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A beautifully designed print journal focused on the social and political dimensions of contemporary art and visual culture. Published biannually by Public Access, a Canadian not-for-profit and registered charity.

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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Now up on PUBLIC Forum: "BEHIND GOD BACK: RECLAIMING THE GAZE" is a direct and insightful interview by amílcar peter sanatan with lens-based artist Shari Petti: "There are no 'subjects' in Petti’s work..." publicjournal.ca/forum/behind...
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BEHIND GOD BACK: RECLAIMING THE GAZE
Interview on the Visual Ethnography of Everyday Life with Shari Petti Published August 12th, 2026 Feature image: Shari Petti, Clear Bag Economy, 2024, Trinidad and Tobago. Courtesy of the artist. Hill...
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
New on PUBLIC Forum—A review of Nadia Bunyan's exhibition "Auntie's Work: Powers of Care," at McCord Stewart Museum in Montréal by India-Lynn Upshaw-Ruffner. Drawing on the work of Yaniya Lee Lacharité, the review takes the form of a ledger, experimenting with gaps and silences. tinyurl.com/2nrc3exb
Installation view of "Auntie's Work: Powers of Care" by Nadia Bunyian. A black kiosk with a bright blue background and white text is in the foreground. In the background is a photo-collage mural on a dimly it wall, outlined in various white doilies. In the centere is a wooden vanity with mirror.Detail view of "Auntie's Work: Powers of Care" by Nadia Bunyian. A bottle of Chanel no. 5 perfume is pictured on a large screen. To its right is a column of text describing it in a museological fashion.
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Now accepting applications for #Editorial #Resident of PUBLIC Forum! This is an exciting *paid* opportunity for #postsecondary students and recent grads to develop their editorial chops in online arts publishing. Deadline FEB 13 akimbo.ca/listings/cal...
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Call for Applications: Editorial Resident at PUBLIC Forum – Akimbo
PUBLIC Forum Editorial Resident Residency Dates: March 9 – October 9, 2026 Time Commitment: 4-6 hours/week Monthly Stipend: $1,500 CAD PUBLIC Forum welcomes applications for the inaugural role of edit...
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Fascinating how the line between hedonist and artist is smoke-thin...
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We're having a SUBSCRIPTION #SALE !! 25% off both 1-year and 2-year subscriptions *and* you get a comp copy of our current issue "(Searching for) Home". Only until Feb 1. Go to publicjournal.ca/subscribe/
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Join us Friday Oct 17, 5-7pm for the launch of PUBLIC 71: Against Oblivion 📣 We'll be in the Fireside Lounge at York University for this year's UAAC. Grab a copy of this amazing new issue (amidst a postal strike!) and refreshments 🍷 Lotsa back issues & books available for purchase!
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Are you in the Edmonton area next week? Come to an epic (and FREE) screening of 5 experimental IMAX films, preceded by a rare screening of Graeme Ferguson’s North of Superior (1971), the first film shot entirely in the IMAX format! www.eventbrite.com/e/outer-worl...
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 25/06/2025
In the wake of the devastating Eaton Fire that ravaged nearly 7,000 structures in and around Altadena, the Getty Foundation has committed $420,000 to document the loss of culturally significant sites in the area and take stock of its “intangible heritage.”
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New Project Will Map Fire-Ravaged Altadena’s Cultural Heritage
LA’s Getty Foundation is funding the documentation of the historic neighborhood as developers rush to buy up burned lots.
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🚨New Review Alert🚨 "Archives of Resistance: The Politics of Remembering in Suneil Sanzgiri’s «An Impossible Address»". In their review, Mustafa Uzuner examines various levels of uncertainty in this hybrid film-installation as profound counter-archival gestures. publicjournal.ca/online/archi...
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Archives of Resistance - PUBLIC
The Politics of Remembering in Suneil Sanzgiri's An Impossible Address 12 April—14 June 2025 Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada Published 11 June 2025 Featured image: Suneil Sanzgiri, still from An Impossi...
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Just over a month left to submit to issue 73: (Re)Mediating Soils, to be published in Spring 2026. We're looking for articles, artist projects, personal essays, interviews, and poetry about relational approaches to soil-as-media. Read the full call + proposal guidelines at publicjournal.ca/submit
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Just 6 weeks left to send in a proposal for Issue 72: (Searching For Home). This issue will examine various concepts of home through displaced and diasporic perspectives. Propose an article, personal essay, artist project, or short story at publicjournal.ca/submit Deadline: Feb 21st.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/01/2025
"You have a maid who either scolds you or adores you, or both. You have never shown the slightest interest in exploring her interior life. Neither has she."
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Signs You May Be a Female Character in a Work of Historical Fiction
Your name is Sarah. A stranger has walked up to you, explained how a system of transportation works, and left before you could further converse wit...
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We finish this year's edition of PUBLIC Online with a new column: Notes From Somewhere... Gabby Moser looks back with a critical eye (and a slushy boot) at the 60th Venice Biennale, reflecting on its curatorial promises—glints thereof and obvious gaps. Read it here: publicjournal.ca/online/forei...
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“Foreigners Everywhere” – PUBLIC
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 05/12/2024
Martin Filler on the art of Bruce Nauman
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A Cowboy in Winter | Martin Filler
Among the most memorable interactions I’ve ever had with artists occurred during a trip I made to New Mexico in August 1992 to interview Susan Rothenberg
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bingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS • PUBLIC 72: (Searching For Home) — Seeking essays, articles, poetry, short fiction, and visual art for publication in Fall 2025. See the full details and submit a proposal at: publicjournal.ca/submit
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣 Announcing our 30-day donor drive! 🏁 This year, when you give you also get back. From now until Friday December 20th we're offering free subscriptions, books, and artist multiples on a 6-tier scale of giving. Check out all the details and donate at: publicjournal.ca/donate #charity #notforprofit
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Out today: Taking Back Control? by Wolfgang Streeck An exploration of the possibility for states and the societies they govern to take back control over their collective fate, the book is an attempt at a renewed theory of the state in political economy.
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Taking Back Control?
The era of hyperglobalization once hailed as the 'end of history' was characterised by boundless capitalist expansion. The neoliberal revolution gave rise to a politics of scale aimed at the centraliz...
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Now available for pre-order 💨 70: The Weather ☔️ ed. Joel Ong. This issue investigates the cultural, literary & engineered histories of the weather, focusing not only on the felt effects of climate collapse but also on embodied ways to understand our changing atmosphere. Purchase at publicjournal.ca
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Janet @justsimplyzen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas @publicjournal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
And, here we are—goodbye toxic Twitter-verse. We've switched the scenery but none of the substance. Followers: Rest assured that we'll continue to provide you with updates on our upcoming print journals, most recent online publishing, and insightful and invigorating artist talks and panels.
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