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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What Will Art Look Like in 100 Years? Sixteen Contemporary Artists Predict the Future
It’s an understatement to say that a lot can change in 100 years. A century ago, Europe was just limping out of World War…
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The Politics of Contemporary Abstraction: A Conversation with Clare Rojas and Jeffrey Gibson
It’s a frustrating hallmark of these overheated times, the notion that one shouldn’t make abstract art in this political environment. I recently asked two…
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How to Make Art History
Right now, in some small room, art history is being made. The notion is a carved chunk of marble, a brass plaque, the halls…
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