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Table of Contents
- Editor's Letter
- The Brief
Kumagai Morikazu at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, reopens; Design Society launches in Shenzhen, China; César at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; African Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali.
- First Look
Ásgerður Birna Björnsdóttir
by Brian Droitcour
Born in Iceland and now based in Amsterdam, Ásgerður Birna Björnsdóttir is drawn to invisible forces and unconventional fields of knowledge, making art with everything from paper, plastic, and resin to mini cars computer wires, and a theremin.
- Architecture
The Collective Imagination
by Stephen Zacks
Throughout Europe, youthful architecture and design collectives are taking a DIY approach to today's living and working challenges—not least, the refugee crisis.
- Sightlines
Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy
by Ross Simonini
Curator Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy tells Ross Simonini what's on her mind.
- Atlas Dhaka
Non-Aligned Aesthetics
by Diana Campbell Betancourt
Ever since the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, the culturally riven country's progressive artists and institutions have sought to develop global connections—first with Asian and Eastern Europe, and now with the Euro-American nexus.
- Backstory
Homeward Bound
by Marianne Nicolson
In Quebec in 1997, "Reservation X," a show featuring work by eight Native American artists, boosted Marianne Nicolson's fledgling career and prompted her creative engagement with technology
- Books
Michael Duncan on Robert Hobbs's The Dream Colony: A Life in Art; plus related titles in brief.
- They, The People
by Alexander Provan
Populist political movements have gained strength in recent years, but for whom, exactly, are they speaking?
- Normal Design
by Glenn Adamson
"Items: Is Fashion Modern?," now at MoMA, offers a new, broader sense of good design, from couture to the discount rack.
- Farewell Our Globalism
by Richard Vine
Sampling China's post-Tiananmen avant-garde, the Guggenheim Museum evokes both fading one-world hopes and rising ethical divisiveness.
 In The Studio: Leigh Ledare
by Steel Stillman
With a major project now on view at the Art Institute of Chicago, photo-and-video artist Leigh Ledare discusses his long-standing fascination with social dynamics—from his mother's uninhibited sexual exploits to Tavistock relational therapy.
- Artworld
People, Awards, Obituaries.
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Citizen Noguchi
In 1942, Isamu Noguchi voluntarily entered an Arizona internment camp in order to teach art to his fellow Japanese-American detainees—an experience that permanently affected the sculptor and his work.
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