Visual Art

At the tip of my tongue: Belarus. I was born there in 1986. I left it as many times as I returned, but since 2021 there is no coming back. I come from an artistic family. My grandfather, orphaned at the age of three, once took his grief-filled rhymes to

Reflecting on the subject of public unrest—both domestic and international—the role of art in a moment of explosive social change can register as ambiguous among the turmoil. What painting or photo could truly account for the hardened pain viewed endlessly, broadcast and disputed, retold and narrated once more? The artist,

We learned with sadness this month of the death of Virginia Dwan, an American art collector, art patron, philanthropist, and founder of the Dwan Light Sanctuary in Montezuma, New Mexico. The tenth anniversary issue of CONSEQUENCE Magazine (the predecessor to Consequence journal) featured excerpts from her book Flowers. This collection

Editor’s Note: Yelena K. is a pseudonym for the artist. Consequence Forum has agreed not to disclose the artist’s real name for fear of persecution for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. Only through art can I express the wound from the war within me.—Yelena K. Yelena K. is

Brotherhood (25:00 min)Written and Directed by Meryam JoobeurProduced by Habib Attia, Sara Ben Hassen, Maria Garcia Turgeon, Meryam Joobeur An unintended consequence of the Arab Spring uprisings (2010-2013) was the flight of young men and women from their homelands to join the Islamic State at war in Syria, Iraq, and

The Warrior Low Dog by Red Dog, Oglala Lakota, ca 1884, Wikipedia As the United States expanded west during the nineteenth century, many Plains Indian painters were introduced to the high-quality paper used by bookkeepers known as ledger paper. The history of the period, as recorded on ledger paper by

All images and texts appear in Volume 6 (Spring 2014) and are courtesy of the artists