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    What Remains: The Fugitive Gestures of Carmen Neely at Mariane Ibrahim
    Reviews May 28, 2026
    Alexandra M. Thomas

    What Remains: The Fugitive Gestures of Carmen Neely at Mariane Ibrahim

    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

    A Trace of the Present in the Future: On Sam Sweet’s Invisible Los Angeles
    Features May 7, 2026
    Kate Wolf

    A Trace of the Present in the Future: On Sam Sweet’s Invisible Los Angeles

    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

    To Build and Sustain: Publishing Roundtable
    June 27, 2026 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
    PHI
    Montreal

    To Build and Sustain: Publishing Roundtable

    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

    Tour de Farce: Pat Oleszko at SculptureCenter
    Reviews March 19, 2026
    Madeleine Seidel

    Tour de Farce: Pat Oleszko at SculptureCenter

    Nizan Shaked

    Nizan Shaked

    Because my metier is black … (after Toni Morrison)

    August 1–March 19, 2022
    Catherine Hickley

    Catherine Hickley

    Sarah Biscarra Dilley

    Sarah Biscarra Dilley

    Writing Relations, Making Futurities: Global Indigenous Art Criticism Residency

    Residency February 7-11, 2022 and March 14-18, 2022
    Yvonne N. Tiger

    Yvonne N. Tiger

    Momus Emerging Critics Residency 2021

    Residency August 9–20, 2021
    Sarah Ratzlaff

    Sarah Ratzlaff

    Michael Laundry

    Michael Laundry

    Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Michael Mina in Conversation
    Talk March 2, 2024 2:00 PM
    Bradley Ertaskiran
    Montreal

    Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Michael Mina in Conversation

    Authentically Vaginal: The Life Force of Vaginal Davis at PS1
    Features, Reviews January 29, 2026
    Lisa Hsiao Chen

    Authentically Vaginal: The Life Force of Vaginal Davis at PS1

    Without Deference: The Political Clarity of Coco Fusco at El Museo del Barrio
    Reviews January 22, 2026
    Luke Urbain

    Without Deference: The Political Clarity of Coco Fusco at El Museo del Barrio

    Luke Urbain

    Luke Urbain

    Ruby Sky Stiler

    Ruby Sky Stiler

    Go on Without Me: Summer Kim Lee and TJ Shin on Absenteeism, Endlessness, and Recursion
    Features December 3, 2025
    Summer Kim Lee, TJ Shin

    Go on Without Me: Summer Kim Lee and TJ Shin on Absenteeism, Endlessness, and Recursion

    Dare to Have Fun: Pixy Liao Plays with Gendered Power at the Art Institute of Chicago
    Reviews November 13, 2025
    Anna Aguiar Kosicki

    Dare to Have Fun: Pixy Liao Plays with Gendered Power at the Art Institute of Chicago

    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

    Momus: The Podcast presents lively conversations on art writing and criticism

    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

    Risking Fear: Hamad Butt at Whitechapel Gallery
    Reviews October 9, 2025
    Tatum Howey

    Risking Fear: Hamad Butt at Whitechapel Gallery

    Myth and Reality Converge: Qiu Anxiong and Howie Tsui at Richmond Art Gallery
    Reviews September 23, 2025
    Lin Li

    Myth and Reality Converge: Qiu Anxiong and Howie Tsui at Richmond Art Gallery

    The All-Seeing Eyes of Carol Rama
    Reviews September 17, 2025
    Tara Anne Dalbow

    The All-Seeing Eyes of Carol Rama

    asdf
    Features, Reviews September 4, 2025
    Aaron Katzeman

    Jeffrey Gibson Saves America

    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

    “I Always Wanted to Participate”: In Conversation with Vijay Masharani
    Features July 25, 2025
    Mimi Howard

    “I Always Wanted to Participate”: In Conversation with Vijay Masharani

    Mimi Howard

    Mimi Howard

    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

    The Close-Up Reveals Nothing: How Deborah-Joyce Holman Complicates Interiority
    Features July 10, 2025
    Gervais Marsh

