
The Generational Issue
CURA. 38 “The Generational Issue” is the magazine’s first survey about artists’ portraits that aims to investigate some of the most meaningful protagonists of the new generation who, stressing the urgencies of current times, are shaping the landscape of the present and the future in contemporary art.

American Artist
Portrait by Myles Loftin

Meriem Bennani
Portrait by Myles Loftin

Matt Copson
Portrait by Aidan Zamiri

Sandra Mujinga
Portrait by Chai Saeidi

Precious Okoyomon
Portrait by Nick Sethi

Pol Taburet
Portrait by Hugo Comte

Nora Turato
Portrait by Christaan Felber
As Whitney Mallett and Robert McKenzie state in a conversation on the topic: “Artists tease out conflicts, subvert historical connotations, promote non-linear intimacies, question binary conceptions, facilitate cosmic healing, highlight the opaque nature of power, investigate the potentiality of new technologies, and abandon the vertical thought system of reason.”
Featuring over 40 new texts and conversations, mixed with an archive of reprinted essays, CURA. 38 is conceived under the art direction of Dan Solbach and presents seven brand new covers featuring artists’ photographic portraits commissioned for the occasion. Beyond any controversial categorization related to generational statements, “The Generational Issue” of CURA. is conceived as an exploration of the new now and—intended to recur biennially—presents itself as an essential and fundamental research item.
Contents
Meriem Bennani
Text by Michael Connor
Alice Bucknell
Text by Ingrid Luquet-Gad
Tita Cicognani
Text by Cecily Chen
Joshua Citarella
Text by Mike Pepi
Matt Copson
Text by Julie Boukobza
Tomaso de Luca
Text by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
Klára Hosnedlová
Text by Ingrid Luquet-Gad
Evan Ifekoya
Text by Francesca Gavin
Agata Ingarden
Text by Samantha Ozer
Rindon Johnson
Text by Lisa Long
Özgür Kar
Text by Attila Fattori Franchini
Lito Kattou
Text by Adriana Blidaru
Carolyn Lazard
Text by Geelia Ronkina
Sean-Kierre Lyons
Text by Diamond Stingily
Rene Matić
In conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Lindsey Mendick
Text by Debbie Meniru
Sandra Mujinga
Text by Martha Kirszenbaum
Precious Okoyomon
Text by Gabrielle Octavia Rucker
Lydia Ourahmane
Text by Kyle Dancewicz
Tabita Rezare
Text by Lucia Pietroiusti
Andrew Roberts
Text by Paulina Ascencio Fuentes
Rose Salane
Text by Camila Palomino
Augustas Serapinas
Text by Anders Kreuger
Sin Wai Kin
Text by Courtney Malick
Diamond Stingily
Text by Diamond Sharp
Pol Taburet
Text by Martha Kirszenbaum
Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
Text by Natalia Sielewicz
Nora Turato
Text by Giulia Gregnanin
Dominique White
Text by Nicoletta Lambertucci
Mandy Harris Williams
Text by Rhea Dillon
Marina Xenofontos
Text by Giulia Colletti