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…
Read More“Hablar de corrupcion es tocar a Mexico en el corazón,” my mentor said. “Be careful.” Tocar. Transitive verb meaning: to touch, to feel, to…
Read MoreImpresario, entrepreneur, gambler, and connoisseur – the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) was all of these. He was also a force in fostering…
Read MoreOne-thousand six-hundred fifty-four. I’m not teaching this semester, but if I were, that is the one number that I would want everyone to remember….
Read MoreArtists have long exploited the Zoroastrian struggle between light and dark to create images. Although darkness implies mystery and melancholy, in the hands of…
Read MoreHow the disfigured transfigure, how the formless become heavenly […] this strange spectacle had a transparence of an avatar. – Victor Hugo, The Man Who…
Read MoreIs contemporary Aboriginal art necessarily political? Does art made by First Nations, Inuit, or Métis artists inevitably engage with such historical events and trauma…
Read MoreIt’s been a good ten months. Since October 2014, Momus has quickly become a trusted reference for those wishing to reflect on contemporary art at…
Read MoreUnderground heroes. I’ve had many. Some of them I stole from the high shelves and long racks of chain bookshops. Novels and art catalogues,…
Read MoreThe fantastical meets the hackneyed in Jordan Maclachlan’s expansive Ways of Living, a detailed menagerie of other-worldly creatures, animals, and humans, too. The clay figures that…
Read MoreA call for action rang out in Vancouver this spring when members of the art community rallied together and voiced opposition to the sited…
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