Thank you.

Dear friends—

After a lot of thought and consideration, Dovetail is going on hiatus. The project has accomplished things I never imagined and introduced me to people, ideas, and places I continue to learn from. I’m so grateful for a grant that sustained the project through 2024, with the opportunity to see through a goal I had in relaunching it a few years ago, to print another issue.

Publishing and writing for Dovetail is entirely a labor of love. It is one of many projects in a constellation of personal interests and jobs that revolve around writing and contemporary art. But there are times when clearing the path for the new means moving the existing things aside—even just for a little while. I tell myself it’s part of the process of constant growth; the ability to put things down in order to explore the potential of picking other things up. Maybe completely different things. And that’s definitely the exciting bit.

Going out in style, the Niche gallery at Standard Projects will hold its last show (at least in that guise!) on Friday, February 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. with work by Lee Mothes (rescheduled from earlier this month).

The site remains browsable, and it’s likely that I won’t be able to stay away for long. Thank you so very much to every contributor, artist, gallery, and all who have helped to make Dovetail what it has become. Thank you, thank you.

—Kate, Editor

Photo: moonrise on the road to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 2019.