The Neural Gap: Visual Ambiguity & IndeterminacyThe Neural Gap: Visual Ambiguity & Indeterminacy

Rubin's vase, Richter's squeegee: what bistable images reveal about the brain's refusal to leave a picture undecided.

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THE LATENT VALIDITY OF ALTERNATIVETHE LATENT VALIDITY OF ALTERNATIVE

The painting does not wait to be translated. It already knows something, and it knows it in a register that propositional language reaches only with difficulty.

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In the Studio: A Conversation with Bich ThuyIn the Studio: A Conversation with Bich Thuy

The artist on estrangement as a gift, and why the distance between the public and the work is where aesthetic experience begins.

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NOTES & ACQUISITIONS, SUMMER 2026NOTES & ACQUISITIONS, SUMMER 2026

New work entering the conversation, a grant for early-career writers, and dates for the slow-looking sessions.

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Artwork: Galatea, in MotionArtwork: Galatea, in Motion

An interactive plate — the spheres resolve into a face as you move through them.

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Exclusive: The Unpublished PlatesExclusive: The Unpublished Plates

Six plates that never made the print run — printed here, in the e-book, for the first time.

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David Howes - The Shifting Sensorium: Aisthesis And HyperaesthesiaDavid Howes - The Shifting Sensorium: Aisthesis And Hyperaesthesia

A reading list for the patient eye — printed in full in the e-book.

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EDITOR'S LETTEREDITOR'S LETTER

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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