Reading The Room | August 2026
Discover the articles we've read recently.
We've compiled a list of a handful of articles we've read recently, unpacking the stories, people, and events shaping this month in the international art community:
1. Pule Taukobong, founder of A33, unpacks the possibilities of connection and conversation at his cultural Cape Town space, during his interview by Drew Haller. Read it in Connect Everything Collective (CEC).
2. A detailed but accessible guideline on how to research an exhibition from a curator’s perspective offers tips for art enthusiasts to understand the practical and conceptual actions that go into making an art exhibition meaningful. Read it on Call For Curators.
Abirami Logendran considers the visual and conceptual forms produced by an ever-shifting meaning informed by the relationships between displacement, diasporic identities, and moving images. Read it in e-flux.
Margaret Hong discusses transparency and authentic connection in the art market during the age of social media and ample information. Read it in ArtTactic.
The recent news of Elvira Dyangani Ose as the new artistic director of Zeitz MOCAA has been announced. Read about it on ArtThrob.
What have you been reading lately? Let us know which discussions in contemporary art society have left a lasting impression on you recently by commenting on our Instagram post here.
Photograph 1 by DNA Photographers, sourced from Connect Everything Collective (CEC). Photograph 2 by Anthea Pokroy at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2026. Photograph 3 of artwork by The Otolith Group, sourced from e-flux. Photograph 4 by Lukáš Havlena, sourced from ArtTactic. Photograph 5 by Ramiie G, courtesy of Zeitz MOCAA.
