The art world is, as Ever Emerging Mag puts it with characteristic directness, sliiiiiiightly youth-obsessed. Most exposure opportunities target young “emerging” artists fresh from art school, while the women who are now over 45 were young during what the magazine calls the art patriarchy’s glory days — a period when most opportunities were handed to men. Ever Emerging was founded in the Netherlands as a non-profit platform to challenge both biases at once: the assumption that emergence is something that happens only to the young, and the persistent underrepresentation of women in museums, galleries, and positions of power.
The project operates through open calls, online editions, and increasingly through printed publications and physical exhibitions. Five editions in, the magazine has featured the work of more than fifty artists and reached over 1,500 readers. Publications are divided into localised editions — showcasing artists based in the same city — and thematic specials. A Netherlands edition was followed by a Barcelona issue curated by Diletta, who noticed that most of the invited artists were drawn to the city not by birth but by choice. The team includes Jessica Rosen, Marguerite Nolan, and Kateryna Hanusenko, with interviews including artist Lily van der Stokker in collaboration with the Coda Museum Apeldoorn and kaufmann repetto gallery.
The name is both a statement and a correction. Emergence, as the editors insist, is a lifelong endeavour. It is not something that expires with a birthday, and Ever Emerging Mag exists to make that case — one artist, one edition, one city at a time.
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