Journal of Visual Culture

Journal of Visual Culture is an international refereed journal that welcomes compelling, critically engaged contributions that explore and expand trans-disciplinary global visual cultures.

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For Øyvind (1972-2025)
For Øyvind (1972-2025)
Øyvind Vågnes obituary by editor-at-large Jae Emerling
Ruins of the sublime
Ruins of the sublime
In critical conversation with Gabriel Figueroa's sublime, Mitzi Falcón exposes the entanglements of ruination, colonialism, and environmental violence in Mexico.
Basquiat’s black-eyed beams
Basquiat’s black-eyed beams
Basquiat’s brushstrokes in UFOs offer a crash course in the history of Black flight, from the Black slave seeking to flee the deadly sugar plantations of the Americas to the minor traffic violator driving his Toyota Camry a little too fast in today's US.
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Volume 23 Issue 2, August and December 2024

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