Correcting for the Bawdy Rage of Paula Rego
The New York Times review of Paula Rego’s Tate Britain retrospective, published on July 7, begins: “Paula Rego is the kind of artist who paints a…
Cameron Rowland’s Property Relations
Cameron Rowland uses the language of conceptual art to critique the art world’s imbrication in histories of slavery, redlining, and policing. In particular, Rowland’s…
Jill Mulleady’s Twilight Hour
Last year, during New York City’s extended lockdown, one of the few works still on public display was a mural hung outside the Whitney…
Season 4 Episode 9: Kristian Vistrup Madsen
In the penultimate episode of Season 4 – across which Momus: The Podcast has been engaging writers on the genesis and reception of a…
Imperfect Archives: Lilian Leung and Linda Zhang Virtually Capture Eroding Chinatowns
Next to the yellow lettering of Mother’s Dumplings, artist Lilian Leung pulls out her phone and begins circling, taking images from as many different…
A Speculative Mourning: Iris Häussler’s Lament for Print Media
1991 was marked by several landmark global events: the USSR disbanded, formally ending the Cold War; Tim Berners-Lee announced the World Wide Web and…
Haubitz+Zoche Frames India’s Iconic Movie Theaters—and Absents Them
The brightly-colored Theatre Annamalai in Madurai, a temple town in Tamil Nadu, looks like the inside of a candy shop. Set against the pale…
Ambivalent Transparency: Artists Go on and “Off the Record” at Guggenheim
In the spring of 1971, the Guggenheim was set to open a solo exhibition from German conceptualist Hans Haacke. It included two installations of…
Season 4 Episode 8: Muna Mire & Tourmaline
This episode gets a jump on summer with artist and filmmaker Tourmaline and writer and producer Muna Mire. In conversation, they discuss Mire’s profile of Toumaline in…
The Voicemail Interview: Erica Dawn Lyle and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Phone
Facing the restrictions of the pandemic, most authors who published in 2020 felt they had little choice but to cancel their scheduled tours and…
Reading Between the Lines: On the Asian Americanness of Badlands Unlimited and Paul Chan
When Paul Chan won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2014, Badlands Unlimited, Chan’s publishing imprint, released a statement on its website: “Badlands asked Chan…
“I Left This for a Reason”: An Interview with Amy Fung
The truth is, I’m bored by all the ways I hate art criticism – its pitfalls are too obvious to want to hash out,…
“I Think I’m Really Enjoying Painting”: Margaux Williamson’s New Work
Every five or six years, the painter Margaux Williamson quits painting. In these moments, she thinks she might not go back. But something always…
Season 4 Episode 7: Nora N. Khan on “Within, Below, and Alongside”
“A school will change you, and it teaches you as much about how people will interpret you, misunderstand and dismiss you, as it will…
“I Don’t Go to Crisis Just Yet”: Four Painters Discuss the Rise of Figurative Painting
What’s the fuss about the new representation? A recent spate of articles and exhibitions have addressed the new representational painting – some generously, others…
Anna Mayer Reconstitutes Loss in Houston
Anna Mayer’s first solo exhibition in Houston, Forms of Inheritance, opens with a photographic mural printed on cotton canvas and splayed across a wall…