Charlotte Jansen

Charlotte Jansen is Elephant magazine’s Editor-in-Large. She joined the team in 2015 and started working in house in 2017 after an extended period of nomadic living. A freelance arts journalist for ten years, she has written for publications including the Guardian, the FT, ELLE, Wallpaper*, Vice, The British Journal of Photography and the RA Magazine. Her first book, Girl on Girl: Art and Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze, was published by Laurence King in April 2017.

Sunday Read

A Visual Guide to the Weird World of Pregnancy Cravings

Showtime

The Mothers Who Started a Revolution in Latin America

Fair Game

How Fair Is Frieze London 2019?

Profile

Paintings That Capture the Experience of Being Black and White

Post-Partum Document

What Does Your Name Really Say About You?

Profile

How Has the Camera Been a Tool for Colonialism?

Profile

Joana Choumali Reimagines Life in African Cities

Sunday Read

Pieter Hugo: Sex and Mortality in Mexico

Picture Gallery

Do Women’s Bodies Share a Special Relationship with Nature?

Print Archive

Paul Mpagi Sepuya Brings a Fresh Gaze to the Male Nude

Picture Gallery

Thabiso Sekgala Changed the Way the World Saw South Africa

Picture Gallery

Cheap Thrills and Forbidden Pleasures: Artists and Desserts

Picture Gallery

What Does Screen Time Do To Our Bodies?

Behind the Scenes

What Does It Take to Put on Tate’s Big Summer Show?

Sunday Read

This Is What the World’s First Acid Trip Looked Like

Post-Partum Document

Does My Bump Look Real In This?

Observations

Sorry, We’re Closed: Summer Holidays in the Art World

Profile

Who’s Watching You? The Visual Branding of Surveillance

Report

Is the British Art World Too London-centric?

Print Archive

Yinka Shonibare: A Sense of Unity

Report

What Does Art Look Like If You’re Colourblind?

Picture Gallery

Private Lives Made Public: The Best of Arles 2019

Post-Partum Document

Are You Experienced? Why Motherhood Can Feel Like Missing Out

Report

Women Get in Touch with Their Masculine Sides at Frieze Sculpture

OUT NOW: Issue 40 - Me, Myself and Art - 10th Anniversary Issue!

In this issue we speak to artists who explore the idea of self care through different avenues—whether looking at the addictive and eerie pull of solo bathroom time, exploring the powerful potential of self-preservation for marginalized and under-represented groups, or finding ways to protect the healing microbiomes that we can’t even see.

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