Jane Harris

2 months ago | frieze.com | Travis Diehl |Will Fenstermaker |Marko Gluhaich |Jane Harris |Terence Trouillot

Frieze PublishingYes, email me reviews, offers, and opinions by artists, writers, and editors from Frieze Frieze EventsYes, email me Frieze Events Inc and Frieze Events Ltd’s global programme information including special offers and benefits It’s no secret that New York’s art ecosystem is under strain. As institutions slash budgets and corporate sponsorships evaporate, the ripple effects have hit small and mid-sized galleries hardest – many shuttering just as they hit their stride.

Jan 3, 2025 | frieze.com | Jane Harris

Babygirl (2024) tells the story of a woman with a dark secret: she wants to be dominated sexually. If that fantasy seems a bit vanilla in 2024, or at the very least anodyne, it is – particularly as it unfolds in this film. Billed as an erotic thriller, Babygirl features Nicole Kidman as Romy, a high-powered New York CEO, married with two kids, who seems to have the proverbial perfect life. The film begins and ends with her orgasmic moans: the first fake, the latter real.

Dec 24, 2024 | thetyee.ca | Jane Harris

[Editor’s note: ‘Upon a Midnight Clear’ is an essay collection edited by Vancouver author JJ Lee. The book features the work of regional authors sharing true stories of memorable holiday seasons. This essay, which appears in the book as ‘Our Book of Days,’ considers loss over the holiday season, and how the world is still full of miracles.] I.

Aug 16, 2024 | frieze.com | Jane Harris

Interviewed on video as she prepared for the 1989 debut of her now iconic LED text work, Installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1989/2024), Jenny Holzer spoke of the difficulty of working with the museum’s unusual architecture. ‘It’s a wonderful space, it’s a fabulous space, a complicated space,’ she reflected.

Feb 4, 2024 | medium.com | Jane Harris

Rage won’t create a better world. It could destroy democracies like Canada. “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.” I am not sure why the first two lines of this hymn, written in the mid 1950’s by Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller, keep circulating through my head. Maybe it is because there seems to be so little peace for humanity these days — not between us or within us.