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    National Gallery of Art

    Abbas Akhavan

    Abbas Akhavan

    What it Means to Continue: On Gabrielle Goliath, Reparative Work, and Resisting State Violence
    Features May 14, 2026
    M. Neelika Jayawardane

    What it Means to Continue: On Gabrielle Goliath, Reparative Work, and Resisting State Violence

    Belonging to Ourselves: Lynn Hershman Leeson and Sophie Calle
    Reviews April 30, 2026
    Tara Anne Dalbow

    Belonging to Ourselves: Lynn Hershman Leeson and Sophie Calle

    A Love Song, in Protest: Joyce Joumaa at Galerie UQO
    Reviews April 29, 2026
    eunice bélidor

    A Love Song, in Protest: Joyce Joumaa at Galerie UQO

    Collision, Erosion: Roksana Pirouzmand at OXY Arts and JOAN
    Reviews April 23, 2026
    Teresa Fleming

    Collision, Erosion: Roksana Pirouzmand at OXY Arts and JOAN

    In Search of True Collectivity: Infrastructure and Intent at the Kochi-Muziri Biennale
    Features, Reviews March 26, 2026
    Pallavi Surana

    In Search of True Collectivity: Infrastructure and Intent at the Kochi-Muziri Biennale

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    Megan Tamati-Quennell

    Megan Tamati-Quennell

    Dr. Stephen Gilchrist

    Dr. Stephen Gilchrist

    Jennifer Smith

    Jennifer Smith

    Summer Sloane-Britt

    Summer Sloane-Britt

    Angela N. Carroll

    Angela N. Carroll

    eunice bélidor

    eunice bélidor

    Adele D’Souza

    Adele D’Souza

    Christiana Myers

    Christiana Myers

    Dallas Fellini

    Dallas Fellini

    Body Believing: Jana Sterbak at Musée des Hospitalières and Esker Foundation
    Reviews January 15, 2026
    Sky Goodden

    Body Believing: Jana Sterbak at Musée des Hospitalières and Esker Foundation

    History as a Chorus: Reimagining Monumentality at SITE Santa Fe
    Reviews January 8, 2026
    Ceci Moss

    History as a Chorus: Reimagining Monumentality at SITE Santa Fe

    Learning to Move Differently: Nadia Myre at the National Gallery of Canada
    Reviews October 30, 2025
    Alexandra Nordstrom

    Learning to Move Differently: Nadia Myre at the National Gallery of Canada

    Fellow Members of an Unfolding Constellation: Leilah Babirye at the de Young
    Reviews October 23, 2025
    Caroline Picard

    Fellow Members of an Unfolding Constellation: Leilah Babirye at the de Young

    Extraordinary Living Begins Here: Artists Negotiate Large-Scale Infrastructure
    Features October 16, 2025
    Jade Meili Barget

    Extraordinary Living Begins Here: Artists Negotiate Large-Scale Infrastructure

    Programming the Diaspora: On How the Moving Image Shapes the Present
    Features August 21, 2025
    Nasrin Himada

    Programming the Diaspora: On How the Moving Image Shapes the Present

    Love Letter Incinerators: Martin Wong’s Prison Paintings
    Features August 14, 2025
    Ramona Ngin

    Love Letter Incinerators: Martin Wong’s Prison Paintings

    A Note on Omission: Navigating Institutional Censorship and the Need for Repair
    Features July 17, 2025
    Najrin Islam

    A Note on Omission: Navigating Institutional Censorship and the Need for Repair

    Implied Threat, Implied Responsibility: Elizabeth Catlett at the National Gallery of Art
    Reviews June 26, 2025
    MacKenzie River Foy

    Implied Threat, Implied Responsibility: Elizabeth Catlett at the National Gallery of Art

    The High Stakes of Nancy Holt’s Systems
    Features May 15, 2025
    Cat Kron

    The High Stakes of Nancy Holt’s Systems

    We Are the Same Thing: The Sutured Selves of María Magdalena Campos-Pons
    Reviews May 8, 2025
    Allison Noelle Conner

    We Are the Same Thing: The Sutured Selves of María Magdalena Campos-Pons

    Dreams Being Real: EDELO’s Frontline Resistance
    Reviews April 17, 2025
    Brian Karl

    Dreams Being Real: EDELO’s Frontline Resistance

    Disposability, Divestment, and Action: The Palestine Solidarity Movement and the State of Art in Toronto
    Features February 5, 2025
    Tiana Reid

    Disposability, Divestment, and Action: The Palestine Solidarity Movement and the State of Art in Toronto

    When Women Run the World: Gail Thacker’s Queer Feminist Marvel
    Features January 30, 2025
    Jackson Davidow

    When Women Run the World: Gail Thacker’s Queer Feminist Marvel

    “You Took, Took, Took”: Alanis Obomsawin’s Work is Never Finished
    Reviews January 23, 2025
    Amelia Wong-Mersereau

    “You Took, Took, Took”: Alanis Obomsawin’s Work is Never Finished

    The Wish in Yong Soon Min’s KISSSSS
    Reviews January 17, 2025
    Summer Kim Lee

    The Wish in Yong Soon Min’s KISSSSS

    Arenas of Freedom
    Reviews December 20, 2024
    Claudia La Rocco

    Arenas of Freedom

    Sidestepping Violence: The German Pavilion’s Failure to See the Present in the Past
    Reviews September 5, 2024
    Julie Weitz

    Sidestepping Violence: The German Pavilion’s Failure to See the Present in the Past

    Paul Chan’s Breathers Turns Away
    Reviews August 8, 2024
    Annette LePique

    Paul Chan’s Breathers Turns Away

    Romantic and Brawling: On Four Chicago Artists
    Features, Reviews July 25, 2024
    Jeremy Lybarger

    Romantic and Brawling: On Four Chicago Artists

    The Possessions of Paul Pfeiffer
    Reviews July 11, 2024
    Simon Wu

    The Possessions of Paul Pfeiffer

    Exposing the Contradictions: Jewish Artists Dismantling Germany’s Nationalist Narrative
    Features June 14, 2024
    Julie Weitz

