Sixteen writers each contribute to a collection of essays about an influential individual from the art world and culture at large.

The article presents the author's views on the relationship between humans and animals and also discusses the depiction of this relationship in art. Artists discussed in the article include Joseph Beuys, Marcus Coates and Javier Téllez and their work.

The article discusses the different artistic ways of Danish artist Pia Rönicke and Dutch artist Manon de Boer in reconstructing richness and complexities to the lives of women who have been stereotyped, reduced, and erased in society. It states that Polish artist Paulina Olowska and German artist Susanne M. Winterling enact a more intense identification with their subjects. It notes that the four women artists position themselves as pedagogical students of their new adopted mentors. It adds that revisiting the female past of the forgotten artists can restore the potential of their artistic work.

An interview with Hedwig Fijen, Director of Manifesta, is presented. The interview discusses the Biennial’s origins, the cancellation of its 2007 edition, and the future of this nomadic, cross-disciplinary, pan-European exhibition.

Helena Reckitt reflects on the feminist skepticism of the historically macho tone manifestos from history tend to take. This suspicion has led to a feminist appropriation of the manifesto that, while mixing irony and passion, simultaneously channels the power of the form and questions its revolutionary certainty.

A profile on conceptual multidisciplinary artist Allyson Mitchell. Helena Reckitt explores her sculptural textile work in the context of craft in relation to the avant-garde in art.