Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: On Artists and Survival
An artist recently lamented to me that, these days, being an artist felt so painfully inadequate. Against fascism and pandemic, the racist cruelty of…
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Depleting Felix Gonzalez-Torres
In recent weeks, piles of fortune cookies materialized around the world – in art spaces, restaurants, and private homes in Dubai, Beijing, Montevideo, and…
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Blood and Paper: Zarina and the Currencies of Violence in India
This past winter was a tumultuous one for India. Braving police brutality and state repression, protests raged against draconian anti-Muslim legislation and a forthcoming…
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Ebony L. Haynes on “What’s Changed, and What Should?” – Ep. 22
For episode 22, Lauren Wetmore spoke with Ebony L. Haynes, a gallerist, curator, and writer. Haynes is the Director of Martos Gallery in…
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This Valley is Filling with the Blood of Ghosts: On the Work of Scott Daniel Williams
Monuments are not inert. Like removing a scab on an infected wound, the defacement or removal of monuments can cause a rupture – in…
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Black Lives Matter: Momus’s Commitment to the Movement Against Racial Inequality
Dear Readers, This has been a time of strife, uncertainty, and trauma for many. Before we can begin to celebrate the changes that emerge…
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Coco Fusco on “What’s Changed, and What Should?” – Ep. 21
For episode 21, Sky Goodden spoke with Coco Fusco, the legendary Cuban-American critic, artist, educator, and art historian. Speaking from the center of…
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The Internet is “Never Peaceful, Never Fair, Never Good”: An Interview with Joanne McNeil
One likely constant amid the uncertain reality of lockdown is that your screen time has probably gone up. While we are unable to access…
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Artists in Isolation: Lynne Cohen and the Fullness of Empty Space
There’s one image of a bed dressed in bleached sheets sanitized to a crisp, with a thin, folded blanket at the foot, in an…
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Listening to Jeanne Randolph
I have been lucky enough to sit in a dark room listening to Jeanne Randolph talk. I should mention that I say this very…
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