The Untenability of the Unethical Museum
The last time I visited a museum was in early March, when I saw artist Tishan Hsu’s survey at Hammer Museum in Los Angeles….
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“But Can a Spirit Burn?”: Alternatives for Art Under Capital
We were reprimanded before the meeting even began. The guard, a tough looking woman employed at the Lisbon Tropical Botanical Garden, told us that…
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Momus: The Podcast: The Venice Biennale
Pilot Episode: The Venice Biennale Download Welcome to the pilot episode of Momus: The Podcast! For our first broadcast, we focus on the historic Venice Biennale. As…
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Momus Best-Of: Vol. 2 2015-16
As we near our two-year anniversary, and summer draws to a close, Momus takes a moment to reflect on the last twelve months of…
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Friends Among Us: Reflections on the Value and Risk of Nepotism in Art
Corazon del Sol had just arrived in Lisbon, to an apartment she left in the early 2010s, not long after losing someone close. She…
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Stuck in the Same Muck: Journeying Through Asher Hartman’s Psychic Theater
God seduced Jesus on a Circuit City breakroom table. The seduction began as we, the audience, sat circled in child-sized chairs in a too-bright…
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The Spaces Where We Live: Gentrification, Insecurity, and Experimental Living in LA
Four men came to our house because they were interested in architecture. They knew someone who knew our landlord, which is how they got…
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Learning as Supporting: Alternatives for Futures in Art Education
Artist Eliza Swann moved to Los Angeles in 2013, after the spirit of a raven told her, head west. Swann had been in the…
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The Architecture of Exclusion: Storytelling Hannah Hoffman’s New Home Through Paul Williams and Tony Cokes
Architect Paul Williams used to sketch out plans, virtuosically, upside down. He became famous for this skill – most writing about him mentions it….
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The Bold Refusal of lauren woods’s “American Monument”
There is a room for reflection with plush fuchsia carpeting outside of American Monument, an exhibition by lauren woods (she always uses lower-case letters)…
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