A Frieze in Rome: William Kentridge Updates Augustus, Tangling Time
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” It sounds like good advice, but Romans seem largely to ignore William Kentridge’s Triumphs and Laments,…
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“In the Round of Her Need”: An Interview with Ambera Wellmann
I first observed the uncanny paintings of Ambera Wellmann in an intimate solo show at Toronto’s now-defunct Richard Rhodes Dupont Projects. A natural light…
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Episode 7: “Over, Again and Again,” Renewing Canada’s Artist-Run Culture
In Momus: The Podcast‘s 7th episode, we have brought together a group of artists, curators, and scholars to update the conversation around Artist-Run…
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An Exhibit in an Email: Vimeo Links, PR, and Posturing by Proxy
The night is dark and full of texture. And somewhere, over an indeterminate stretch of inky sea, the sky is lit up with red…
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Episode 5: Conflict of Interest with Catherine G. Wagley and Tyler Green
In this episode of “Criticism in Conversation,” two art critics and historians discuss “conflict of interest” in contemporary art criticism. Tyler Green, the host…
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Episode 6: An Ethics of Abundance with Jacob Wren and Dayna Danger
For this episode of our Criticism in Conversation series, a writer and collaborative performer, Jacob Wren, speaks with artist Dayna Danger, about the line…
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Carolee Schneemann’s Ethics of Eros
Amid a surging wave of political activism and newly liberated energies, Carolee Schneemann wrote, in 1968, that “perception should lead to action.” Schneemann suspected…
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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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