August 2, 2022
“I make sure that within my own practice that I know, does it touch the mind? And does it touch the heart? Because I want both […]
August 2, 2022
In Sāmoa, it is often said that “the most beautiful women are men.” (Paul Miles, Transgender in the Pacific – Fa’afafine, fakaleiti and mahu.) As with […]
July 20, 2022
The artist, who is of mixed Japanese and Samoan heritage, talks about showcasing queer rights and revealing the toxic influence of colonialism in her works. The […]
July 12, 2022
The Venice Biennale is irrevocably entangled with questions of representation. Every two years, some eighty nations select an artist or artists to represent them at the […]
July 6, 2022
To ensure the survival of their species, the dominant male of a school of Tu’u’u-lumane, or the pink skunk clownfish, will change their sex to female. […]
June 30, 2022
One of the first references to the presence of a third gender in French Polynesia in the Western archive can be found in the diary of […]
June 30, 2022
‘One of the most remarkable names to emerge from this year’s Venice Biennale is interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara. The first fa’afafine (the Samoan term for […]
June 30, 2022
Don’t miss Yuki Kihara in conversation with Kirsty Baker on identity politics, decolonisation, and the environmental crisis through her immersive new work ‘Paradise Camp’ at the […]
June 30, 2022
ArtReview sent a questionnaire to artists and curators exhibiting in and curating the various national pavilions of the 2022 Venice Biennale, the responses to which will […]