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Alexxa Gotthardt

Based in the Bay Area, Alexxa is a writer and historian specializing in stories about art, food, creative labor, and the spaces in which they overlap. Her work has been featured in Artsy, Elephant, Freunde von Freunden, and Surface, and her research centers on the forces that have inspired and sustained women artists throughout history.

Alexxa's Articles

Manitoga house designed by Russel Wright
An Exhibition Posits How Design Can Be a Steward of Nature and the Future
5 minute read
Anicka Yi’s “Biologizing the Machine (spillover zoonotica)” (2022), on view at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca. (Photo: Agostino Osio. Courtesy the artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca.)
A Potent Anicka Yi Exhibition in Italy Features Bacteria, Artificial Intelligence, and Dried Shrimp
5 minute read
China hammered and chased gold neck ornament, 4th to 3rd century B.C.E. Mengdiexuan Collection, Hong Kong. (Courtesy L’École, School of Jewelry Arts)
How a Parisian Jewelry School Has Opened Up Access to a Rarefied World
7 minute read
Darrin Alfred. (Courtesy Denver Art Museum)
The Media Helping Curator Darrin Alfred Make Connections Between Art and Life
8 minute read
Installation view of “David Byrne: How I Learned About Non-Rational Logic.” (Courtesy Pace Gallery)
David Byrne’s Drawings Reflect on the Absurdities of Life That Connect Us All
3 minute read
Meech Boakye’s corn-on-the-cob broth. (Courtesy Meech Boakye)
Meech Boakye Explores the “Multispecies Collaboration” That Produces Our Food
3 minute read
Nuno textiles book
How Japan’s Most Important Textile House Weaves the Past and Present into Its Fabrics
5 minute read
Bartender Julia Momosé
The Slow, Intentional Art of a Japanese Cocktail
9 minute read