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A black-and-white photograph of a figure emerging from large rocks.

A close-up of the audience's dinner table, with red candles, patterned china, handwritten name placards, and pink-and-black chairs. In the background, "Antoinette" is written on a green surface in cursive.

A painting of a Black woman in a black robe holding a sheathed Japanese sword vertically.

jina valentine is seated, posing in a floor-length, full-sleeve, cheetah-print dress. Behind her are a shelving unit with canvas and racks for storing prints.

Alteronce Gumby’s painting, a blue zigzag shape striated with purple and green, coated in glossy resin, and studded with gemstones, is shown on a light gray background.

Quote from The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up that reads: "Yes, tossing out almost all the things I’d ever owned felt great. It didn’t just spark joy, it set fire to joy."

A person with a beard, long hair, and glasses stands in front of one of two adjoining computer terminals with a small white printer in between.

A set of painted canvases and white sheets hang over objects and a long line dividing a large room.

Book Cover Bonnie Jo Campbell The Waters

Three film screens display, from left to right, a picture hung on a wall next to a triangular contraption, a Vietnamese woman using a hose to water a jungle, and a bird sitting atop its cage against a view into wild greenery.

A smaller and a larger abstract painting featuring orbs floating in purples and blues.

In our Winter 2024 issue, Puppies Puppies moves into the New Museum, Anthony Davis and Thulani Davis bring their opera about Malcolm X to the Met, Kelly Link delves into dream logic, and Esteban Cabeza de Baca paints portals in the desert, plus poetry from Anne Carson and Kimiko Hahn, fiction from Fiona Maazel, environmental nonfiction from Lydia Millet, and more!

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A large pile of orange, yellow, and yellow soft, fuzzy balls rests against a wall and between two pillars.

RETROSPECTIVES

Sheila Hicks by Gwen Burlington

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