Reposted by Michelle Potiere Wight
Emerging, mid-career, late-career: the art world tosses these categories around as if they were neutral descriptors. In reality, they’re elastic, inconsistently applied, and deeply entangled with assumptions that conflate age with career stage.
When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging”
If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.
hyperallergic.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Emerging, mid-career, late-career: the art world tosses these categories around as if they were neutral descriptors. In reality, they’re elastic, inconsistently applied, and deeply entangled with assumptions that conflate age with career stage.
Reposted by Michelle Potiere Wight
Just incredibly bleak that when a Labour government is finally in power, disabled people still have to wake up to front pages calling them a blight on society.
November 24, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Just incredibly bleak that when a Labour government is finally in power, disabled people still have to wake up to front pages calling them a blight on society.