    The Close-Up Reveals Nothing: How Deborah-Joyce Holman Complicates Interiority

    A Model for Risk-Taking: Arthur Tress’s Grotesque Allegory of a Presidential Cabinet
    Features July 3, 2025
    Jackson Davidow

    A Model for Risk-Taking: Arthur Tress’s Grotesque Allegory of a Presidential Cabinet

    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

    To Ensure the Record Can Never Be Whitewashed: Honoring Nona Faustine
    Features May 22, 2025
    Alexandra M. Thomas

    To Ensure the Record Can Never Be Whitewashed: Honoring Nona Faustine

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

    The High Stakes of Nancy Holt’s Systems

    On Seher Shah, Expanding Home, and Listening to Delhi
    Features April 24, 2025
    Pramodha Weerasekera

    On Seher Shah, Expanding Home, and Listening to Delhi

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

    Dreams Being Real: EDELO’s Frontline Resistance

    As Flight or Escape: Ralph Lemon at MoMA PS1
    Reviews March 21, 2025
    Re'al Christian

    As Flight or Escape: Ralph Lemon at MoMA PS1

    Lineage and Light: Rose Marie Cromwell’s “A Geological Survey”
    Features February 27, 2025
    Monica Uszerowicz

    Lineage and Light: Rose Marie Cromwell’s “A Geological Survey”

    On Weather and the Archive: Sofía Gallisá Muriente and Tony Cruz Pabón
    Features, Reviews February 21, 2025
    Alexandra Méndez García

    On Weather and the Archive: Sofía Gallisá Muriente and Tony Cruz Pabón

    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

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

    The Wish in Yong Soon Min’s KISSSSS

    Prescient About Still-Active Threats, Marisol Is Right on Time
    Reviews January 6, 2025
    Sky Goodden

    Prescient About Still-Active Threats, Marisol Is Right on Time

    Swelling Time: Sam Tam Ham Probes the Prime Meridian
    Reviews December 12, 2024
    Claire Voon

    Swelling Time: Sam Tam Ham Probes the Prime Meridian

    Picturing Disease and Desire
    Reviews December 4, 2024
    Emma Cohen

    Picturing Disease and Desire

    Spaces of Doubt: Ursula Biemann at MUAC
    Reviews November 4, 2024
    David Ayala-Alfonso

    Spaces of Doubt: Ursula Biemann at MUAC

    David Ayala-Alfonso

    David Ayala-Alfonso

    On Not Lasting: Diaries, Loss, and the Art of Eva Hesse
    Features October 12, 2024
    Lauren Stroh

    On Not Lasting: Diaries, Loss, and the Art of Eva Hesse

    Unplugged Games: Poetry as Resistance in Yanko González Cangas
    Reviews October 4, 2024
    Ignacio Szmulewicz R.

    Unplugged Games: Poetry as Resistance in Yanko González Cangas

    Invasion from Mars: On the Charged Personae of Shelly Mars
    Features September 27, 2024
    Gyula Muskovics

    Invasion from Mars: On the Charged Personae of Shelly Mars

    Daddy Says: Ed Ruscha in Other Words
    Reviews September 11, 2024
    Rachel Elizabeth Jones

    Daddy Says: Ed Ruscha in Other Words

    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

    Reviewing the Reviews: The 2024 Whitney Biennial
    Features, Reviews August 15, 2024
    Jessica Lynne, Catherine G. Wagley

    Reviewing the Reviews: The 2024 Whitney Biennial

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

    Paul Chan’s Breathers Turns Away

    Goodbye to Berlin
    Features, Reviews July 31, 2024
    Sholem Krishtalka

    Goodbye to Berlin

    Pacita Abad Sees the Soul of an Artifact
    Features, Reviews July 5, 2024
    Enzo Escober

    Pacita Abad Sees the Soul of an Artifact

    Paper Abstractions: Virginia Jaramillo’s Social Theory
    Reviews June 28, 2024
    Michael Dango

