina Curatorially Unruly Bodies proposes a reading of what we call the body as a symbolic battlefield of multiple dimensions. Through two exhibitions, seminars, workshops, and the […]
Unyielding Bodies I, Book Release
INES Magazina launches its first printed publication: Unyielding Bodies I. Theory, Practice, Feminisms, and DissidencesEditor: Yohanna M. RoaBilingual Edition: English/Spanish Book Cover – English & Spanish Editions. Cover images: María Evelia Marmolejo, Anonymous 1, Body art. Plazoleta del C.A.M., Cali, Colombia, 1981 Photo: Fabio Arango Courtesy of the artist INES Magazina proudly announces the release […]
Can We Overthrow a Dictator, With a Needle?
By Yohanna M. Roa The power of textiles, prick them with the needle. Some time ago, during a talk about my textile art practice, another panelist, a scholar, asked me how I experienced the embroidery process in my studio. “Meditatively,” she suggested, imagining a space of retreat, silence, and contemplation. I responded that, while I […]
An Interview With Esther Strauß
Dedicated to Marie Blum By Suzana Milevska Strauß, E. Us, detail, 2024. Commissioned by TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol for Esther Strauß KINDESKINDER. Exhibition view, TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol, 2024. Photo: Günter Kresser. I first met the artist Esther Strauß in May 2022, during the final week of my curatorial residency at the Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen in Innsbruck (2021-2022). […]
Eréndira Derbez, Inés Amor and the Early Years of the Galería de Arte Mexicano.
Mexico City, Bonilla Artigas Editores. By Karen Cordero Reiman. Cover of the book Inés Amor and the Early Years of the Galería de Arte Mexicano by Eréndira Derbez. The volume Inés Amor y los primeros años de la Galería de Arte Mexicano (Inés Amor and the Early Years of the Galería de Arte Mexicano) by […]
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 […]
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 […]