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A podcast featuring Natasha Trethewey discussing her book Beyond Katrina

This is a three-panel comic illustration, drawn in reddish-brown and white tones. The art style is expressive but not overly detailed—focusing on characters’ body language and facial expressions.

Top Panel:
Two women stand on what looks like a…

Corps étranger (Foreign Body) can be interpreted as exploring themes of vulnerability, the fragility of the physical self, and the feeling of alienation or being a stranger within one's own body. This can be linked to experiences of trauma where one…

Ana Mendieta's "Silueta Series" (1973-1980) involved the artist creating earth-body sculptures in natural landscapes. Using her own body or its outline, she integrated it with elements like mud, flowers, and fire. These ephemeral works explored…

Jeremy Deller's "Baghdad, 5th March 2007" (2007) starkly presents the wreckage of a car destroyed by a bomb attack in Baghdad. This direct display confronts viewers with the brutal reality of contemporary warfare and its devastating physical…

A semi-living art installation grown from living cells into the form of a tiny, stitchless coat.

Book Cover: An image of a muddy, gravel road on top of a speckled yellow cover. The title reads in someone's handwriting "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner with a forward by Jesmyn Ward.

Grayson Perry's tapestry "Hold Your Beliefs Tight, There Will Be Consequences" (2012) is a visually rich and complex work that explores themes of class, identity, and the anxieties of contemporary British society. Woven with intricate detail, it…

Tracey Emin's "My Bed" (1998) is the artist's actual unmade bed, surrounded by the messy remnants of a period of depression: stained sheets, underwear, condoms, cigarettes, and alcohol bottles. This raw and intimate display offers an unflinching look…

Glenn Ligon's "Stranger in the Village #1" (1990) is a neon artwork that directly quotes James Baldwin's powerful 1953 essay, "Stranger in the Village." The glowing white neon text spells out a key excerpt from Baldwin's reflections on being the…