Cabinet

Cabinet Magazine is a quarterly, Brooklyn, New York–based, non-profit art and culture magazine established in 2000. Cabinet Magazine also operates an event and exhibition space in Brooklyn. In 2022, Cabinet transitioned its magazine to be a digital publication, although it still publishes print books. Issue structure Cabinet Magazine issues are divided into three sections. Section 1: Columns Each issue begins with four of the magazine's recurring columns. Some columns have (or have had) recurring writers. Some columns appear more frequently than others: "The Clean Room" is David Serlin's column on science and technology. (First appearance: issue 1.) "Colors", which appears in every issue, presents a writer or artist's response to a specific color assigned by the editors. (First appearance: issue 1.) "Ingestion", a column originated by Allen S. Weiss, explores food within a framework informed by aesthetics, history, and philosophy. (First appearance: issue 1.) "Leftovers" examines the cultural significance of detritus. (First appearance: issue 1.) "Thing" invites writers in various fields to take a shot at identifying a single found object not recognizable to the magazine's editors. (First appearance: issue 12.) "Inventory" is an occasional column that features and sometimes examines a list, catalogue, or register. (First appearance: issue 13.) "Black Pyramid" is Peter Lamborn Wilson's column on the poetics of esoterica. (First appearance: issue 18.) "Object Lesson", a column by Celeste Olalquiaga, "reads culture against the grain to identify striking illustrations of historical process or principle." (First appearance: issue 20.) "A Minor History of," a column by Joshua Foer, examines an overlooked cultural phenomenon using a timeline. (First appearance: issue 25.)