A.V. Marraccini
@saintsoftness.bsky.social
essayist + critic + art historian ⎔ book WE THE PARASITES (https://sublunaryeditions.com/products/we-the-parasites) ⎔ Critic in Residence at IDM-NYU ⎔ next book in 2028 from Seven Stories Press
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For the new Pittsburgh Review of Books an essay by me: “Not Not Revelation: On Negative Capability, Meister Eckhart, And The Paintings of Gotthard Graubner”
(Please Google the images, the rights weren’t possible to acquire)
pghrev.com/not-not-revela…
(Please Google the images, the rights weren’t possible to acquire)
pghrev.com/not-not-revela…
October 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For the new Pittsburgh Review of Books an essay by me: “Not Not Revelation: On Negative Capability, Meister Eckhart, And The Paintings of Gotthard Graubner”
(Please Google the images, the rights weren’t possible to acquire)
pghrev.com/not-not-revela…
(Please Google the images, the rights weren’t possible to acquire)
pghrev.com/not-not-revela…
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
In Belgrade on 3 October? Hear Tony Upson talk about art writing as practice and my work in dialogue with Anne Carson and Bruce Hainley. At SKUP Novi Sad as part of the What Should Curating Do? Series.
www.wcscd.com/lecture-seri...
www.wcscd.com/lecture-seri...
September 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In Belgrade on 3 October? Hear Tony Upson talk about art writing as practice and my work in dialogue with Anne Carson and Bruce Hainley. At SKUP Novi Sad as part of the What Should Curating Do? Series.
www.wcscd.com/lecture-seri...
www.wcscd.com/lecture-seri...
Auf Deutsch – Für die Berlin Review
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Anmerkungen zu einer späten Kritik über Motherwells „Offene Rechtecke“, Jerome Robbins‘ „Nachmittag eines Fauns“ und die Aufforderung: „Träume von mir“ als Methode. Übersetzt von Samir Sellami.
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Anmerkungen zu einer späten Kritik über Motherwells „Offene Rechtecke“, Jerome Robbins‘ „Nachmittag eines Fauns“ und die Aufforderung: „Träume von mir“ als Methode. Übersetzt von Samir Sellami.
September 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Auf Deutsch – Für die Berlin Review
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Anmerkungen zu einer späten Kritik über Motherwells „Offene Rechtecke“, Jerome Robbins‘ „Nachmittag eines Fauns“ und die Aufforderung: „Träume von mir“ als Methode. Übersetzt von Samir Sellami.
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Anmerkungen zu einer späten Kritik über Motherwells „Offene Rechtecke“, Jerome Robbins‘ „Nachmittag eines Fauns“ und die Aufforderung: „Träume von mir“ als Methode. Übersetzt von Samir Sellami.
For the Berlin Review
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Notes toward a late criticism, on Motherwell's Open rectangles, Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun, and enjoining: "Dream About Me" as method. Auch in deutscher Übersetzung von Samir Sellami. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Notes toward a late criticism, on Motherwell's Open rectangles, Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun, and enjoining: "Dream About Me" as method. Auch in deutscher Übersetzung von Samir Sellami. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
September 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
For the Berlin Review
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Notes toward a late criticism, on Motherwell's Open rectangles, Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun, and enjoining: "Dream About Me" as method. Auch in deutscher Übersetzung von Samir Sellami. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
(@blnreview.bsky.social ): Notes toward a late criticism, on Motherwell's Open rectangles, Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun, and enjoining: "Dream About Me" as method. Auch in deutscher Übersetzung von Samir Sellami. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
Wouldn’t be ballet class without a pastry afterward— today I was tempted by miraculous gf scone over creampuff:
August 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Wouldn’t be ballet class without a pastry afterward— today I was tempted by miraculous gf scone over creampuff:
I realised I talk a lot about ballet but you don’t very often get to see me doing this thing I love. The studio is busy and we like to keep class private, so we feel safe making mistakes, but one day I was early and there was no class before, so I snapped this:
August 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I realised I talk a lot about ballet but you don’t very often get to see me doing this thing I love. The studio is busy and we like to keep class private, so we feel safe making mistakes, but one day I was early and there was no class before, so I snapped this:
Bedside table plus the vintage Fragonard at frick postcard:
July 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Bedside table plus the vintage Fragonard at frick postcard:
Omg the creampuff bakery had gf chocolate chip scones!!! I got my Goma (black sesame) traditional post-ballet creampuff and a scone to toast up for breakfast, mmmm.
