
Proving the Rule: The “Exceptionalism” Problem with Art-World Labor
It’s a rainy winter day in New York amid the ongoing apocalypse and I am struggling to think about museums. I do not, any…
Read MoreIt’s a rainy winter day in New York amid the ongoing apocalypse and I am struggling to think about museums. I do not, any…
Read MoreIn 2017, I started working with Claudia Rankine and a collective called the Racial Imaginary Institute (TRII). For their inaugural project they were curating…
Read MoreLast year, during New York City’s extended lockdown, one of the few works still on public display was a mural hung outside the Whitney…
Read MoreWhat’s the fuss about the new representation? A recent spate of articles and exhibitions have addressed the new representational painting – some generously, others…
Read More For this episode, Sky Goodden spoke with art writer and musician Johanna Fateman, a regular contributor to The New Yorker, a contributing editor…
Read MoreNick Mauss is a fan of verre eglomisé, or “distressed hand-gilded mirror,” a phrase that sounds very European, and very gay. The artist takes…
Read MoreIn his recent polemic Against the Anthropocene, art historian T. J. Demos calls for a shift in the language we use to think through…
Read MoreCelebrity is truly the public health crisis we deserve. I recently watched a clip of pop star Katy Perry on a Japanese game show,…
Read MoreThis year’s spate of artworld controversies surrounding cultural appropriation and the ethics of representation suggests that we should sharpen our vocabulary, and find precise…
Read MoreHélio Oiticica, one of the most famous figures of Brazil’s mid-century surge of experimental art, once said that his goal was to strike “a…
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