Gagosian - Summer 2025

In this issue we celebrate Picasso: Tête-à-tête, presented in partnership with Paloma Picasso at Gagosian, by sharing Michael Cary’s essay about the historical context that inspired the exhibition alongside a conversation from 1932 between the legendary artist and his friend, the well-known publisher E. Tériade.

The Summer 2025 Quarterly profiles female visionaries, including the remarkable Lorraine O’Grady, a trailblazer who fearlessly challenged conventions. Rachel Whiteread discusses the challenges of creating public sculpture while engaging deeply with emotional and historical complexities. We explore the rebellious life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who helped shape the psychedelic movement of the 1960s. Novelist Lauren Elkin speaks with Julie Curtiss about motherhood, suburbia, and surrealism ahead of her exhibition in Paris.

A special section dedicated to architecture includes features on Alexander Calder, David Chipperfield, Berthold Lubetkin, Wutopia Lab, and more. Excerpts from a new and expanded edition of Francesco Bonami’s mind-bending and wildly entertaining “autobiography” of Maurizio Cattelan shed light on the artist’s life and provocative works.

Elsewhere in this issue: Joshua Chuang contextualizes Paul McCartney’s 1960s photographs, taken during the height of Beatlemania; Péjú Oshin interviews multidisciplinary filmmaker Jenn Nkiru; and Hélène Cixous responds to Hans Ulrich Obrist’s questionnaire.