    Exposing the Contradictions: Jewish Artists Dismantling Germany’s Nationalist Narrative

    There is the Rising: Shelley Niro’s Reckoning Retrospective
    Reviews June 7, 2024
    Salma Hussain

    There is the Rising: Shelley Niro’s Reckoning Retrospective

    Caroline Monnet’s Uneasy Objects
    Reviews April 4, 2024
    Kirsty Robertson

    Caroline Monnet’s Uneasy Objects

    She Was Paying Attention: Remembering Alexis Smith
    Features March 9, 2024
    Kate Wolf

    She Was Paying Attention: Remembering Alexis Smith

    Do You Believe in Aliens?: Re-Indigenizing the Algorithmic Tropes of Intelligence
    Features February 29, 2024
    Kira Xonorika

    Do You Believe in Aliens?: Re-Indigenizing the Algorithmic Tropes of Intelligence

    Abstraction, Legibility, and Desire in the Work of Brenda Draney
    Features, Reviews February 14, 2024
    Lois Taylor Biggs

    Abstraction, Legibility, and Desire in the Work of Brenda Draney

    Magical/Market Thinking: Reflecting on the Rise and Fall of Artscape
    Features February 2, 2024
    Caitlin Jones

    Magical/Market Thinking: Reflecting on the Rise and Fall of Artscape

    Fought Through Women’s Bodies: Mona Hatoum’s Early Performances
    Reviews November 9, 2023
    Michael Dango

    Fought Through Women’s Bodies: Mona Hatoum’s Early Performances

    “A Multiculti Blitzkrieg”: On the Ascendance of the Curator of Color
    Features September 8, 2023
    Simon Wu

    “A Multiculti Blitzkrieg”: On the Ascendance of the Curator of Color

    We’re Alive, Pablo Is Dead
    Features, Reviews August 22, 2023
    Elisabeth Nicula

    We’re Alive, Pablo Is Dead

    Dataspace: From the Observed Object to the Participating Subject
    Features July 28, 2023
    Doreen A. Rios

    Dataspace: From the Observed Object to the Participating Subject

    The Art of Accumulation in an Age of Decluttering
    Features July 18, 2023
    Mimi Wong

    The Art of Accumulation in an Age of Decluttering

    An Alien Echo at the Gwangju Biennale
    Reviews June 8, 2023
    X. Amy Zhang

    An Alien Echo at the Gwangju Biennale

    Evidence of Things Seen*: Capture and Control in India
    Features May 22, 2023
    Arushi Vats

    Evidence of Things Seen*: Capture and Control in India

    Bad Reviews
    Features, Reviews May 2, 2023
    Elisabeth Nicula

    Bad Reviews

    The New World Looks Like the Old One: DYOR at Kunsthalle Zürich
    Reviews March 29, 2023
    Philipp Hindahl

    The New World Looks Like the Old One: DYOR at Kunsthalle Zürich

    Out of Necessity and Out of Love: Andrea Fatona’s 30-Year Tribute to Black Canadian Women
    Reviews March 2, 2023
    Neil Price

    Out of Necessity and Out of Love: Andrea Fatona’s 30-Year Tribute to Black Canadian Women

    It’s All About Good Timing: Goodwater at the Plumb
    Features, Reviews February 7, 2023
    Ella Dawn McGeough

    It’s All About Good Timing: Goodwater at the Plumb

    “We’re All Tied to the Place That We’re From”: Celebrating 50 Years with Equinox Gallery
    Features December 22, 2022
    Sky Goodden

    “We’re All Tied to the Place That We’re From”: Celebrating 50 Years with Equinox Gallery

    Common Boundaries and Refused Exits: Aman Sandhu and Andrew Black
    Reviews December 19, 2022
    Megan Switzer

    Common Boundaries and Refused Exits: Aman Sandhu and Andrew Black

    Duplicity and Diptychs: The Maraya Project’s Twinned Visions of Complicity
    Features, Reviews November 18, 2022
    Shazia Hafiz Ramji

    Duplicity and Diptychs: The Maraya Project’s Twinned Visions of Complicity

    Preoccupied with Things Left Behind: On Three Nigerian Artists
    Features November 2, 2022
    Ayodeji Rotinwa

    Preoccupied with Things Left Behind: On Three Nigerian Artists

    How Does a Collective End? An Interview with Robert Gabris and Ľuboš Kotlár
    Features October 3, 2022
    Denisa Tomková

    How Does a Collective End? An Interview with Robert Gabris and Ľuboš Kotlár

    Against Nations
    Features, Reviews July 8, 2022
    Jayne Wilkinson

    Against Nations

    Hypoxia and Hope
    Features May 26, 2022
    Kamayani Sharma

    Hypoxia and Hope

    Proving the Rule: The “Exceptionalism” Problem with Art-World Labor
    Features April 28, 2022
    Dana Kopel

    Proving the Rule: The “Exceptionalism” Problem with Art-World Labor

    Colossal Harbingers: The Monumentalism of Art About Climate Change
    Features April 21, 2022
    Hua Xi

    Colossal Harbingers: The Monumentalism of Art About Climate Change

    The Historical Invention of Gala Porras-Kim
    Reviews March 7, 2022
    Maddie Klett

    The Historical Invention of Gala Porras-Kim

    On Whiteness
    Features February 24, 2022
    Simon Wu

    On Whiteness

    Breathing Resistance: An Interview with Sahar Te
    Features February 23, 2022
    Amin Alsaden

    Breathing Resistance: An Interview with Sahar Te

    Oliver Lee Jackson, the People’s Painter
    Features, Reviews February 17, 2022
    Del O'Brien

    Oliver Lee Jackson, the People’s Painter

    Caribbean Being and Becoming in “Fragments of Epic Memory”
    Reviews February 16, 2022
    Ashley Raghubir

    Caribbean Being and Becoming in “Fragments of Epic Memory”

