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Kiša Lala is editor of Spread ArtCulture, a magazine showcasing original photography, illustrations and works by the world's leading artists. Past issues of Spread ArtCulture are in the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Kiša Lala is a curator and essayist for international art shows and arts publications. She has written in collaboration with visual artists for museum books and exhibitions with a focus on our place in the environment. She advocates sponsorship of the arts, believing that greater dissemination increases cultural awareness.

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Blog Entries by Kisa Lala

'Read-All-About-It!' Gilbert And George: The Double-Headed Beast Is Back

(2) Comments | Posted May 8, 2012 | 7:44 AM

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Gilbert (right) and George (left) photographed by Douglas Friedman 2012

Gilbert and George are back after six years...

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Interview: Whoring and Hustling With Michael Glawogger

(2) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 1:32 PM

Bangladesh - Still from Whores' Glory - A Kino Lorber release.
Bangladesh -- Still from Whores' Glory -- A Kino Lorber release.


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Isabella Rossellini Speaks About Late Bloomers -- And Reaching 60

(9) Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 10:23 AM

 Isabella Rossellini as Mary and Joanna Lumley as Charlotte (Photos by Olive Films)
Isabella Rossellini as Mary and Joanna Lumley as Charlotte (Photos by Olive Films)

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Kehinde Wiley On the World Stage: A Conversation With the Artist

(7) Comments | Posted April 16, 2012 | 8:15 AM

By Kiša Lala

Kehinde Wiley's Benediter Brkou (The World Stage: Israel), 2011, oil and gold and silver enamel on canvas. Private Collection. © Kehinde Wiley. Courtesy Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, California.
Kehinde Wiley's Benediter Brkou (The World Stage:...

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A Mind Safari with Stargazer Not Vital

(1) Comments | Posted March 21, 2012 | 4:33 PM

By Kiša Lala

Artist Not Vital in Agadez, Niger - Mekafoni. Camel, 2003 - Courtesy of the artist and Sperone Westwater Gallery New York
Artist Not Vital in Agadez, Niger - Mekafoni. Camel, 2003 - Courtesy of the artist...

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Making Celestial Waves: Artist Mariko Mori

(4) Comments | Posted January 16, 2012 | 4:32 PM

Artist Mariko Mori's Journey to Seven Light Bay is a digital project that transports visitors to Miyako Island in Okinawa, Japan, where Mori has installed the first part of her monumental earthwork 'Primal Rhythm'. The installation consists of a sun pillar and an egg-shaped 'Tida Dome' that changes colour with...

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Keeping Time With Tom Sachs: An Interview With the Artist

(0) Comments | Posted December 20, 2011 | 12:00 PM

Tom Sachs at his studio, Photograph by The Selby
Tom Sachs, Photograph by The Selby

After a few years of tinkering in his studio, Tom Sachs has resurfaced with a new show entitled Work at New York's Sperone Westwater gallery filling...

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Ape and Super-ape: A Chat With Walton Ford on Unnatural Histories

(1) Comments | Posted December 10, 2011 | 8:48 PM

By Kiša Lala

Walton Ford photographed by Bobby Fisher © Bobby Fisher, 2011

Walton Ford photographed by Bobby Fisher © Bobby Fisher, 2011 -- Arabian proverb from beginning of King Kong: 'And the Prophet said, 'And lo, the beast looked upon the...

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Darling Provocateur: An Interview With Charlotte Rampling

(0) Comments | Posted November 8, 2011 | 5:50 PM

Charlotte Rampling: photograph for SPREAD by Kareem Black, 2011
Charlotte Rampling: photograph for SPREAD by Kareem Black, 2011


"Being ready at 9am in any country," sighed Charlotte Rampling, smartly turned out in a black suit after a late night...

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Last Tree Down: Embracing A New Treeless World

(5) Comments | Posted October 20, 2011 | 2:38 PM

By Kiša Lala

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Landscape by Stuart Hall © Stuart Hall - A future earth without trees?