    Paper Abstractions: Virginia Jaramillo’s Social Theory

    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

    Changing the Ground: Amy Sillman Talks About Painting
    Features May 3, 2024
    Jason Stopa

    Changing the Ground: Amy Sillman Talks About Painting

    On the Sense of Queer Loneliness: Sacha Yanow’s “Uncle!” at The Kitchen
    Reviews April 17, 2024
    Miciah Hussey

    On the Sense of Queer Loneliness: Sacha Yanow’s “Uncle!” at The Kitchen

    Kirsty Robertson

    Kirsty Robertson

    Falling From the Tower: Levani on the Necessity of Endings
    Features March 29, 2024
    Gyula Muskovics

    Falling From the Tower: Levani on the Necessity of Endings

    Gyula Muskovics

    Gyula Muskovics

    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

    Our Visuality: Abortion Care Work and Photography
    Features February 23, 2024
    Carmen Winant

    Our Visuality: Abortion Care Work and Photography

    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

    Through the Looking Glass: Distortion and the Fantasy of a Feminist Nude
    Features, Reviews November 30, 2023
    Jenny Wu

    Through the Looking Glass: Distortion and the Fantasy of a Feminist Nude

    Forms of Echo: Sónia Vaz Borges & Filipa César Draw from a Sense-Memory Educational Legacy
    Features November 23, 2023
    Minh Nguyen

    Forms of Echo: Sónia Vaz Borges & Filipa César Draw from a Sense-Memory Educational Legacy

    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

    Tracking the Sapphic Social Imaginaries: Lesbian Art in Print
    Features October 16, 2023
    Cassie Packard

    Tracking the Sapphic Social Imaginaries: Lesbian Art in Print

    “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

    June Clark’s Perseverance of Memory
    Features July 11, 2023
    Jessica Lynne

    June Clark’s Perseverance of Memory

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

    An Alien Echo at the Gwangju Biennale

    Between Language and Cure: Athena Papadopoulos at MOCA Toronto
    Reviews June 1, 2023
    Tiana Reid

    Between Language and Cure: Athena Papadopoulos at MOCA Toronto

    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

    Finding One Another in Misrecognition: Summer Kim Lee Meets Catalina Ouyang
    Features April 28, 2023
    Catalina Ouyang, Summer Kim Lee

    Finding One Another in Misrecognition: Summer Kim Lee Meets Catalina Ouyang

    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

    The Soft Syncretism of Tau Lewis
    Reviews March 15, 2023
    Darla Migan

    The Soft Syncretism of Tau Lewis

    Violence and Vibes Haunt Museum London’s “Spectral”
    Reviews February 23, 2023
    Alex Borkowski

    Violence and Vibes Haunt Museum London’s “Spectral”

    “The Non-Places Are the Places”: Manifesta 14’s Uneasy Presence in Kosovo
    Reviews February 12, 2023
    Ryan Ferko

    “The Non-Places Are the Places”: Manifesta 14’s Uneasy Presence in Kosovo

    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Thief
    Features, Reviews January 6, 2023
    Jenny Wu

    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Thief

    “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

    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

    “Name What is Unnamed”: Geocinema on Diarying the War in Ukraine
    Features August 29, 2022
    Abhijan Toto

    “Name What is Unnamed”: Geocinema on Diarying the War in Ukraine

    Against Nations
    Features, Reviews July 8, 2022
    Jayne Wilkinson

    Against Nations

    Akram Zaatari: Dance to the End of Love
    Features June 23, 2022
    Vijay Masharani

    Akram Zaatari: Dance to the End of Love

    Where Do Dreams Live?
    Features, Reviews June 3, 2022
    Siera Hyte

    Where Do Dreams Live?

