Ursula Issue 16

Issue 16 of Ursula centers on art as a lived practice—woven into friendship, memory, and community. Our first-ever cover story devoted to a collector features Los Angeles patron Eileen Harris Norton in conversation with artist Mark Bradford, who reflect on their decades-long relationship, shared experiences growing up in Los Angeles, and commitment to activism. As Harris Norton puts it, “Art isn’t separate from the lives around it; it’s the relationship, the history, the memories.”

Elsewhere in the issue, Michael Govan speaks with Ekow Eshun about shaping museums as civic spaces; Rachel Garrahan traces the Surrealist roots of Elsa Schiaparelli’s couture; and Steven Watson chronicles the downtown New York underground through oral history. Highlights also include a letter Steve Jobs wrote to himself, Leah Singer on Alice B. Toklas’s iconic cookbook, Greg de Cuir Jr. on the films of Christopher Harris, and a portfolio of recent work by Firelei Báez.