Episode 5: Conflict of Interest with Tyler Green and Catherine G. Wagley
In this episode of “Criticism in Conversation”, two art critics and historians discuss “conflict of interest” in contemporary art criticism. Tyler Green, the host of…
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Confronting Gender Imbalance at the Rencontres d’Arles
The Rencontres d’Arles is arguably the most important photography event of the year. From tiny galleries to medieval churches to a Roman amphitheater, the…
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A Return to What?
As Momus nears its fourth anniversary, and cautiously begins celebrating its evolution from a very fledgling start, we’ve been met with a review from…
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Episode 4: Art and Technology Criticism with Nora Khan and Mike Pepi
Two art and technology critics, Nora Khan and Mike Pepi, discuss pushing for a rigorous critical discourse in a creative field that can…
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A Pile of Dirt
On the occasion of Architecture Fringe 2018, a Scotland-wide festival of art and architecture, I recently delivered an informal talk entitled “Piles of Dirt…
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Episode 3: Art Criticism vs. Journalism with Catherine G. Wagley and Julia Halperin
In the first episode of Momus’s new “Criticism in Conversation” podcast series, an art critic and an art journalist parse the differing responsibilities and…
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What to Do About Klaus: How Arts Communities Assert Their Agency
As first impressions go, it wasn’t ideal. On the week he was announced as MOCA Los Angeles’s new director, Klaus Biesenbach managed to alienate…
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Recognition and Reckoning: Montreal’s Alternative Art Spaces at the Crossroads
On a sunny weekend in June, a multigenerational crowd of artists and art enthusiasts flocked to a series of vacant storefronts and office spaces…
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Traumatizing the Museum: An Interview with Joshua Schwebel
Joshua Schwebel is a Berlin-based artist whose work engages in conceptual and performative strategies of subterfuge. While a number of his projects have employed…
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The Manner of Their Dying
I think of them often. I knew Felix best. Jorge I never knew well. I feared and admired AA’s bite and sophistication. But I…
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