Art Time / Life Time: On Tehching Hsieh’s Thirteen Year Plan
This is the second of two reflections Momus published on the occasion of Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999, on view at Dia Beacon through 2027….
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Moving Through the Rupture: Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano Revisit Rope Piece
This is the first of two reflections Momus published on the occasion of Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999, on view at Dia Beacon through 2027. Find…
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Unsettled Vision: Aaron Morse on the Fantasized West at Philip Martin Gallery
Aaron Morse’s tall heavens evoke Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Sky Above Clouds IV (1965); the big-sky country of the American West; and the empyrean orange,…
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Another Small Disturbance: Shannon Garden-Smith at MKG127
A mutual excitement is shared between two people who have encountered a Shannon Garden-Smith work. Vibrant carpets of sand, featuring marbled or herringbone designs,…
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Looking at Women: Gladys Nilsson’s Seriously Sexy Figures at the Menil Drawing Institute
Of the five figures depicted in Pablo Picasso’s enduringly outrageous Las Chicas de Avignon (the title he supposedly preferred over Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907),…
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Authentically Vaginal: The Life Force of Vaginal Davis at PS1
Writer, performer, visual artist, curator, filmmaker, musician. A queer icon, “drag terrorist,” and grand madame of the queercore punk movement. A Blacktress, the doyenne…
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Without Deference: The Political Clarity of Coco Fusco at El Museo del Barrio
Coco Fusco’s breakout came three decades ago at a high watermark of debates over identity politics and multiculturalism, movements she has assiduously critiqued ever…
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Body Believing: Jana Sterbak at Musée des Hospitalières and Esker Foundation
There is a quality of lore around Jana Sterbak. Alongside her temperamental performances and pyrotechnic affinities, she is the artist of burning crowns, interred…
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Potential of Other Worlds: Mystery, Lineage, and Los Angeles at AMPHI Gallery
“During one of those sleepless nights, the thought crosses my mind that pregnancy happens to you, like dreams.” —Jazmina Barrera, Linea Nigra: An Essay…
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History as a Chorus: Reimagining Monumentality at SITE Santa Fe
A few miles outside of Santa Fe is a former foundry turned gallery space known as Finquita. In the main building, David Horvitz’s installation…
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