Archive
July 2021
I’ve been spending a lot of time with artbooks as of late. My latest is at the Brooklyn Rail, and I am speaking at an event on Thursday, July 15, 2021. I hope you are able to check it.
June 2021
Catching up on posting some writing. Please enjoy these two pieces from the Brooklyn Rail: My notes on a gorgeous artbook around Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Photostats and a delightful conversation with Adriana Varejao.
September 2020
This post on Barkley Hendricks’s basketball paintings was delayed due to the quarantine. Online viewing rooms are a curious thing, but this work endures. Read over at the Brooklyn Rail.
March 2020
There is a wonderful, wonderful show at the Andrew and Anya Shiva Gallery in Manhattan. Here’s a write up, providing context to the politics that inform it.
September 2019
Always a pleasure to be in conversation with the great Lee Bey. Check it at the Chicago Reader.
August 2019
In collaboration with White Turban Art Consultancy, I am organizing an exhibition at The Franklin in Chicago. Watch this short video to learn more. See you in September!
May 2019
Please read my piece about a show and artists’ book for Hyperallergic.
April 2019
The place where I contributed some good stories is shutting down. Farewell, dear ArtSlant. Check my archive for those oldies but goodies.
I wrote about a wonderful poetry collection for the Brooklyn Rail.
March 2019
I was part of a magical, powerful project that lasted about 10 years. It’s archived now. Please take a look.
February 2019
Caravans of Gold is on view at Northwestern’s Block Museum. Learn why it’s important in the Chicago Reader.
November 2018
Ebony G. Patterson is here. (That is all.)
There is a wonderful show up right now at Volume. You should check it.
August 2018
I Was Raised on the Internet is currently on view at the MCA Chicago. It's good. It's a lot. Read on over at BOMB.
June 2018
The first retrospective of Charles White's incredible work is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago before making its way to MoMA and LACMA in the coming year. It is a must see.
April 2018
I wrote about Paul Mpagi Sepuya's enthralling exhibition at Document. See it through May 26th, but in the meantime, read my write-up at Newcity.
February 2018
Faheem Majeed shows new work at the Cleve Carney gallery at the College of DuPage through April 7th. If you can't make it to the suburbs to view the work in person, read more about the exhibition and the work in the catalogue essay.
Edra Soto's interactive exhibition at the MCA is amazing. She is the first artist invited to activate the newly designed "commons" space. I wrote about the show and the concept of museum as public space. Read more.
November 2017
After lots of back and forth and scheduling magic, Nate Young and I had a walk through and conversation about his second solo exhibition at Monique Meloche. Read it over on Sixty.
October 2017
I'm very happy to be going back to NYC for another Review Panel, presented by Artcritical and the Brooklyn Public Library. If you're around, please join us for what promises to be an engaging conversation. (And it was lively and engaging. Audio is now available. Take a listen.)
September 2017
Iraqi-American conceptual artist, Michael Rakowitz has his first mid-career survey exhibition. If you are in Chicago, it is a must-see.
I was fortunate to participate in this great conversation for Lumpen Radio. Listen to the audio of "Magical Modernity"on Divisive. Thanks again to Leah Gipson and Craig Harshaw for the invitation!
It's fall, which means it's officially art season. If you didn't make it to EXPO, don't worry; I got you.
Jennifer Packer's debut solo exhibition opens at the Renaissance Society in September. I was happy to be invited to her studio and chat about the work and her practice.
I contributed an essay for an exhibition of new and recent work by the wonderful Krista Franklin and Ayanah Moor at Produce Model. It's open until November 4.
The New York-based multimedia artist Derrick Adams is someone whose work I've admired for awhile. I was excited to finally have an occasion to speak to him about his work and practice.
July 2017
My ambivalent take on Gauguin at the Art Institute of Chicago
April 2017
It's that time of year again: Breakout artists! I wrote a profile on the wonderful and talented Aram Han Sifuentes for Newcity. Check it.
March 2017
Without fail, the Whitney Biennial causes a stir in the artworld; the 2017 iteration, marking the return of the exhibition in the museum's new space, is no exception. I weighed in with a short take on the controversy. Read it at artcritical.
February 2017
I wrote on the affecting exhibition at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art for the Chicago Reader. "Kader Attia: Reflecting Memory" is on view through April 16th.
December 2016
Tuesday, 13 December, join me and Parsons & Charlesworth for a conversation at Claudia Cassidy Center from 6pm as we discuss "Spectacular Vernacular" with Art Institute design curator Zoe Ryan. It's the last public program in the exhibition. If you're in Chicago, we hope to see you!
November 2016
Purchase a copy of the essay and interview I wrote for Parsons & Charlesworth. Agile Ciphers for Cultural Truths is available now!
October 2016
Read some thoughts on Larry Achiampong's first US solo exhibition over at Hyperallergic.
Excited to participate in Culture Mixtape as part of "Spectacular Vernacular" on October 23 with Petra Bachamier (Luftwerk), SAIC design progressors Illona Gaynor and Helen Maria Nugent; Iker Gil and microbiologist Andrew Scarpelli. If you're around, please join us as we talk about things that inspire us having nothing to do with microbiology, writing, art, or design.
September 2016
I spent three weeks in Brazil, getting to know a group of amazingly talented locals, and checking out the bienal, which I wrote about recently. Read more.
Over the last year, I've gotten to know the lovely people behind the design studio Parsons & Charlesworth. It has been my pleasure to write an essay for the exhibition "Spectacular Vernacular" at the Chicago Cultural Center on September 10th. If you are in Chicago on September 16 please join us for the opening reception.
Newcity's Art 50, Artist Edition has been released. I wrote about some of the city's best and brightest.
August 2016
Back in February, I visited Videobrasil, just as it was re-opening to the public in its new home. Read my interview with its chief curator and director, Solange Farkas in Guernica.
July 2016
I wrote a profile on a group of amazing curators who are using their positions in institutions to make the arts ecosystem better. Read it at ArtSlant.
Read my take on The Propeller Group's recent exhibitions.
May 2016
I'm part of the Review Panel talking all things art at the Brooklyn Public Library on May 10. If you are in town, please stop by!
April 2016
I covered some significant art happenings in Chicago for Newcity - one of the amazing Breakout Artists and a short review of the Kerry James Marshall retrospective that recently opened at the MCA Chicago.
Well, this happened. (!!!)
March 2016
I've been working with a new platform for art and ideas sponsored by Musagetes Foundation called ArtsEverywhere.