What Is an Art Critic Doing at an Art Fair?
In May I was part of a panel at NADA. It wasn’t about criticism but someone asked me why I write reviews of art…
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Interview: Rashaad Newsome on Voguing, Heraldry, and FKA Twigs
New York-based Rashaad Newsome has many credits to his name, among them “King of Arms” (he is a master in the centuries-old art of…
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Paul P. on Two Works by Stephen Andrews
There have been many works of art made by artists about September 11th; countless artworks attempting to make sense of, or commemorate, the geopolitical…
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Wayne Baerwaldt on ACAD’s Dissolution of His Director/Curator Position: “It’s an Issue of Public Trust”
A recent scuttling on social-media signaled a disturbance was underfoot at Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD), where the well-reputed Illingworth Kerr Gallery…
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Ydessa Hendeles: Of Ourselves and of Our Subjects
There is a fine line between being an object and a person. And it’s hard to know when it’s been traversed. The difficulty lies…
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Can Art Museums Afford to Be Free?
Are art museums better off offering free admission? As the art market surges, and museum attendance rises, the question of what kind of ticket…
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A Future Never Sought: Okwui Enwezor’s 56th Venice Biennale
Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds. – W. E. Gladstone’s diary, 1868…
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A Pixelating Voice: Reading Sophia Al-Maria’s “Sisters” at the New Museum Triennial
Any visitor to the New Museum Triennial is subject to the burden of information. There’s no ignoring the walls when the walls sprout obstacles…
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After Bjork Fiasco, MoMA’s Yoko Ono Show Makes a Case for Art and Celebrity
Yoko Ono: One-Woman Show, 1960-1971 arrives at the Museum of Modern Art pre-freighted with issues of art and celebrity that have dogged the institution of…
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To Cut and To Swipe: Understanding Hito Steyerl Through “HOW NOT TO BE SEEN”
The complex work of contemporary artist, media theorist, and filmmaker Hito Steyerl often pivots on a surprisingly simple tactic – wordplay. Consistently, across both…
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