ART WRITING: Contemporary Art Interviews and Essays
This page is the main editorial map of the Antonino La Vela Art Journal. It brings together hub essays, interviews with artists, thematic categories, and key entry points into the site’s research on contemporary art. You’ll also find a focus on Contemporary Art Writing as an integral part of our explorations here. In fact, many of our sections emphasize the importance of Contemporary Art Writing both in analysis and presentation.
What this page is
This is not a chronological archive of posts. It is a structured guide to the site, connecting you with different perspectives on art writing within contemporary contexts and related discourse.
The Journal develops through several interconnected elements: major hub essays that organize broad themes, interviews with artists, thematic categories used for navigation, and a set of index pages that help readers move across contemporary art history and criticism. Many of these resources are designed to deepen your understanding of writing in the contemporary art field through multiple entry points.
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Hub essays
The central conceptual structure of the site is built through a series of longform hub essays. These pages introduce major artistic fields and connect multiple related articles across the Journal. Significantly, many of these hubs address aspects of Contemporary Art Writing from unique angles.
- Feminism in Art Isn’t a Style: It’s a Battle Over Visibility
- Eco Art: Essential Guide to Artists, Methods, and Climate Justice
- LGBTQ+ Art: From Classical to Contemporary
- The Vibrant World of Street Art
- Pop Art: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Origins and Evolution
These hub essays function as long-term reference pages. Each one introduces a theme, traces its historical development, and links to additional posts across the site, drawing attention to contemporary approaches in art writing as well.
Interviews
Interviews are a central editorial form on the site. They explore artistic practice through extended conversations rather than promotional Q&A formats. In several interviews, the methods of writing contemporary art criticism are also discussed.
- Interview with Catherine Opie
- Interview with Aki Inomata
- Interview with Guerrilla Girls member “Alice Neel”
- Interview with Arlene Rush
- Browse all interviews
Browse essays by category
Categories are used as thematic archives. Unlike the hub essays above, these pages function mainly as browsing tools that collect related posts. For readers especially interested in art writing contemporary issues, the categories section is a valuable resource for thematic navigation.
My Art
The blog also includes a section dedicated to Antonino La Vela’s own artistic work, which develops in dialogue with contemporary writing about art featured on the site.