The Center Holds: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Accidental Gulf Nativism
Every first of May, as people around the world take to the streets to commemorate labor struggles, members of France’s Front National party (FN)…
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“Everyone’s Heart is Full of Fire”: A Portrait of Martha Kirszenbaum, Curator
A burst of confetti from a painted cannon. A name you call across the crowd: Martha, Martha, Martha. An exasperation with her force like…
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A Parasitic ‘joie de vivre’ in “Viva Arte Viva”
When a curator chooses a title as desperately bubbly as Viva Arte Viva, something is clearly amiss. “Live art live!” – the 57th Venice…
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Invasiveness and Indigeneity: Alicia Escott’s Complicit Critique
An iconography of flora and fauna local to the Sunset District of San Francisco administers a powerful critique, in Alicia Escott’s current exhibition. Using…
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What Happened to the Anthropocene? Searching the 57th Venice Biennale for Signs of Destruction
There’s no greater risk to our species than the one posed by humankind’s impact on the environment. It’s unnerving how familiar this adage has…
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“Science Truth” and Fearless Feminism in Lynn Hershman Leeson’s “Civic Radar”
Recently, I woke up with a bump on my pinkie finger. I thought it was an insect bite. After a few days, I realized…
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“She Comes in Colors”: A Portrait of Sarah Cain, Painter
This is the first entry in a new series titled “Portraits,” by Momus contributing editor Andrew Berardini. The project is an experiment: Berardini sits…
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Gallerist Virginia Dwan, the Reluctant Legend
“Any ideas of art history or significance were forgotten,” wrote gallerist Virginia Dwan in 1990, remembering the first time she saw one of Yves…
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“The Only Things That are Unchangeable are Tombstones”: Vito Acconci (1940-2017)
Vito Acconci, a towering figure in the history of performance art, and more recently known for his experimental architecture, has died at the age…
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The Tonal Ambivalence of Feminist Land Art Retreat
In 2005, at the Canadian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale, Indigenous artist Rebecca Belmore projected a video installation called Fountain onto a wall of…
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