Author: Jill Ewing
Jill Ewing
Jill is an arts writer and editor based in Toronto, covering contemporary art, museums, and visual culture. Her work focuses especially on women artists, overlooked exhibition histories, and the relationship between contemporary practice and everyday life. She contributes to ArtDigger.net and writes artist profiles, exhibition reviews, and cultural essays that balance close looking with a healthy skepticism toward fashionable art-world vocabulary.
© Jamel Shabazz, The Look of Love, 1995. Every August, previous Top 25 Lenscratch Student Prize Winners interview a hero or mentor. Today, Christian Lee and Jamel Shabazz engage in a life-changing conversation. Jamel Shabazz,…
At 91, Croatian-Australian artist Charles Billich, despite severe health complications, continues to create art from his hospital room. After a series of accolades in 2025—including UNESCO recognition and a painting presented to singer Marko Perković…
Walter Mackins, a San Francisco native, was a taxi driver who turned his vehicle into a mobile photography studio. His career began as a hospital clerk with an ‘essential tremor’ making manual work difficult, but…
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who became a global superstar after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died at the age of 97. She passed away in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August….