Art is not legislation. Art is not a Supreme Court vote or an executive order. And nor should it have to be. Indeed, art does things—things that politics cannot. Amidst war, global pandemic, economic collapse, and looming environmental destruction, it feels vital to consider what it is exactly that art is capable of doing, and what we are asking of it. What can art do? What are its limits and how is it tangibly useful in moments of crisis, beyond its capacity to inspire?

Lindsay Preston Zappas
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

This issue features writing on artists Tidawhitney Lek, Dale Brockman Davis, Alicia Piller, Suzanne Lacy, and more.