    The Bodies That Scramble India’s “Constitutions”
    Reviews February 9, 2022
    Tammer El-Sheikh

    The Bodies That Scramble India’s “Constitutions”

    The Anxious Nostalgia of Steven Shearer
    Reviews January 28, 2022
    Meredyth Cole

    The Anxious Nostalgia of Steven Shearer

    Plant People
    Features January 10, 2022
    Danielle Wu

    Plant People

    Eunice Lacaste

    Eunice Lacaste

    Losing Ground in Singapore’s State-Curated Digital Age
    Features December 21, 2021
    Eunice Lacaste

    Losing Ground in Singapore’s State-Curated Digital Age

    Across This Fraught Place: Survivance at the 2021 Texas Biennial
    Reviews November 23, 2021
    Laura August

    Across This Fraught Place: Survivance at the 2021 Texas Biennial

    Situating Great Ocean Art in Canadian Museums
    Features October 29, 2021
    Dr. Léuli Eshrāghi

    Situating Great Ocean Art in Canadian Museums

    A Speculative Mourning: Iris Häussler’s Lament for Print Media
    Reviews July 6, 2021
    Jayne Wilkinson

    A Speculative Mourning: Iris Häussler’s Lament for Print Media

    Haubitz+Zoche Frames India’s Iconic Movie Theaters—and Absents Them
    Features, Reviews July 1, 2021
    Deepa Bhasthi

    Haubitz+Zoche Frames India’s Iconic Movie Theaters—and Absents Them

    “I Think I’m Really Enjoying Painting”: Margaux Williamson’s New Work
    Features May 12, 2021
    Mark Mann

    “I Think I’m Really Enjoying Painting”: Margaux Williamson’s New Work

    “I Don’t Go to Crisis Just Yet”: Four Painters Discuss the Rise of Figurative Painting
    Features April 30, 2021
    Jason Stopa

    “I Don’t Go to Crisis Just Yet”: Four Painters Discuss the Rise of Figurative Painting

    Anna Mayer Reconstitutes Loss in Houston
    Features, Reviews April 20, 2021
    Laura August

    Anna Mayer Reconstitutes Loss in Houston

    The Anxious “I”: Walter Scott’s Autofictional Universe
    Features, Reviews October 22, 2020
    Saelan Twerdy

    The Anxious “I”: Walter Scott’s Autofictional Universe

    “Proudly Broken and Refusing to ‘Fit’”: Legacy Russell on “Glitch Feminism”
    Features September 28, 2020
    Ben Davis

    “Proudly Broken and Refusing to ‘Fit’”: Legacy Russell on “Glitch Feminism”

    In the Studio with Didier William: “I Came Back to the Body”
    Features September 18, 2020
    Jason Stopa

    In the Studio with Didier William: “I Came Back to the Body”

    Lifesaving and Abolitionism: Shifting the Frame on Prison Art
    Features August 24, 2020
    Matthew Joseph Irwin

    Lifesaving and Abolitionism: Shifting the Frame on Prison Art

    Between the Gallery and the Street: An Interview with Vanessa Thill
    Features August 18, 2020
    Andreas Petrossiants

    Between the Gallery and the Street: An Interview with Vanessa Thill

    Cyclical Gods: Reliving Pandemic
    Features May 8, 2020
    Xin Wang

    Cyclical Gods: Reliving Pandemic

    Artists in Isolation: There Have Always Been Signs
    Features April 27, 2020
    Tao Fei

    Artists in Isolation: There Have Always Been Signs

    David Garneau

    David Garneau

    With Sharper Tools: Defending the National Endowment for the Arts
    Features March 6, 2020
    Ben Davis

    With Sharper Tools: Defending the National Endowment for the Arts

    Living Fragments: On Berlin’s Winter of Broken Pieces
    Features, Reviews February 27, 2020
    Mitch Speed

    Living Fragments: On Berlin’s Winter of Broken Pieces

    After the Afterparty: Alan Belcher and Friends, in Retrospect
    Reviews January 10, 2020
    Saelan Twerdy

    After the Afterparty: Alan Belcher and Friends, in Retrospect

    The Signs for Where We Meet: A Conversation Between Robert Fones and James Kirkpatrick
    Features December 13, 2019
    James Kirkpatrick

    The Signs for Where We Meet: A Conversation Between Robert Fones and James Kirkpatrick

    It’s Okay to Laugh: The Political Turn in Bridget Moser’s Prop Art
    Features December 2, 2019
    Mark Mann

    It’s Okay to Laugh: The Political Turn in Bridget Moser’s Prop Art

    Decolonization is Not a Metaphor: The Toronto Biennial Fights its Frame
    Reviews November 25, 2019
    Vince Rozario

    Decolonization is Not a Metaphor: The Toronto Biennial Fights its Frame

    A Provisional Biennial Amid Istanbul’s Endless Restoration
    Reviews November 14, 2019
    David Balzer

    A Provisional Biennial Amid Istanbul’s Endless Restoration

    Unequal Planes: Vancouver’s Architectural Clash of Ideal and Real
    Reviews November 5, 2019
    Mitch Speed

    Unequal Planes: Vancouver’s Architectural Clash of Ideal and Real

    Marfa’s Two-Step: The Uneasy Landscape of Minimalist Heaven
    Features October 28, 2019
    Kimberlee Córdova

    Marfa’s Two-Step: The Uneasy Landscape of Minimalist Heaven

    The Future Wandering of Tau Lewis
    Features October 18, 2019
    Sky Goodden

    The Future Wandering of Tau Lewis

    Rhiannon Vogl

    Rhiannon Vogl

    The Thread of the Weave: Meaning from Material at Oakville Galleries
    Reviews September 17, 2019
    Vince Rozario

    The Thread of the Weave: Meaning from Material at Oakville Galleries

    Learning as Supporting: Alternatives for Futures in Art Education
    Features September 3, 2019
    Catherine G. Wagley

