On Ana Mendieta, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Female Loneliness
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
On Ana Mendieta, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Female Loneliness
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Ana Mendieta, the Body Artist
Rebecca Mead revisits Ana Mendieta's groundbreaking practice, arguing that her art, not the circumstances of her death, deserves renewed attention. Tracing the Cuban American artist's use of her body, nature, ritual, and performance, the piece explores how exile, feminism, and transformation shaped her work. Timed with a major Tate Modern retrospective, it also examines the enduring tension between celebrating Mendieta's artistic legacy and the public fixation on her tragic death.
THE NEW YORKER
Charlotte Gainsbourg reflects on photographing her late father Serge Gainsbourg's Paris home before it opened to the public as Maison Gainsbourg. Her debut exhibition, 5 Bis, transforms deeply personal objects into intimate portraits of memory, exploring grief, inheritance, and the emotional weight of everyday belongings. In conversation with Emily Dinsdale, Gainsbourg discusses preserving private rituals, letting go of a cherished space, and navigating the loss of someone who belonged both to her and the public.
ANOTHER MAGAZINE
Visual artist Julia Weist uses the tools of a licensed private investigator to explore surveillance, data collection, and privacy. After New York officials questioned whether her artistic practice qualified as investigative work, she transformed the recorded interrogation into Questioning, a documentary play that blurs the boundaries between bureaucracy, performance, and conceptual art. The project asks who controls information, and whether investigation itself can become an artistic medium.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A new wave of "loneliness influencers" is reframing solitude as a lifestyle rather than a source of shame. Speaking with Vox, Faith Hill argues these creators reflect a more complex reality: while many women value time alone, they are also experiencing rising rates of anxiety, depression, and burnout. The conversation challenges the dominant narrative around male loneliness, highlighting the quieter, often overlooked struggles facing young women today.
VOX
Joan Nguyen, co-founder and CEO of AI family assistant Bümo, joins former BCG executive Sarah Willersdorf to discuss how AI is reshaping the way we work and make decisions. Alongside practical examples from their own businesses and everyday lives, they explore why women may be particularly well positioned to benefit from this shift, as execution becomes easier to automate while judgment, communication, and strategy grow increasingly valuable.