Can we ever separate the artist from the art?
Staff writer Alexandra Macpherson explores how the legacies of some controversial artists and authors can affect the way their work is viewed today, asking whether we can- or should- separate the artist from their art.
Guillaume Dustan and the Power of Touch
In a beautifully-written and moving piece, staff writer Jude Jones explores the legacy of Parisian author Guillaume Dustan, famous for his open rejection of contemporary taboos surrounding seropositivity and the queer community in the 1990s.
Modern-Day Martyrologies: Hervé Guibert’s Mission to Write Life and Death in the HIV Crisis
Staff Writer Jude Jones offers a raw and moving account of the life and works of Hervé Guibert, highlighting the author’s fight against HIV stigma in late-twentieth century France.
L’expérience de pensée du ‘soi’ dans ‘L’anomalie’ d’Hervé Le Tellier
In this review, French Editor Margaux Emmanuel explores the questioning of identity central to the 2020 Goncourt Prize, L’anomalie by Hervé Le Tellier.