    Learning as Supporting: Alternatives for Futures in Art Education

    Remembering Katharine Mulherin
    Features July 18, 2019
    Sky Goodden

    Remembering Katharine Mulherin

    Invisible Labor and Black Burnout
    Features May 3, 2019
    Melissa Smith

    Invisible Labor and Black Burnout

    The Erotics of Liberty: Dorothy Iannone’s Cultivated Bohemia
    Features, Reviews May 1, 2019
    Mitch Speed

    The Erotics of Liberty: Dorothy Iannone’s Cultivated Bohemia

    Deeper Wounds: Nep Sidhu and Aestheticizing Trauma
    Reviews March 28, 2019
    Vince Rozario

    Deeper Wounds: Nep Sidhu and Aestheticizing Trauma

    The Architecture of Exclusion: Storytelling Hannah Hoffman’s New Home Through Paul Williams and Tony Cokes
    Reviews March 15, 2019
    Catherine G. Wagley

    The Architecture of Exclusion: Storytelling Hannah Hoffman’s New Home Through Paul Williams and Tony Cokes

    More Culture than Capital: Modesty and Ambition at the Atlanta Biennial
    Reviews March 15, 2019
    Maura Callahan

    More Culture than Capital: Modesty and Ambition at the Atlanta Biennial

    The Seductive Branding of Phoebe Greenberg
    Features February 20, 2019
    Sky Goodden

    The Seductive Branding of Phoebe Greenberg

    Christina Cuthbertson

    Christina Cuthbertson

    The Picture of Terror: Contemporary Art and the Islamic State
    Features January 25, 2019
    Owen Duffy

    The Picture of Terror: Contemporary Art and the Islamic State

    Bad Faith in MOCA Toronto’s Inaugural Show, “Believe”
    Features, Reviews January 21, 2019
    Sky Goodden

    Bad Faith in MOCA Toronto’s Inaugural Show, “Believe”

    The 57th Carnegie International Wanders in Search of “Museum Joy”
    Reviews January 10, 2019
    Earl Miller

    The 57th Carnegie International Wanders in Search of “Museum Joy”

    Conspiracy, Discounted Histories, and Nostalgia at the Met Breuer
    Reviews December 17, 2018
    Tausif Noor

    Conspiracy, Discounted Histories, and Nostalgia at the Met Breuer

    How a Dynasty Defines Taste: The Deep Roots of Middle Eastern Abstraction
    Features, Reviews December 12, 2018
    Maru Pabón

    How a Dynasty Defines Taste: The Deep Roots of Middle Eastern Abstraction

    Marilyn Minter’s Co-opted Desire
    Features, Reviews December 4, 2018
    Elliat Albrecht

    Marilyn Minter’s Co-opted Desire

    Branding the Anthropocene: Canada’s Art Institutions Privilege the Artificial
    Reviews November 23, 2018
    Mark Cheetham

    Branding the Anthropocene: Canada’s Art Institutions Privilege the Artificial

    “In the Round of Her Need”: An Interview with Ambera Wellmann
    Features November 13, 2018
    Sky Goodden

    “In the Round of Her Need”: An Interview with Ambera Wellmann

    The Curtain’s Part: Confronting Abstraction’s Complacency in Unquiet Times
    Reviews November 7, 2018
    Caitlin Chaisson

    The Curtain’s Part: Confronting Abstraction’s Complacency in Unquiet Times

    Archeology and Ambivalence at Austria’s Steirischer Herbst Festival
    Reviews November 2, 2018
    Kristian Vistrup Madsen

    Archeology and Ambivalence at Austria’s Steirischer Herbst Festival

    A Study in American Denial: David Wojnarowicz’s Return to the Piers
    Reviews September 28, 2018
    Erica Dawn Lyle

    A Study in American Denial: David Wojnarowicz’s Return to the Piers

    Confronting Gender Imbalance at the Rencontres d’Arles
    Features September 13, 2018
    Naomi Rea

    Confronting Gender Imbalance at the Rencontres d’Arles

    Josh Thorpe

    Josh Thorpe

    A Long, Dull Shadow: Georg Baselitz’s Legacy of Misogyny
    Reviews August 2, 2018
    Maura Callahan

    A Long, Dull Shadow: Georg Baselitz’s Legacy of Misogyny

    Recognition and Reckoning: Montreal’s Alternative Art Spaces at the Crossroads
    Features, Reviews July 27, 2018
    Saelan Twerdy

    Recognition and Reckoning: Montreal’s Alternative Art Spaces at the Crossroads

    Worrying the Note: A German Stage for Arthur Jafa’s Black-American Chorus
    Reviews July 25, 2018
    Mitch Speed

    Worrying the Note: A German Stage for Arthur Jafa’s Black-American Chorus

    Me For You: The Modest Directives of Ho Tam and Rainer Ganahl
    Reviews June 19, 2018
    Mark Mann

    Me For You: The Modest Directives of Ho Tam and Rainer Ganahl

    The Manner of Their Dying
    Features June 15, 2018
    Andy Patton

    The Manner of Their Dying

    Think of Harald’s Position: Weighing Szeemann’s Obsessions in L.A.
    Features, Reviews April 30, 2018
    Catherine G. Wagley

    Think of Harald’s Position: Weighing Szeemann’s Obsessions in L.A.

