My title “Multimodal Derek Jarman” foregrounds Jarman’s diverse, multimodal practices of art and politics, which I have immersed myself in over the past month. It also intentionally echoes the phrase “Queer Derek Jarman” used on a banner announcing an exhibition of his work at the Manchester City Art Gallery (now Manchester City Gallery) in 1992.

One question Glück explores in About Ed is how to write aboutness—a quality that combines nearness with a certain imprecision.

One question Glück explores in About Ed is how to write aboutness—a quality that combines nearness with a certain imprecision.

Our capacity (or not) for empathy is central to all of Ali Smith’s work.

I describe drawing en abyme as a method-image for thinking about how graphic narratives stage identity as a process of becoming through drawing.

The portraits here are deeply moving. Thrasher has a way of capturing community activists in action by providing touching details about their character and work along with careful analysis of the structural violence they are up against.

Reading notes are one way of learning to listen.