It’s Now or Never

“You cannot wait for an untroubled world to have an untroubled moment.”

-Lemony Snicket, Shouldn’t You Be in School?

When it seems like everything around you is turning upside down, perhaps it’s time to close your eyes for a moment. There’s no shame in stepping out of the raging current and giving yourself time to unwind the tension wires that have become tight and tangled. Even if your moment of peace is merely that, a moment, relish and revel in it. Do not let guilt in. It has no place here. You cannot spend every moment of every day in anxiety and fear.

Will Stovall joined us to discuss his show Kant Crisis, which was on view until July 12 at Ulrik Gallery in NYC. The show includes various works from the last two years, but the title derives from one in particular that draws inspiration from a drawing of an arch by German writer Heinrich von Kleist. To learn more about this and other aspects of the show and Stovall’s work, listen to the complete interview.

Paco Barragán joined us from Spain in 2022. We spoke about his book and his current curatorial work. He also discussed his philosophy as a curator, explaining that the curator now acts as narrator, whereas before, the “total curator” served as narrator, mythologist, and exhibition designer. To learn more about this and why Barragán believes the so-called “white cube” is dead, listen to the complete interview.

Read the summary of this week's interviews and resources.