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© J F Rauzier - Cranach's Dream - The New Garden of Eden?

'Oops,' someone might...

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Architect of Illusions: Charles Matton's Enclosures

(2) Comments | Posted September 21, 2011 | 3:13 PM

By Kisa Lala

Sculpteur de Nourissons - detail © Charles Matton, Courtesy All Visual Arts, Photo: Tessa Angus
Sculpteur de Nourissons - detail © Charles Matton, Courtesy All Visual Arts, Photo: Tessa Angus

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Reimagining Bruegel: Lech Majewski's Film - The Mill and the Cross

(3) Comments | Posted September 13, 2011 | 3:03 PM

By Kiša Lala

Film still from The Mill and the Cross, 2011 Directed by Lech Majewski
Film still from The Mill and the Cross, 2011 Directed by Lech Majewski - Credit: Kino Lorber, Inc.

Some time ago as...

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The New Nomads

(771) Comments | Posted August 22, 2011 | 3:15 PM

By Kiša Lala


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© Iain McKell - "The New Gypsies" (Published by Prestel)

Wandering the edges of townships in the grey zones between cities, the Gypsies of Central Europe live off the grid. Myths, rumours, lies cloud...

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Surfing Sin City With Ashley Bickerton

(5) Comments | Posted July 12, 2011 | 2:28 AM

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Ashley Bickerton photographed at his studio in Bali by Bobby Fisher, 2011

Ashley Bickerton has darkened his timbre after carousing the neon-lit nights of Pan-Asian hotspots. He says that he's entered a new phase - his kids have grown, he's newly separated, and...

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Food for Thought: A Kitchen Confidential with Subodh Gupta

(4) Comments | Posted June 24, 2011 | 1:30 AM

By Kiša Lala

Et tu, Duchamp? (detail), 2009 Black bronze 114 x 88 x 59 cm / 44 7/8 x 34 5/8 x 23 1/4 in Marble plinth: 123 x 123 x 122 cm Overall height: 237 cm
Et...

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Venice Biennale: A Temple of Transience By Mike And Doug Starn

(5) Comments | Posted June 16, 2011 | 2:35 AM

By Kiša Lala

On an island already collapsing under stress, hordes of artists, collectors, honeymooners, and the business end of art convened for another biennale. The diseased palazzos, with their flaking waterfront facades, leonine doorknockers and rusting, shackled iron pylons, are from a bygone era at odds with...

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Moby's 'Destroyed': Unexpected Tour Photography

(6) Comments | Posted May 27, 2011 | 1:39 AM




"Moby photographed in his studio by Justin Hollar"...

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Sculpting Corpses: A Conversation With Taxidermy Artist Polly Morgan

(7) Comments | Posted May 10, 2011 | 2:56 AM

Portrait of Polly Morgan by Stuart Hall © Stuart Hall 2010
Atrial Flutter: Taxidermy Cardinal in Ribcage - Portrait of Polly Morgan by Stuart Hall for SpreadArtCulture © Stuart Hall 2010

I walked into Polly Morgan's studio in...

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Post-Mortem - Thoughts on Tim Hetherington

(12) Comments | Posted May 3, 2011 | 2:18 AM

By Kiša Lala

©Tim A Hetherington
Tim Hetherington, ©Tim A Hetherington

Photo-journalist Tim Hetherington was killed by a rocket propelled grenade on April 20th while photographing in the front lines in Misrata, Libya. There's been much public praise written about...

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Chris Marker: Travelers in Time

(3) Comments | Posted April 29, 2011 | 3:27 AM

By Kiša Lala

©Chris Marker, Courtesy of Peter Blum Gallery
©Chris Marker, Untitled # 200, 2008-2010 Color photograph mounted on white Sintra 22 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. (57.8 x 80 cm) Printed 2011 Edition of 3 Courtesy of Peter Blum...

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