    New Forms for New Crises: The Need for a New Ecological Representation
    Features, Reviews April 26, 2018
    Thea Ballard

    New Forms for New Crises: The Need for a New Ecological Representation

    An Always Fractured Order: Hal Foster’s Unromantic Avant-Garde
    Features March 26, 2018
    Ben Davis

    An Always Fractured Order: Hal Foster’s Unromantic Avant-Garde

    The Trouble with Occupying Others: Althea Thauberger Confronts the Violence of the Archive
    Features, Reviews March 23, 2018
    Mark Mann

    The Trouble with Occupying Others: Althea Thauberger Confronts the Violence of the Archive

    Worst-Case Scenarios: Contemporary Art’s #Metoo Handwringing
    Features March 21, 2018
    Aruna D'Souza

    Worst-Case Scenarios: Contemporary Art’s #Metoo Handwringing

    Naming “Where is Here”: Ed Zelenak at Christopher Cutts
    Reviews March 15, 2018
    Sky Goodden

    Naming “Where is Here”: Ed Zelenak at Christopher Cutts

    America Meredith, Lori Blondeau, and Raven Chacon Remember James Luna (1950-2018)
    Features March 13, 2018
    America Meredith, Lori Blondeau, Adrian Stimson

    America Meredith, Lori Blondeau, and Raven Chacon Remember James Luna (1950-2018)

    No Measure of Health: Ilona Sagar Scans the Politics of Wellbeing
    Reviews February 28, 2018
    Kathryn Lloyd

    No Measure of Health: Ilona Sagar Scans the Politics of Wellbeing

    “Afrogallonism” Takes Dubai: South-South Solidarity and the Urge to Exoticize
    Reviews February 7, 2018
    Rahel Aima

    “Afrogallonism” Takes Dubai: South-South Solidarity and the Urge to Exoticize

    Raymond Gervais

    Raymond Gervais

    Joseph Tisiga Unsettles Exoticism with Mythic Force at Parisian Laundry
    Reviews November 14, 2017
    Mark Mann

    Joseph Tisiga Unsettles Exoticism with Mythic Force at Parisian Laundry

    “Pacific Standard Time” Writes Overlooked Chicano Artists Back Into Art History
    Reviews November 7, 2017
    Catherine G. Wagley

    “Pacific Standard Time” Writes Overlooked Chicano Artists Back Into Art History

    Seeking a More Intimate Fair with /edition’s Paul Butler
    Features October 18, 2017
    Sky Goodden

    Seeking a More Intimate Fair with /edition’s Paul Butler

    Art at the Border: Cutting for Signs in Pace Gallery’s “Border Cantos”
    Reviews July 26, 2017
    Rob Goyanes

    Art at the Border: Cutting for Signs in Pace Gallery’s “Border Cantos”

    Hélio Oiticica’s Journey From Art Visionary to Coke Dealer and Back Again
    Features July 14, 2017
    Ben Davis

    Hélio Oiticica’s Journey From Art Visionary to Coke Dealer and Back Again

    “Made in Germany”: Can the Artworld Have a Nation?
    Features, Reviews July 7, 2017
    Kristian Vistrup Madsen

    “Made in Germany”: Can the Artworld Have a Nation?

    Courting Crisis: Condescension, Disaster Tourism, and “Learning from Athens”
    Reviews July 5, 2017
    Alison Hugill

    Courting Crisis: Condescension, Disaster Tourism, and “Learning from Athens”

    Sound/Off: Uneasy Listening at documenta 14 in Kassel
    Reviews June 21, 2017
    Tausif Noor

    Sound/Off: Uneasy Listening at documenta 14 in Kassel

    “All Awareness Becomes Base”: Jens Hoffmann’s Reduction of The Arcades Project
    Reviews June 14, 2017
    Joseph Henry

    “All Awareness Becomes Base”: Jens Hoffmann’s Reduction of The Arcades Project

    The Center Holds: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Accidental Gulf Nativism
    Reviews June 7, 2017
    Rahel Aima

    The Center Holds: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Accidental Gulf Nativism

    A Parasitic ‘joie de vivre’ in “Viva Arte Viva”
    Features, Reviews May 30, 2017
    Mitch Speed

    A Parasitic ‘joie de vivre’ in “Viva Arte Viva”

    Gallerist Virginia Dwan, the Reluctant Legend
    Features, Reviews May 5, 2017
    Catherine G. Wagley

    Gallerist Virginia Dwan, the Reluctant Legend

    The Enduring Popularity of Fictional Critic “Madame Realism”
    Features April 14, 2017
    Mitch Speed

    The Enduring Popularity of Fictional Critic “Madame Realism”

    An Elegy for Beau Dick (1955–2017)
    Features April 5, 2017
    Candice Hopkins

    An Elegy for Beau Dick (1955–2017)

    The Double-Bind in Raqs Media Collective’s Institutional Critique
    Features March 15, 2017
    Tausif Noor

    The Double-Bind in Raqs Media Collective’s Institutional Critique

    As Both Dancer and Texter: Julien Prévieux Choreographs Our Changing Bodies
    Reviews March 3, 2017
    Fabien Maltais-Bayda

    As Both Dancer and Texter: Julien Prévieux Choreographs Our Changing Bodies

    How Do We Decolonize Desire? Evelyn Taocheng Wang Massages Difficult Truths at Château Shatto
    Reviews February 22, 2017
    Hyunjee Nicole Kim

    How Do We Decolonize Desire? Evelyn Taocheng Wang Massages Difficult Truths at Château Shatto

    With the Logic of Vegas, the Seduction of Art: Hadar Kleiman’s Cheap Desirability in San Francisco
    Reviews February 17, 2017
    Monica Westin

    With the Logic of Vegas, the Seduction of Art: Hadar Kleiman’s Cheap Desirability in San Francisco

    Where the Party Is: Mark Leckey’s Vernacular, Autobiographical Tour Through Pop
    Reviews February 14, 2017
    Sam Korman

    Where the Party Is: Mark Leckey’s Vernacular, Autobiographical Tour Through Pop

    Emily Vey Duke

    Emily Vey Duke

    Drones, by Design: Mahwish Chishty and the Politics of Representation
    Reviews February 3, 2017
    Tausif Noor

    Drones, by Design: Mahwish Chishty and the Politics of Representation

    Jill Magid’s Post-Truth Diamond Proposal
    Features January 24, 2017
    Kimberlee Córdova

    Jill Magid’s Post-Truth Diamond Proposal

    Performance Art in a Precarious Time: A Conversation with Johanna Householder and Francisco-Fernando Granados
    Features January 12, 2017
    Fabien Maltais-Bayda

    Performance Art in a Precarious Time: A Conversation with Johanna Householder and Francisco-Fernando Granados

    Joni Low

    Joni Low

    An Allegory for an Absconded Modernity: Claudio Correa Signals Chile’s Speculative Present
    Features, Reviews December 15, 2016
    Juan José Santos

    An Allegory for an Absconded Modernity: Claudio Correa Signals Chile’s Speculative Present

    Isa Genzken Plays with the Artworld’s Insides in “I Love Michael Asher”
    Reviews December 8, 2016
    Catherine G. Wagley

    Isa Genzken Plays with the Artworld’s Insides in “I Love Michael Asher”

    What’s Become of the “Curator”?
    Features November 25, 2016
    Hettie Judah

    What’s Become of the “Curator”?