July 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Omg the creampuff bakery had gf chocolate chip scones!!! I got my Goma (black sesame) traditional post-ballet creampuff and a scone to toast up for breakfast, mmmm.
Hello (finally) from the Fragonard room of the Frick!!
July 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hello (finally) from the Fragonard room of the Frick!!
Ephemera— Difficult Epigrams (1)-- I actually thought about pitching a series of these to a magazine, but for the life of me could not think of a magazine that would want epigrams? If you do, or are, DM.
July 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Ephemera— Difficult Epigrams (1)-- I actually thought about pitching a series of these to a magazine, but for the life of me could not think of a magazine that would want epigrams? If you do, or are, DM.
Tonight, more Rilke from Edward Snow, I am standing on the backs of the koi that live in lotus ponds, on Greenland sharks that are 492 years old and have worms in their eyes, on every glowing anglerfish. Objecthood the one bank, historical time the other.
July 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Tonight, more Rilke from Edward Snow, I am standing on the backs of the koi that live in lotus ponds, on Greenland sharks that are 492 years old and have worms in their eyes, on every glowing anglerfish. Objecthood the one bank, historical time the other.
Today’s imitation spoliation (delicious to read aloud) at Prospect Park.
July 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today’s imitation spoliation (delicious to read aloud) at Prospect Park.
Jet Glue and elastic tightening night (I have to tighten my elastics every other class or my arches pull too far from my shanks, which means sewing is a huge part of my life now):
July 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Jet Glue and elastic tightening night (I have to tighten my elastics every other class or my arches pull too far from my shanks, which means sewing is a huge part of my life now):
In addition to being incredibly supportive and kind to my work, @sevenstories.bsky.social has the best bathroom in publishing:
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In addition to being incredibly supportive and kind to my work, @sevenstories.bsky.social has the best bathroom in publishing:
Thank you all, your responses have really been meaningful to me in this difficult time. I’m sorry to send a mass message like this but I can’t figure out yet how to write again.
June 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thank you all, your responses have really been meaningful to me in this difficult time. I’m sorry to send a mass message like this but I can’t figure out yet how to write again.
Some devastating news: Tuft has passed away.
June 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Some devastating news: Tuft has passed away.
New summer spot: inexplicably under the coffee table? (He has ample air conditioning!)
June 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New summer spot: inexplicably under the coffee table? (He has ample air conditioning!)
It’s M-A-M-D-A-N-I
June 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It’s M-A-M-D-A-N-I
Since you can’t wear a political shirt INTO the polls I’ll be ranking in my Zohran Mamdani eyeshadow look! Hope it doesn’t melt off on my way there…
June 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Since you can’t wear a political shirt INTO the polls I’ll be ranking in my Zohran Mamdani eyeshadow look! Hope it doesn’t melt off on my way there…
Given the whole wet bulb thing and my vampiric aversion to direct sun, I, too, am an indoor cat today:
June 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Given the whole wet bulb thing and my vampiric aversion to direct sun, I, too, am an indoor cat today:
I’m interested in real fakes and fake reals for something I’m writing, so I am now the proud owner of this Lafufu: there’s a problem though, I think it’s a “real” Labubu. I got it from AliExpress and it has all the real tags and stuff? Anyway, help me name it!
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’m interested in real fakes and fake reals for something I’m writing, so I am now the proud owner of this Lafufu: there’s a problem though, I think it’s a “real” Labubu. I got it from AliExpress and it has all the real tags and stuff? Anyway, help me name it!
Japanese learning invader:
June 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Japanese learning invader:
I drew her while I was supposed to be self-quizzing my hiragana again (you know this anglerfish is a she because of their extreme sexual dimorphism; males are tiny and basically get absorbed! It’s cool!):
June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I drew her while I was supposed to be self-quizzing my hiragana again (you know this anglerfish is a she because of their extreme sexual dimorphism; males are tiny and basically get absorbed! It’s cool!):