The Signs for Where We Meet: A Conversation Between Robert Fones and James Kirkpatrick
At the center of contemporary art, there is increasingly the absence of any center at all. We are flown wide, work digitally, and shuttle…
It’s Okay to Laugh: The Political Turn in Bridget Moser’s Prop Art
When we meet on St. Catherine Street in Montreal on a chilly Thursday afternoon in October, Bridget Moser tells me she has recently been…
Episode 15: “What Makes Great Art?” with Isabel Lewis
For this month’s episode circling the question “what makes great art?”, Lauren Wetmore spoke with Berlin-based artist Isabel Lewis. Lewis was trained in…
Decolonization is Not a Metaphor: The Toronto Biennial Fights its Frame
The fanfare and the pageantry of press junkets, patrons’ previews, and inaugural performances have long subsided. A reluctant holdout, I belatedly find myself in…
John Boskovich Steers His Own “Recovery”
In the fall of 2018 the Guggenheim presented a retrospective of 19th-century Swedish artist Hilma af Klint to a zealous, if unsuspecting, audience. The…
A Provisional Biennial Amid Istanbul’s Endless Restoration
Everything is always under construction. In Istanbul, Hagia Sophia, the famed church-turned-mosque-turned-museum, has, over the centuries, seen earthquakes, bloodbaths, and any number of politically…
Unequal Planes: Vancouver’s Architectural Clash of Ideal and Real
When socio-political awareness gathers to a breaking point, and nerves are raw, and people start getting fed up, fantasy runs into problems. In fraught…
Fantastic Emissions: Mika Rottenberg’s Labor of Mystification
“Once in a while it happens that I vomit up a bunny,” confesses the narrator of Julio Cortázar’s “Letter to a Young Lady in…
Marfa’s Two-Step: The Uneasy Landscape of Minimalist Heaven
I was lured by the promise of a sepia-tinged ideal: west Texas golden hours and wide-open spaces. A visit to Marfa had long been…
Episode 14: “What Makes Great Art?” with Jarrett Earnest
For this month’s episode, towards our season’s question, “what makes great art?”, Sky Goodden spoke with artist, curator, and writer Jarrett Earnest. Earnest…
The Future Wandering of Tau Lewis
A conversation with Tau Lewis is an exercise in looking back as much as in looking forward. In discussing her figurative sculptures, she circles…
The Tautological Reeling of Young & Giroux
“When a point becomes movement and line, it takes up time. Similarly, when a line pulls itself out into a plane. And the same…
The Eerie Optimization of “Self-Care” Decor
Amid the panicked anticipation of an “automation revolution” in the workforce, some of the safest labor sectors remain those dominated by women workers. Perhaps…
The Orgasmic Capacity of Color: Judy Chicago’s Los Angeles
Throughout this period I was also discovering that I was multi-orgasmic … I was developing color systems which made forms turn, dissolve, open, close,…
Context, Tokenism, and Trans Solidarity: An Interview with Dan Cardinal McCartney
In September 2018, word traveled of accusations of trans censorship by a Mohkinstsis (Calgarian) arts facility. The allegedly-censored video work in question, A Thousand…
Episode 13: “What Makes Great Art?” with Francis McKee
For this month’s episode, still circling the question “what makes great art?”, Lauren Wetmore enters into a searching conversation with Irish curator and…