    Hypoxia and Hope
    Features May 26, 2022
    Kamayani Sharma

    Hypoxia and Hope

    The Artist Is the Void
    Features May 10, 2022
    Elisabeth Nicula

    The Artist Is the Void

    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

    A Lapidary Grief: Sheila Heti’s “Pure Colour” Dares Her Critics
    Reviews April 12, 2022
    Jocelyn Parr

    A Lapidary Grief: Sheila Heti’s “Pure Colour” Dares Her Critics

    “I Wish We Could Reach for New Language”: An Interview with Sky Goodden
    Features April 4, 2022
    Calum Sutherland

    “I Wish We Could Reach for New Language”: An Interview with Sky Goodden

    “It’s All About Desire”: hannah baer and Erica Dawn Lyle Talk Trans Freedom and Joy
    Features March 3, 2022
    Erica Dawn Lyle

    “It’s All About Desire”: hannah baer and Erica Dawn Lyle Talk Trans Freedom and Joy

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

    The Bodies That Scramble India’s “Constitutions”

    Plant People
    Features January 10, 2022
    Danielle Wu

    Plant People

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

    Losing Ground in Singapore’s State-Curated Digital Age

    Dr. Léuli Eshrāghi

    Dr. Léuli Eshrāghi

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

    Situating Great Ocean Art in Canadian Museums

    The Capaciousness of Blackness: An Interview with Dawit. L. Petros
    Features October 21, 2021
    Letticia Cosbert Miller

    The Capaciousness of Blackness: An Interview with Dawit. L. Petros

    Correcting for the Bawdy Rage of Paula Rego
    Features September 17, 2021
    Natalie Frank

    Correcting for the Bawdy Rage of Paula Rego

    Cameron Rowland’s Property Relations
    Features August 16, 2021
    Simon Wu

    Cameron Rowland’s Property Relations

    Jill Mulleady’s Twilight Hour
    Features, Reviews August 4, 2021
    Andrew Witt

    Jill Mulleady’s Twilight Hour

    Imperfect Archives: Lilian Leung and Linda Zhang Virtually Capture Eroding Chinatowns
    Features July 12, 2021
    Steph Wong Ken

    Imperfect Archives: Lilian Leung and Linda Zhang Virtually Capture Eroding Chinatowns

    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

    The Voicemail Interview: Erica Dawn Lyle and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Phone
    Features June 3, 2021
    Erica Dawn Lyle

    The Voicemail Interview: Erica Dawn Lyle and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Phone

    Reading Between the Lines: On the Asian Americanness of Badlands Unlimited and Paul Chan
    Features May 26, 2021
    Lisa Yin Zhang

    Reading Between the Lines: On the Asian Americanness of Badlands Unlimited and Paul Chan

    “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

    Ron Athey’s “Far-Right Flirtations”
    Features, Reviews April 7, 2021
    Simon Wu

    Ron Athey’s “Far-Right Flirtations”

    Imagination Over Submission: Luis Camnitzer’s Liberatory Art Education
    Features, Reviews March 23, 2021
    Minh Nguyen

    Imagination Over Submission: Luis Camnitzer’s Liberatory Art Education

    Stuck in the Same Muck: Journeying Through Asher Hartman’s Psychic Theater
    Features, Reviews February 11, 2021
    Catherine G. Wagley

    Stuck in the Same Muck: Journeying Through Asher Hartman’s Psychic Theater

    The Aesthetic Dimension of Erasure: Voluspa Jarpa on Twenty Years of Recovering Trauma
    Features January 27, 2021
    Juan José Santos

    The Aesthetic Dimension of Erasure: Voluspa Jarpa on Twenty Years of Recovering Trauma

    Wide Open Spaces: Pacifico Silano Emancipates His Gay Erotica
    Reviews November 16, 2020
    Bean Gilsdorf

    Wide Open Spaces: Pacifico Silano Emancipates His Gay Erotica

    An Insipid Blame Game: Tony Cokes and the Monotony of Art About Trump
    Features, Reviews November 3, 2020
    Rahel Aima

