ORDINARIA / Research Reports

Cultural Governance and the Selection of Alma Allen for the 2026 Venice Biennale—

Implications for Institutional Gatekeeping and Non-Credentialed Talent

This research brief analyzes the political and institutional implications of Alma Allen’s appointment to represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale. It examines outsider legitimacy, the erosion of traditional gatekeeping structures, and the strategic use of cultural platforms in the reconfiguration of art-world power. The paper situates Allen’s rise within shifting governance priorities and proposes implications for future canon formation.

ART POLICY RESEARCH

Published December 4, 2025

Intuitive Semiotics: Notes on a Quiet Discipline

This memorandum outlines intuitive semiotics as a pre‑theoretical faculty for reading modular image fields, and describes how sterility, adjacency, and recurrence turn grids into instruments of signal rather than self‑expression.

CRITICAL THEORY RESEARCH

Published December 1, 2025

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