“I Wish We Could Reach for New Language”: An Interview with Sky Goodden
Sky Goodden is the founding publisher and editor of Momus, an online art publication based in Canada. Since its founding in 2014 Momus has…
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“I Left This for a Reason”: An Interview with Amy Fung
The truth is, I’m bored by all the ways I hate art criticism – its pitfalls are too obvious to want to hash out,…
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Remembering Katharine Mulherin
Katharine Mulherin, a beloved member and leader of the Toronto art community, has left us much too soon. As we begin the hard work…
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Joseph Tisiga Unsettles Exoticism with Mythic Force at Parisian Laundry
Joseph Tisiga paints people in odd situations, and I keep wondering, how do they feel? The Yukon artist’s characters rarely show much emotion, even…
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White Like Me: Encountering Divya Mehra’s “You have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist”
It doesn’t matter what you think you know about Divya Mehra’s You have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist, currently at Georgia Scherman…
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“You Can’t Win It”: Jon McCurley on the Art of Facebook
I woke up this morning to find that Jon McCurley was emitting tiny wails from the “isolation chamber” of Facebook late last night, a…
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In Search of Himself: Sky Glabush’s Mimetic Practice Drifts Into the Neo-Modernist Trend
“Artists don’t own the meaning of their work.” New York Times critic Roberta Smith issued this controversial and affecting line to a full auditorium…
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“How to Lie About Canadian Art”: A Case Study in Art Criticism
Art criticism doesn’t often speculate on the value of pithy maxims such as ‘there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But when an article…
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Interview: Ben Davis on Marxism, Criticism, and Contemporary Art
Ben Davis is among the most keenly-read young critics working in the field today. His analyses of the contemporary artworld – both its machinations…
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How Curating Took Over the World: David Balzer’s Game-Changing “Curationism”
No doubt you’ve noticed it: from museums to film festivals, boutiques to restaurants, and basically everywhere on the internet, people are curating. Once the…
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