    The 11th Gwangju Biennale’s Overreach: “What Does Art Do?”
    Reviews November 1, 2016
    Ben Eastham

    The 11th Gwangju Biennale’s Overreach: “What Does Art Do?”

    The Past Imperfect of Jutta Koether
    Reviews October 18, 2016
    Mitch Speed

    The Past Imperfect of Jutta Koether

    While the World Burns: The 32nd São Paulo Biennial’s Political Disregard
    Reviews October 13, 2016
    Juan José Santos

    While the World Burns: The 32nd São Paulo Biennial’s Political Disregard

    The Instagrammable Angst of Anne Imhof
    Reviews October 5, 2016
    Alison Hugill

    The Instagrammable Angst of Anne Imhof

    Candice Hopkins

    Candice Hopkins

    Simone Leigh’s Powerful Meditation on Race and Healthcare Suffers, Ironically, from Lack of Access
    Reviews September 13, 2016
    Mitch Speed

    Simone Leigh’s Powerful Meditation on Race and Healthcare Suffers, Ironically, from Lack of Access

    “Embarrassment is a Challenge”: The Queasy Vulnerability of Maria Lassnig
    Features September 6, 2016
    Gilda Williams

    “Embarrassment is a Challenge”: The Queasy Vulnerability of Maria Lassnig

    Interview: Paul Petro on Becoming the Legacy-Building, “Bent Identity Politics” Gallerist of Toronto
    Features August 9, 2016
    Sky Goodden

    Interview: Paul Petro on Becoming the Legacy-Building, “Bent Identity Politics” Gallerist of Toronto

    Who Was Edmund Alleyn? Rediscovering a Mercurial and Untimely Talent
    Features August 4, 2016
    Saelan Twerdy

    Who Was Edmund Alleyn? Rediscovering a Mercurial and Untimely Talent

    After Brexit, Art Must Break Out of Its Bubble
    Features June 30, 2016
    Ben Davis

    After Brexit, Art Must Break Out of Its Bubble

    Understanding Lina Bo Bardi’s Unending Popularity (and Misuse)
    Features June 23, 2016
    Juan José Santos

    Understanding Lina Bo Bardi’s Unending Popularity (and Misuse)

    Art and Architecture’s DIY Practices and “Folk Politics”: Radical or Picking Up the Social Tab?
    Features June 9, 2016
    Alison Hugill

    Art and Architecture’s DIY Practices and “Folk Politics”: Radical or Picking Up the Social Tab?

    A Parallel Landscape: Ned Pratt’s Abstract Sublime
    Reviews May 24, 2016
    Sky Goodden

    A Parallel Landscape: Ned Pratt’s Abstract Sublime

    How to Become a Curator
    Features May 16, 2016
    Andrew Berardini

    How to Become a Curator

    Vancouver Art Gallery’s “MashUp” Too Limited in its Understanding
    Reviews May 11, 2016
    Zoë Chan

    Vancouver Art Gallery’s “MashUp” Too Limited in its Understanding

    “Accessibility” and the New Hoser Aesthetics
    Features April 27, 2016
    Lee Henderson

    “Accessibility” and the New Hoser Aesthetics

    The Depressing Power of Art in Raphaëlle de Groot’s “Summit Meetings”
    Reviews April 26, 2016
    Sky Goodden, Mark Mann

    The Depressing Power of Art in Raphaëlle de Groot’s “Summit Meetings”

    The Ages of Mat Brown
    Features April 12, 2016
    Ulysses Castellanos

    The Ages of Mat Brown

    “You Can’t Win It”: Jon McCurley on the Art of Facebook
    Features April 7, 2016
    Sky Goodden

    “You Can’t Win It”: Jon McCurley on the Art of Facebook

    “I Wanted to Find a Way to Respond”: Artist Ben Quilty on Working with Refugees
    Features April 4, 2016
    Ben Davis

    “I Wanted to Find a Way to Respond”: Artist Ben Quilty on Working with Refugees

    The Humanist Impulse of Yousuf Karsh
    Reviews April 1, 2016
    Ulysses Castellanos

    The Humanist Impulse of Yousuf Karsh

    Misogyny and the Myth of the ’90s at Mexico City’s Kurimanzutto
    Reviews March 30, 2016
    Kimberlee Córdova

    Misogyny and the Myth of the ’90s at Mexico City’s Kurimanzutto

    Does the Right Hand Cover for the Left?: The Case of the Remai Modern and Its Errant Board
    Features March 4, 2016
    Mitch Speed

    Does the Right Hand Cover for the Left?: The Case of the Remai Modern and Its Errant Board

    The State of the Artworld, Explained
    Features March 2, 2016
    Ben Davis

    The State of the Artworld, Explained

    The Art of Protest
    Features February 22, 2016
    Nina Power

    The Art of Protest

    The Sadean Woman: Tricia Middleton and the Violence of Art
    Reviews February 9, 2016
    Saelan Twerdy

    The Sadean Woman: Tricia Middleton and the Violence of Art

    The Hermetic Lyricism of Anri Sala
    Reviews February 8, 2016
    Ben Davis

    The Hermetic Lyricism of Anri Sala

    Back to the Future: The Social-Activist Architecture of Moshe Safdie
    Features February 3, 2016
    Carol Strickland

    Back to the Future: The Social-Activist Architecture of Moshe Safdie

    “How to Lie About Canadian Art”: A Case Study in Art Criticism
    Features February 2, 2016
    Dick Averns

    “How to Lie About Canadian Art”: A Case Study in Art Criticism

    Only at Home in a Paradox: M.C. Escher Gets His Artworld Due
    Reviews January 26, 2016
    Becca Rothfeld

    Only at Home in a Paradox: M.C. Escher Gets His Artworld Due

    Redefining the Sex in the Sale at Birch Contemporary
    Reviews January 21, 2016
    Ulysses Castellanos

    Redefining the Sex in the Sale at Birch Contemporary

    Do You Have to Be Rich to Make It as an Artist?
    Features January 14, 2016
    Ben Davis

    Do You Have to Be Rich to Make It as an Artist?