    An Insipid Blame Game: Tony Cokes and the Monotony of Art About Trump

    Dora García Has Many Names: The Artist on Three Works Across a Pandemic
    Features October 8, 2020
    Juan José Santos

    Dora García Has Many Names: The Artist on Three Works Across a Pandemic

    “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”

    “As a Matter of Survival”: Dark Study on Making Art School a Radical Refuge
    Features September 17, 2020
    Andrew Woolbright

    “As a Matter of Survival”: Dark Study on Making Art School a Radical Refuge

    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

    “A Planetary Expenditure”: Ensayos on Learning Across a Distance
    Features August 6, 2020
    Jarrett Earnest

    “A Planetary Expenditure”: Ensayos on Learning Across a Distance

    Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: On Artists and Survival
    Features July 13, 2020
    Andrew Berardini

    Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: On Artists and Survival

    Blood and Paper: Zarina and the Currencies of Violence in India
    Reviews June 30, 2020
    Kamayani Sharma

    Blood and Paper: Zarina and the Currencies of Violence in India

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

    Cyclical Gods: Reliving Pandemic

    The Invention of the Humane: Ken Lum’s Collected Writings
    Features, Reviews April 6, 2020
    Andy Patton

    The Invention of the Humane: Ken Lum’s Collected Writings

    Writing About Indigenous Art with Critical Care
    Features March 25, 2020
    David Garneau

    Writing About Indigenous Art with Critical Care

    The Spaces Where We Live: Gentrification, Insecurity, and Experimental Living in LA
    Features March 13, 2020
    Catherine G. Wagley

    The Spaces Where We Live: Gentrification, Insecurity, and Experimental Living in LA

    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

    To Better Days: Optimistic Design for an Uncertain Future
    Reviews February 7, 2020
    Jessica Rizzo

    To Better Days: Optimistic Design for an Uncertain Future

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

    After the Afterparty: Alan Belcher and Friends, in Retrospect

    Land and Landlessness: A Conversation with Larry Towell
    Features December 19, 2019
    Giancarlo T. Roma

    Land and Landlessness: A Conversation with Larry Towell

    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 Orgasmic Capacity of Color: Judy Chicago’s Los Angeles
    Reviews October 2, 2019
    Andrew Berardini

    The Orgasmic Capacity of Color: Judy Chicago’s Los Angeles

    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

    Love and Loneliness: Queering Modernisms in Figurative Painting
    Features, Reviews August 1, 2019
    Joseph Henry

    Love and Loneliness: Queering Modernisms in Figurative Painting

    How Protest Works Now: Understanding “The Tear Gas Biennial” and its Historic Effect
    Features July 27, 2019
    Ben Davis

    How Protest Works Now: Understanding “The Tear Gas Biennial” and its Historic Effect

    Remembering Katharine Mulherin
    Features July 18, 2019
    Sky Goodden

    Remembering Katharine Mulherin

    Where Do We Go From Here? Dubious Wealth and Ethical Funding
    Features July 5, 2019
    Ben Davis

    Where Do We Go From Here? Dubious Wealth and Ethical Funding

    Free Your Mind, or Else: “Acid Communism” and Contemporary Art’s Futurism
    Features, Reviews June 12, 2019
    Saelan Twerdy

    Free Your Mind, or Else: “Acid Communism” and Contemporary Art’s Futurism

    “I’m Staying Away From Trump as Subject Matter”: Howardena Pindell On Refusal and Evolution
    Features June 7, 2019
    Hettie Judah

    “I’m Staying Away From Trump as Subject Matter”: Howardena Pindell On Refusal and Evolution

    The Faces That You Meet: Huma Bhabha’s Close Encounters
    Reviews June 5, 2019
    Tausif Noor

    The Faces That You Meet: Huma Bhabha’s Close Encounters

    “This Reductive Brave New World”: Andrea Dworkin’s Painful Relevance
    Features, Reviews May 15, 2019
    Wendy Vogel

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    Contemporary Art Writing in Mexico: The Intractable and Necessary Issue of Corruption

