Artist Rene Matić discusses their multidisciplinary practice and cultural influences in the latest episode of the ArtReview Podcast. The conversation explores Matić’s background as a second-generation skinhead of St Lucian heritage, their status as the youngest-ever Turner Prize nominee, and the upcoming commission for the grand opening of the V&A East Museum in April 2026.
The article profiles the life and work of José Guadalupe Posada, a prolific Mexican printmaker who died in relative obscurity in 1913. It details his career from his early work in lithography and political cartoons to his later, defining collaboration with publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo in Mexico City, where he produced sensationalist broadsides and his iconic calaveras (skeletons).
Jasmine Clarke, a photographer and MFA candidate at the Yale School of Art, is featured in Cultured's "Art Young Photographer" series, nominated by renowned photographer Stephen Shore. Her tender images of home and family have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum. Clarke describes her work as a form of "biomythography," blending history, biography, and myth to explore memory, cultural identity, and the nature of seeing.
Selma Selman, a 34-year-old artist based in New York, Berlin, and Amsterdam, is featured in Cultured's 2025 Young Artists list. Growing up in a Roma community in Bosnia, she helped her family strip precious metals from discarded items at their scrapyard—a ritual she now performs at venues like MoMA PS1 and the Venice Biennale, melting down the metal to create sculptures that explore value, labor, and exchange. She has participated in Manifesta 14, Documenta 15, and the 2025 Istanbul Biennial. In the interview, she discusses her professor Veso Sovilj, her foundation Get the Heck to School that supports Roma girls' education, and an upcoming performance destroying a Mercedes-Benz as a tribute to her late father.
The New York Times profiles an artist who, caught between two cultural identities, is preparing for the largest exhibition of his career. The article details his background, artistic practice, and the personal and professional journey leading up to this milestone show.