    From Exile to Acclaim, the Unlikely Story of Mu Xin, and China’s Reformation
    Features January 11, 2016
    Carol Strickland

    From Exile to Acclaim, the Unlikely Story of Mu Xin, and China’s Reformation

    No Land in Sight: A Timely Response to the Migrant Crisis from Denmark’s SUPERFLEX
    Reviews January 7, 2016
    Earl Miller

    No Land in Sight: A Timely Response to the Migrant Crisis from Denmark’s SUPERFLEX

    Owen Duffy

    Owen Duffy

    Any Plans After the Exhibition?
    Features January 4, 2016
    Orit Gat

    Any Plans After the Exhibition?

    Why Can’t We Talk About Class and Art in Canada?
    Features December 18, 2015
    RM Vaughan

    Why Can’t We Talk About Class and Art in Canada?

    The Problem of Access: An Interview with Emerging First Nations Artist Joseph Tisiga
    Features December 14, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    The Problem of Access: An Interview with Emerging First Nations Artist Joseph Tisiga

    Friends Among Us: Reflections on the Value and Risk of Nepotism in Art
    Features December 8, 2015
    Catherine G. Wagley

    Friends Among Us: Reflections on the Value and Risk of Nepotism in Art

    The Function of Gossip as Criticism in Mexico’s Artworld
    Features December 1, 2015
    Kimberlee Córdova

    The Function of Gossip as Criticism in Mexico’s Artworld

    “It‘s Like Deciding to Cut Off a Leg and Keep Walking”: Jessica Bradley On Her Controversial Closure
    Features November 26, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    “It‘s Like Deciding to Cut Off a Leg and Keep Walking”: Jessica Bradley On Her Controversial Closure

    Luc Tuymans

    Luc Tuymans

    A Prismatic Picture of Colombian Street Culture in Jorge Lozano’s Experimental Films
    Features November 17, 2015
    Ulysses Castellanos

    A Prismatic Picture of Colombian Street Culture in Jorge Lozano’s Experimental Films

    How to Read an Art Magazine
    Features November 2, 2015
    Andrew Berardini

    How to Read an Art Magazine

    Public Art Has to Be Art First and Public Second: A Conversation with Stuart Reid on Union Station
    Features October 27, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Public Art Has to Be Art First and Public Second: A Conversation with Stuart Reid on Union Station

    Our Mutual Desire for Critical Change: Momus and Feature Art Fair
    Features October 21, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Our Mutual Desire for Critical Change: Momus and Feature Art Fair

    The Spinning “YOLO” Sympathies of Sandra Meigs
    Reviews October 20, 2015
    Kelly Jazvac

    The Spinning “YOLO” Sympathies of Sandra Meigs

    Interview: The Compressed Violence of Dana Schutz
    Features October 19, 2015
    Benjamin Bruneau

    Interview: The Compressed Violence of Dana Schutz

    A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Professional: Joseph Hartman’s Artist Studios
    Reviews October 13, 2015
    Ulysses Castellanos

    A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Professional: Joseph Hartman’s Artist Studios

    All That Is Solid …: Alex McLeod Taps the Cult of the Canadian Sublime and Explodes the Digital
    Reviews October 7, 2015
    Otino Corsano

    All That Is Solid …: Alex McLeod Taps the Cult of the Canadian Sublime and Explodes the Digital

    Slowing Down Perception: “are you experienced?” Tries to Affect the White Cube
    Reviews October 1, 2015
    Adam Barbu

    Slowing Down Perception: “are you experienced?” Tries to Affect the White Cube

    The Incurable Distance of Gustave Caillebotte
    Reviews September 28, 2015
    Becca Rothfeld

    The Incurable Distance of Gustave Caillebotte

    The First Modern Art Dealer and the Movement He Incited
    Features September 21, 2015
    Carol Strickland

    The First Modern Art Dealer and the Movement He Incited

    A Spitting Fit of Teenage Rage: On the Increasing Impotence of Political Art
    Features September 16, 2015
    RM Vaughan

    A Spitting Fit of Teenage Rage: On the Increasing Impotence of Political Art

    Lee Plested

    Lee Plested

    Inside My Head: An Interview with Glenn Ligon
    Features August 14, 2015
    Glenn Ligon, Simon Grant

    Inside My Head: An Interview with Glenn Ligon

    Tracey Emin

    Tracey Emin

    Chantal Pontbriand Will Not Curate Your Biennial: On “Demo-Graphics,” and Its Potential to Reignite Toronto
    Features July 13, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Chantal Pontbriand Will Not Curate Your Biennial: On “Demo-Graphics,” and Its Potential to Reignite Toronto

    It’s Not Stealing If It’s Art: A Re-Primer on Image Appropriation for the Internet Generation
    Features July 6, 2015
    RM Vaughan

    It’s Not Stealing If It’s Art: A Re-Primer on Image Appropriation for the Internet Generation

    View from Here: On the Contingency of Sight in Wanda Koop
    Reviews June 29, 2015
    Dagmara Genda

    View from Here: On the Contingency of Sight in Wanda Koop

    The Exit Interview: Matthew Teitelbaum
    Features June 26, 2015
    Jennifer Matotek

