Marfa’s Two-Step: The Uneasy Landscape of Minimalist Heaven
I was lured by the promise of a sepia-tinged ideal: west Texas golden hours and wide-open spaces. A visit to Marfa had long been…
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Momus Best-Of Volume 3: 2016-17
I confess to experiencing regular doubt, lately, about what art criticism can contribute to the fray when the conversations we need to be having,…
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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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Jill Magid’s Post-Truth Diamond Proposal
As the spectacle of the 2016 United States presidential elections played out over the summer, Mexico hosted a surreal visit by a well-known, polarizing…
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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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Misogyny and the Myth of the ’90s at Mexico City’s Kurimanzutto
Kurimanzutto is a pristine, vaulted gallery in the San Miguel de Chapultepec neighborhood of Mexico City. As part of the recent exhibition XYLAÑYNU. Taller…
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The Function of Gossip as Criticism in Mexico’s Artworld
Gossip is undoubtedly universal but in Mexico gossip – chisme – seems to exert an influence that distinguishes it from other international art centers. Mexican artist…
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Contemporary Art Writing in Mexico: The Intractable and Necessary Issue of Corruption
“Hablar de corrupcion es tocar a Mexico en el corazón,” my mentor said. “Be careful.” Tocar. Transitive verb meaning: to touch, to feel, to…
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