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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What is to be Learned, What is to be Done? Thomas Hirschhorn at the Remai Modern
Three months ago, I bought a CD of poetry from Johnny Marceland, a sixty-year-old Dene man who lives in my hometown of Saskatoon. Throughout…
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Embarrassed Celebrity: Laurie Simmons’s Feature Debut
Celebrity is truly the public health crisis we deserve. I recently watched a clip of pop star Katy Perry on a Japanese game show,…
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Inside My Head: An Interview with Glenn Ligon
American artist Glenn Ligón is bringing together artworks spanning decades, continents, and themes that closely relate to his work with race and gender in post-war America….
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Labor Lost: Okwui Enwezor’s Artworld Biennale
Consuming visual art is conspicuously, if oddly, social. You are inherently distracted, aware of watching and being watched, even, perhaps especially, in the darkened…
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