Launched in 1999, Afterall is a journal of contemporary art that offers in-depth analysis of artists' work, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Its academic format differentiates it from popular review magazines. Afterall 44 focuses on indigenous contemporary art practices around the world. It explores the possibilities and potentialities of reinventing contexts and of speaking from within. An essay examines the Green Horse Society, an arts collective in Mongolia that has transformed its contemporary arts scene, and featured artists include Maria Thereza Alves, Pia Arke, and Hans Ragnar Mathisen. The issue is visually rich, with numerous accompanying illustrations.
Melissa Gronlund writes on contemporary art and film, and is an editor of Afterall. Pablo Lafuente is a writer, editor, and associate curator at the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo. Anders Kreuger is director of the Malmo Art Academy and a curator at Lunds Konsthall, Sweden. Stephanie Smith is deputy director and chief curator at the Smart Museum of Art, an affiliate faculty member of the Department of Visual Art at the University of Chicago, and a founding member of its Open Practice Committee. She is an editor of Afterall Journal, to which she is also a regular contributor. She is the author of Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art and Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art.
