Lauren Wetmore

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Lauren Wetmore is a Canadian writer, editor, and curator based in Brussels. She has directed Momus Programs since 2020, and is co-host/producer of Momus: The Podcast since 2017. Wetmore is on the Board of Directors of rekto:verso magazine and co-editor of The Employee, with Joshua Schwebel (Art Metropole, 2025). She has written for catalogues from Mousse Publishing and Sternberg Press; and has published in frieze, MadaMasr, Spike Arts Quarterly, and C Magazine, among others. Wetmore has held positions at MUDAM Luxembourg, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Frieze Projects London, Mophradat, Barbican Art Gallery, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; and she has curated independent projects for the Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Hangar Barcelona.

Contributions

Momus Team: Artistic Director of Programs
Host: Momus: The Podcast, since December 2017
Guest: Podcast S4 E1, "I know what artists and curators do for money"
Mentor: Momus Critical Writing Fellowship 2025
Faculty member: Momus Residencies & Fellowships
Speaker: Momus Talks
Author: Contributing to Momus since July 2016

Writing (1)

Features, Reviews July 28, 2016 Lauren Wetmore

Manifesta 11: What Artists and Curators Do for Money

Podcast

Season 9 Episode 3

"Passing Through Translation"
Line Ajan

Season 9 Episode 2

“They’re both me”
Jeneen Frei Njootli

Season 9 Episode 1

“Any Friendship That Lasts Us Long”
Luther Konadu

Season 8 Episode 9

"Memorial Park: Revisiting Vietnam"
Tiana Reid, Minh Nguyen

Residencies & Fellowships

Momus Residency: To Build and Sustain

Residency

August 11–15, 2025

With faculty members Dr. Kemi Adeyemi, Camille Bacon, Sky Goodden, Jessica Lynne, Elisabeth Nicula, and Lauren Wetmore.

Momus Critical Writing Fellowship 2025

Fellowship

January 1–December 1, 2025

With fellows David Ayala-Alfonso, Alexandra Méndez García, Ramona Ngin, and Andrii Ushytskyi and mentors Sky Goodden, Jessica Lynne, Merray Michael Mina, Catherine G. Wagley, and Lauren Wetmore.