Portrait of Alissa Bennett; Portrait of Naomi Fry
Ursula 17 Launch: Alissa Bennett & Naomi Fry on the work of Carol Rama...and more!
Celebrating the release of Ursula issue 17, which includes a portfolio on Carol Rama with an essay by writer Alissa Bennett, please join us at Hauser & Wirth 18th Street for a conversation with Alissa Bennett and Naomi Fry, staff writer for The New Yorker.
Issue 17 of Ursula arrives in the spirit of the Venice Biennale, featuring a cover conversation between Lorna Simpson and American musician and composer Jason Moran, a longtime collaborator. The issue also includes a deeply personal remembrance of Björn Roth by Iwan Wirth and the third installment of our series ‘The Art That Made Me,’ with Ekow Eshun and Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Elsewhere in the issue, Harriet Lloyd-Smith explores the poetic histories of Julianknxx; Louisa Buck examines the ecological activism of artist duo Cooking Sections; Greg de Cuir Jr considers the underrecognized genius of Serbian director Želimir Žilnik; Claudia Rankine presents an exclusive preview of her forthcoming novel Triage; David Rimanelli contributes a new poem and Jonathan Cott talks with historian Stephen Greenblatt about the playwright Christopher Marlowe and the perils of the Elizabethan literary scene.
Ursula Issue 17 will be available for purchase in the bookshop and guests are welcome to enjoy a complimentary glass of Casa Dragones tequila in the Roth Bar.
This event is free; however, reservations are required.
Tequila for this event is generously sponsored by Casa Dragones.
About Alissa Bennett
Alissa Bennett’s essays and short fiction have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Paris Review, Ursula, Interview, and Vogue. She is also the author of Fiction/Nonfiction, a bi-monthly column in Texte Zur Kunst that addresses the dark corners of American art and culture. Bennett is featured in HBO's The Lion Queen, a forthcoming documentary about the life of New York socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein. She teaches at the Yale School of Art and Sarah Lawrence College.
About Naomi Fry
Naomi Fry is a staff writer for The New Yorker, where she writes about popular culture, books, and art, and is a co-host of Critics at Large, the magazine's culture podcast.
About Ursula Magazine
Ursula is a quarterly magazine published by Hauser & Wirth that celebrates the artistic achievement and creativity of our artists and those beyond. Through both the printed magazine and digital content platform, Ursula champions artistic practices that challenge and interrogate the future, highlighting a diverse range of contemporary culture that Hauser & Wirth finds compelling.
Featuring stories from the worlds of art, design, film, books, food, and sustainability, Ursula invites readers to think critically, ask questions, and engage with the ideas shaping our world. Written in a sophisticated yet accessible style, Ursula appeals to a broad, inquisitive readership, from dedicated insiders to curious observers.