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

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    Successfully Mining Politics for Feeling: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev’s Istanbul Biennial
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    A.L. Steiner’s Personal Archive: Underground Heroes, Everyday Lovers, and Global Catastrophe
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    Grey Skies Over Melancholy Bay: Creative Antagonism and Cultural Preservation on the West Coast
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    Nothing is Absolute: The Fairy-Winged Failure of “Absolute Beauty: Neoacademicism in Saint Petersburg”
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    Chantal Pontbriand Will Not Curate Your Biennial: On “Demo-Graphics,” and Its Potential to Reignite Toronto
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    Simon Denny’s Trade Show Overkill at MoMA PS1
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    A Rebuttal, Not a Conversation: Discussing Ombaasin’s AGO Intervention, “Land Rights Now”
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    Labor Lost: Okwui Enwezor’s Artworld Biennale
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    To Cut and To Swipe: Understanding Hito Steyerl Through “HOW NOT TO BE SEEN”
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    Reviews May 3, 2015
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    The Troubling Thrill of Invernomuto’s Counter-Ritual
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    The Troubling Thrill of Invernomuto’s Counter-Ritual

    The Suffering Body of 1993: Whatever Happened to the “Abject”
    Features April 27, 2015
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    The Suffering Body of 1993: Whatever Happened to the “Abject”

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

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    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”

    Interview: The Difficulty in Distilling Suzy Lake
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    Interview: The Difficulty in Distilling Suzy Lake

    “What Instruments Have We?”: A Conversation with Emily Roysdon
    Features March 10, 2015
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    “What Instruments Have We?”: A Conversation with Emily Roysdon

    AA Bronson Breathes New Life as He Raises the White Flag
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    AA Bronson Breathes New Life as He Raises the White Flag

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

    Bad Dream of the Bauhaus: Juan Ortiz-Apuy’s IKEA Fantasia
    Reviews February 16, 2015
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    Luc Tuymans Dares Painting to Lose

    What On Kawara’s Analog Wisdom at the Guggenheim Has to Offer a Digital World
    Reviews February 7, 2015
    Ben Davis

    What On Kawara’s Analog Wisdom at the Guggenheim Has to Offer a Digital World

    Ryan McNamara and the Afterlife of Performance
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    Ryan McNamara and the Afterlife of Performance

    The Many Violences of Adel Abdessemed
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    The Many Violences of Adel Abdessemed

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    Neïl Beloufa Relies on Other People

    Interview: Pedro Reyes Reclaims the Politics in Art
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    Interview: Pedro Reyes Reclaims the Politics in Art

    Why I Believe New York’s Art Scene Is Doomed
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    Why I Believe New York’s Art Scene Is Doomed

    Querying the New Appropriation Art: Is This Cynicism?
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    Querying the New Appropriation Art: Is This Cynicism?

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

    Year in Review: The Women Represented
    Features December 31, 2014
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    Year in Review: The Women Represented

    Playing the Double Agent: Kathleen Ritter’s “Camoufleurs”
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    Translation & Transcription: A Conversation with Shelagh Keeley
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    Identity After the Internet: Three Berlin Exhibitions in Search of Commonality
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    Identity After the Internet: Three Berlin Exhibitions in Search of Commonality

    Tadej Pogačar’s Persistent Perversion of Institutional Critique
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    Tadej Pogačar’s Persistent Perversion of Institutional Critique

    Russian Collective Chto Delat Heads Straight at the Violence of the Contemporary
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    Russian Collective Chto Delat Heads Straight at the Violence of the Contemporary

    Turner Prize: Confused Critics Demand Relevance
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    Turner Prize: Confused Critics Demand Relevance

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    Features November 17, 2014
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    Kill the Expert: An Interview with Brian Droitcour

    Future Forecast: The Montreal Biennale 2014
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    Future Forecast: The Montreal Biennale 2014

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

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    Features October 30, 2014
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    A Theory of Everything: On the State of Theory and Criticism (Part One)

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

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    Fossils
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