    The Exit Interview: Matthew Teitelbaum

    Jennifer Matotek

    Jennifer Matotek

    Dagmara Genda

    Dagmara Genda

    Wayne Baerwaldt on ACAD’s Dissolution of His Director/Curator Position: “It’s an Issue of Public Trust”
    Features June 8, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Wayne Baerwaldt on ACAD’s Dissolution of His Director/Curator Position: “It’s an Issue of Public Trust”

    Labor Lost: Okwui Enwezor’s Artworld Biennale
    Reviews May 27, 2015
    David Balzer

    Labor Lost: Okwui Enwezor’s Artworld Biennale

    Interview: Stephen Bulger Reflects on Twenty Years of Missteps, Success, and Advancing Form in Photography
    Features April 16, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Interview: Stephen Bulger Reflects on Twenty Years of Missteps, Success, and Advancing Form in Photography

    Seeing Red: Understanding Kazuo Shiraga’s Sudden Fame
    Features April 8, 2015
    Carol Strickland

    Seeing Red: Understanding Kazuo Shiraga’s Sudden Fame

    Tools for Redress: A Century of Political Art Between “Zero Tolerance” and “The Left Front”
    Features April 1, 2015
    Will Fenstermaker

    Tools for Redress: A Century of Political Art Between “Zero Tolerance” and “The Left Front”

    Retrospective: Pollock in LIFE
    Features March 27, 2015
    Cliff Eyland

    Retrospective: Pollock in LIFE

    Interview: The Difficulty in Distilling Suzy Lake
    Features March 23, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Interview: The Difficulty in Distilling Suzy Lake

    Aiming to Please: Division Gallery Surveys Post-Internet Entertainment
    Reviews March 17, 2015
    Saelan Twerdy

    Aiming to Please: Division Gallery Surveys Post-Internet Entertainment

    The Anxiety of Influence: Jack Bush at the National Gallery
    Reviews March 16, 2015
    David Balzer

    The Anxiety of Influence: Jack Bush at the National Gallery

    Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Legacy and Deviation of Relational Aesthetics in the East
    Features, Reviews February 18, 2015
    Matthew Carver

    Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Legacy and Deviation of Relational Aesthetics in the East

    Ben Schumacher Comes of Age at New York’s Bortolami Gallery
    Reviews February 18, 2015
    Christie Chu

    Ben Schumacher Comes of Age at New York’s Bortolami Gallery

    The Temptation of Everything in Michael Dudeck’s “Messiah Complex 5.0”
    Reviews February 12, 2015
    Mark Mann

    The Temptation of Everything in Michael Dudeck’s “Messiah Complex 5.0”

    Villa Toronto’s Failure and Provocation: How Do We Invite the Outside In?
    Features, Reviews January 22, 2015
    Sky Goodden

    Villa Toronto’s Failure and Provocation: How Do We Invite the Outside In?

    Neïl Beloufa Relies on Other People
    Reviews January 19, 2015
    Kristy Trinier

    Neïl Beloufa Relies on Other People

    Year in Review: Montreal From the Ground Up
    Features December 31, 2014
    Saelan Twerdy

    Year in Review: Montreal From the Ground Up

    Women and Influence and the Other Things He Got Wrong: A Rebuttal To Brad Phillips
    Features December 17, 2014
    Sky Goodden

    Women and Influence and the Other Things He Got Wrong: A Rebuttal To Brad Phillips

    Tadej Pogačar’s Persistent Perversion of Institutional Critique
    Reviews December 15, 2014
    Clint Burnham

    Tadej Pogačar’s Persistent Perversion of Institutional Critique

    Earl Miller

    Earl Miller

    A Ghostly Form: Scrap Metal Embraces Presence, Absence, and the Space Between
    Reviews December 10, 2014
    Sky Goodden

    A Ghostly Form: Scrap Metal Embraces Presence, Absence, and the Space Between

    Brooklyn Is Everything: Artworlds Apart in a Gentrified Borough
    Reviews December 8, 2014
    Mark Mann

    Brooklyn Is Everything: Artworlds Apart in a Gentrified Borough

    Looking At Us Looking At You: Looking Down on Isa Genzken
    Reviews November 26, 2014
    Clint Burnham

    Looking At Us Looking At You: Looking Down on Isa Genzken

    The Future of Art Toronto, and How It Plans to Adapt
    Features November 24, 2014
    Sky Goodden

    The Future of Art Toronto, and How It Plans to Adapt

    “He Did Not Ring My Head Like a Bell”: Reviewing Geoffrey Farmer
    Reviews November 18, 2014
    Andrew Berardini

    “He Did Not Ring My Head Like a Bell”: Reviewing Geoffrey Farmer

    Future Forecast: The Montreal Biennale 2014
    Reviews November 10, 2014
    Saelan Twerdy

    Future Forecast: The Montreal Biennale 2014

    The Dreamscapes of Vienna’s Sprawling “Century of the Bed” Series
    Reviews November 10, 2014
    Clint Burnham

    The Dreamscapes of Vienna’s Sprawling “Century of the Bed” Series

    Blue Republic Finds its Center
    Reviews November 5, 2014
    Sky Goodden

    Blue Republic Finds its Center

    A Theory of Everything: On The State of Theory and Criticism (Part Two)
    Features November 3, 2014
    Saelan Twerdy

    A Theory of Everything: On The State of Theory and Criticism (Part Two)

    The Commons of Aggregation: The Case for Net Art as Public Art
    Features October 27, 2014
    Joseph Henry

    The Commons of Aggregation: The Case for Net Art as Public Art

    Working with the Material at Hand: A Roundtable on Regionalism
    Features October 16, 2014
    Sky Goodden

    Working with the Material at Hand: A Roundtable on Regionalism

    Nice Things: The Pleasure Principle in Jeff Koons and Cory Arcangel
    Features October 15, 2014
    Joseph Henry

    Nice Things: The Pleasure Principle in Jeff Koons and Cory Arcangel

    Fossils
    Features October 15, 2014
    Colin Perry

    Fossils

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