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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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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“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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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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Episode 5: Conflict of Interest with Catherine G. Wagley and Tyler Green
In this episode of “Criticism in Conversation,” two art critics and historians discuss “conflict of interest” in contemporary art criticism. Tyler Green, the host…
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Episode 5: Conflict of Interest with Tyler Green and Catherine G. Wagley
In this episode of “Criticism in Conversation”, two art critics and historians discuss “conflict of interest” in contemporary art criticism. Tyler Green, the host of…
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Episode 3: Art Criticism vs. Journalism with Catherine G. Wagley and Julia Halperin
In the first episode of Momus’s new “Criticism in Conversation” podcast series, an art critic and an art journalist parse the differing responsibilities and…
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What to Do About Klaus: How Arts Communities Assert Their Agency
As first impressions go, it wasn’t ideal. On the week he was announced as MOCA Los Angeles’s new director, Klaus Biesenbach managed to alienate…
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