The President’s Body
How power takes shape
Before a leader speaks, his body has already spoken. The news is no longer new. We are attached to a drip-feed that keeps administering the same images: Putin, Netanyahu, Orbán, the inescapable Trump. The same images, the same men, the same appearances. But what exactly are we seeing when we look at them?
Fig 1.
Marlene Dumas, The Devil May Care, 2024, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm | courtesy of the artist, foto: Peter Cox
This is an article from See All This #42, summer 2026. Order the edition here.
Recent stories
-
![Marisol Foto: Nancy Astor]()
Between Glamour and Rebellion: Marisol at Depot Boijmans
-
![Helen Frankenthaler met April Mood in haar studio op East 83rd Street in New York, 1974 | © 2026 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./ProLitteris, Zurich | foto: Alexander Liberman © J. Paul Getty Trust]()
Helen Frankenthaler & Donald Judd at Kunsthal KAdE: Radical and rigorous
-
![Zeeplokaal]()
Li’s Forecast #11: In praise of soap
-
![Piet Oudolf garden at Noma, Copenhagen]()
Piet Oudolf’s 16 favourite plants: Create your own Oudolf garden
-
![William Kentridge, Waiting for the Sibyl]()
BREAKING #338: She has all the answers
-
![Nicole Ex (rechts) en Sarah Knigge (links) ergens tussen spiegelbeeld, stippen en oneindigheid in Yayoi Kusama’s nieuwe Infinity Mirror Room in het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 9 september 2026]()
BREAKING #337: Yayoi Kusama
-
![]()
BREAKING #336: Body language
-
![Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, schenking van de Roy Lichtenstein Foundation ter nagedachtenis aan Harry Shunk en Janos Kender | Foto: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust]()
Endlessly innovative: Yayoi Kusama in Amsterdam
-
![Marisol Escobar met haar sculptuur The Kennedyʼs, 1964 | © foto: Sam Falk]()
In the Kitchen with Marisol Escobar: ‘I decided never to talk again’
-
![]()
BREAKING #334: The Orchard Project, Part II
-
![Wolfgang Tillmans, Inner City Apple Tree, 2004]()
BREAKING #333: An orchard for the future
-
![]()
Which room did you fall in love with?: Send us your all-time favourite cinematic room
-
![]()
BREAKING #332: In love with a room
-
![De studio van Carlo Maria Morsiani, Modena, juli 2026 | foto: Nicole Ex]()
BREAKING #331: The shape of clouds
-
![Shopwork magazine issue 01]()
Treasure Hunt #5: Make your own designer clothes
-
![]()
The Body of Water: Endlessly circulating
-
![]()
1,2,3 under the apple tree: Make your own herman de vries
-
![]()
Li’s Forecast #10: The creative custodian
-
![]()
Water Guide: 10 stories exploring (bodies of) water
-
![]()
Cape Town & The Karoo: Travel Diary
