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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The heart of a giraffe
The heart of a giraffe
An interview with the artist and the curator behind the project "The heart of a giraffe in captivity is twelve kilos lighter" (Venice Biennale 2024) on the legacies of colonialism, human-animal relations and the transformative potential of art and education.
Interstellar supremacism
Interstellar supremacism
Yael Bartana's Light to the Nations (German Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale) is a multimedia work exploring universal salvation in the face of a global catastrophe, but ultimately reinforcing nationalist and supremacist ideologies and echoing current Israeli state policies.
Open letter in protest against redundancies at Visual Cultures in Goldsmiths, University of London
Open letter in protest against redundancies at Visual Cultures in Goldsmiths, University of London
—open letter in protest against the recently announced proposal to make eight redundancies of senior renowned colleagues in the world-class department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Call for contributors
The Journal of Visual Culture (JVC) is inviting contributions to its upcoming open issues and its online magazine.
July 1, 2022
IAVC / JVC Early Career Researcher Prize CFP
The International Association for Visual Culture and the Journal of Visual Culture invite submissions for the Early Career Researcher Prize. Current doctoral students and recent PhDs (within 5 years of degree) may submit original, unpublished essays on any topic related to visual culture. The prize-winning essay/s will be considered for publication in the journal, pending revisions advised by the committee and the journal’s editorial collective.