The Darker Issue

The Darker Issue

Arthur Jafa's friends, inspirations and collaborators by Paolo Roversi

A selection of portraits by the iconic photographer from the Arthur Jafa guest-edited winter 2021 issue of i-D.
Paolo Roversi
12.10.21
The Darker Issue

Arthur Jafa's friends, inspirations and collaborators by Mario Sorrenti

A selection of portraits by the iconic photographer from the Arthur Jafa guest-edited winter 2021 issue of i-D.
Mario Sorrenti
12.10.21
The Darker Issue

Arthur Jafa photographs his friends, inspirations and collaborators

A selection of portraits by the groundbreaking artist and cultural commentator from his guest-edited winter 2021 issue of i-D.
Arthur Jafa
12.8.21
The Darker Issue

RA Judy on Black experimentalism, capitalism & creativity

"The moment it’s impossible to be experimental, we will cease to be, not merely as Black people, but as humans."
Aria Dean
12.2.21
The Darker Issue

Artist Aaron Gilbert on circumventing the rules of capitalism

The Brooklyn-based painter talks to us about the spirituality ever-present in his work.
Gavin Brown
12.1.21
The Darker Issue

Linda Bryant on Blackness, the Black church and spirituality

The filmmaker, activist and gallery founder believes we need to respect and appreciate the Black church, specifically the women within it.
Marielle Ingram
12.1.21
The Darker Issue

Meet Karen Pittman, the star of HBO's Sex and the City reboot

Inez & Vinoodh capture powerful portraits of the actress.
i-D Staff
12.1.21
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Shikeith Cathey on creating closeness in a socially-distanced world

The artist talks to us about self-care, crafting intimacy and his new experimental opera on the psychic wounds that haunt black men.
Cherise Smith
11.30.21
The Darker Issue

Musician Jasper Marsalis is no longer invested in the power of representation

The LA multidisciplinary artist, also known as Slauson Malone, discusses why ‘good’ art is problematic and his desire for social death.
Elodie Saint-Louis
11.29.21
The Darker Issue

Artist Josiane M. H. Pozi and artist and composer Klein in conversation

The two friends and collaborators discuss Crazy Frog, Chicken Run, capitalism, PinkPantheress and Keane.
i-D Staff
11.26.21
The Darker Issue

A Q&A with legendary photographer Deana Lawson

As she releases a new monograph, the artist talks Sade, Studio Ghibli and Toni Morrison.
Ernest Hardy
11.25.21
The Darker Issue

Thomas Lax on bringing radical Black art to MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art curator talks to us about reopening up New York's art scene post-lockdown.
Elodie Saint-Louis
11.23.21
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