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Hellmouth Magazine aims to conjure the collective imagination of creatives, provoking discussion concerning contemporary art, cultural analysis, political criticism, and the transcendental.

Artificial Masters

The ARC Salon AI Scandal and the Crisis in Classical Art Leadership

The rhetoric of “beauty over process” threatens to reduce art to a disposable commodity, where authenticity and the very essence of what makes something humanly meaningful are cast aside in favor of artificial perfection. This attitude, if left unchecked, could signal a future where technology replaces craftsmanship, and art becomes a sanitized, interchangeable product rather than a living, breathing reflection of the world.

a dark and eldritch energy pulsated inside hallowed halls where Knoxville’s scruffy attitude thrives.

Negatory Gallery’s Dark and Surreal Exhibition, Adam Pernell Deal

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Artificial Masters: The ARC Salon AI Scandal and the Crisis in Classical Art Leadership
Artificial Masters: The ARC Salon AI Scandal and the Crisis in Classical Art Leadership

The real problem is not just the individual deception, but also the enabling attitudes of the classical art establishment—attitudes that prioritize prestige over integrity and uphold a vision of art that is both backward-looking and, in many ways, fundamentally out of touch with the contemporary landscape.

A Guide to Overcoming Fashionist Censorship
A Guide to Overcoming Fashionist Censorship

The National Science Foundation has been ordered to cull grant funding for any projects involving a bevy of words that could even possibly hint at diversity, equity, inclusion, and god forbid… women.

what is lost when we ban books?
what is lost when we ban books?

The vicious fight against intellectual freedom has become a feature, not a bug, of manufactured culture wars. The consequences of this censorship go far beyond individual titles being removed from library shelves; it is a concerted effort to deny future generations the opportunity to confront and learn from the full spectrum of human history, struggles, and nuanced perspectives.

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STATES OF BECOMING
STATES OF BECOMING

STATES OF BECOMING opened last Friday at the KMA, examining African diaspora and personhood in the process of assimilation into the United States. The most poignant work—impactful, rousing, almost hypnotic—was the video installation “Between the Voids” by Yvonne Osei

Step into the Holy Abyss
Step into the Holy Abyss

For just a few hours, a dark and eldritch energy pulsated hues of deep red and blue inside hallowed halls. It is here that Knoxville’s scruffy attitude thrives.

Lobby of the Lost
Lobby of the Lost

At Knoxville Museum of Art. Marin Majić’s Foyer is an excavation of the contradictions embedded in the everyday—a disarming study of the ordinary, staged to reveal its latent absurdities.

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Catching a Guppy with a Slotted Spoon
Catching a Guppy with a Slotted Spoon

The guppies had huge eyes that popped out of their heads like those squish toys from the dollar store and their tiny bodies had paper-thin skin and gills that let us see each organ like an x-ray.

In the defense of non-walkable infrastructure
In the defense of non-walkable infrastructure

I can only hope that future children may experience the joy of biting into a greasy sausage biscuit and shoot the veins full of a Monster energy drink. It’s what Jesus would have wanted.

the grass is for rent but you cannot afford it. 
the grass is for rent but you cannot afford it. 

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