Chantal Pontbriand Will Not Curate Your Biennial: On “Demo-Graphics,” and Its Potential to Reignite Toronto
There is a bracing moment at the end of my interview with Chantal Pontbriand in early July, where, just as I’m about to leave,…
Read MoreThere is a bracing moment at the end of my interview with Chantal Pontbriand in early July, where, just as I’m about to leave,…
Read MoreIn May I was part of a panel at NADA. It wasn’t about criticism but someone asked me why I write reviews of art…
Read MoreEarly in its trajectory, independent curator and writer Christopher Eamon distinguished himself in the field of moving-image media and photography, and asserted its knock-kneed…
Read MoreIn recent years, the reputation of postwar abstract painter Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008) – known for turbulent, crimson paintings made with his feet – has…
Read MoreTo cast back and select my favorite art this year requires a mnemonic leap of faith. I’d hope the ‘best’ exhibitions, pieces, and events…
Read MoreThe word “post-internet” is a useful, if maybe not quite necessary, evil. First attributed to the writing of artist Marisa Olson, the term has…
Read MoreIn April, I wrote a review of an exhibition at the Hammer Museum at UCLA: “Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World.” I…
Read MoreThe image disputes the presence of the thing. In the image, the thing is not content simply to be; the image shows that the…
Read MoreIn 2012, Frieze surveyed art critics writing for newspapers, magazines, and online publications, asking how they conceived of their connection with the public. None…
Read MoreEd Ruscha is a great American art daddy, such that he has been called “the deadpan laureate of American art,” “the great American Pop…
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