Art in America’s Winter “Collaborations” Issue Features Talia Chetrit, Mernet Larsen, Artists’ Fashion Legacies, and More

What is creative activity? Social media would have us believe it is fast and furious—cue the dizzying double-speed video of someone making something. In fact, the creative process doesn’t usually lend itself to drama; a lot of what happens in the studio would appear to be inaction, the outwardly humdrum, inwardly remarkable percolation of ideas. In other words, it looks pretty boring. “Boring” is a word that comes up twice elsewhere in this issue. First, in Carlos Va