Johanna Fateman
@johannafateman.bsky.social
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co-chief art critic at CULTURED Magazine, musician at LE TIGRE
https://buttondown.com/johannafateman
David Rimanelli on Alex Katz and Matthew Barney for the Critics' Table
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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David Rimanelli Ventures Down Alex Katzâs Orange Road to the Sublime
Our critic visits Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea for a gigantomachy of orange paintings by the 98-year-old artist.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/19/art-david-rimanelli-alex-katz-matthew-barney/
about 18 hours ago
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A free link to my reviews of Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corte:
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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60 Minutes in Chelsea: Johanna Fatemanâs Walking Tour of the November Openings
Our criticâs short walking loop takes you to Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corteâthen back to Louise again.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/12/art-new-york-chelsea-exhibtion-guide/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NzEyMjksInNpZyI6ImVlNDE0YWI0MDE4Y2QxZTAxMzllYzVmYjBjYjY4ZDIzOGE3YzljYTZhZDRlMTZiYjBkNTgzYTQ4M2FmM2NlYjUifQ%3D%3D
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A free link to my reviews of Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corte:
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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60 Minutes in Chelsea: Johanna Fatemanâs Walking Tour of the November Openings
Our criticâs short walking loop takes you to Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corteâthen back to Louise again.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/12/art-new-york-chelsea-exhibtion-guide/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NzEyMjksInNpZyI6ImVlNDE0YWI0MDE4Y2QxZTAxMzllYzVmYjBjYjY4ZDIzOGE3YzljYTZhZDRlMTZiYjBkNTgzYTQ4M2FmM2NlYjUifQ%3D%3D
8 days ago
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The Public Domain Review
15 days ago
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) â
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues
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A free link to my profile of Diane Severin Nguyen/preview of her new performance "War Songs" at BRIC...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Party in the U.S.A.? With 'War Songs,' Diane Severin Nguyen Asks What Protest Music Really Means
For the artist's headlining Performa commission, a fictional band deconstructs folk-rock hits of the '60sâand much more.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/22/art-diane-severin-nguyen-protest-music/?access_token=eyJpZCI6Njk2MDAsInNpZyI6ImQ2MGM3NmE1NmJjNjFiZDU3ZWYwOTczYjIyNTE1OTA5NTc0ZWMyNDM2MjgwZjZmNWMyNWMwYTY5ZmMxZmViYWQifQ%3D%3D
26 days ago
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My dog wonât eat her food without parmesan
28 days ago
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I think at the tattoo place they can tell you if itâs nazi or not
29 days ago
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best museum heist is still the carolee schneemann photos taken from momaps1 that were mailed back 4 days later from a shipping store in williamsburg by a young woman wearing a disguise
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I really like Diane Severin Nguyenâs work.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Party in the U.S.A.? With 'War Songs,' Diane Severin Nguyen Asks What Protest Music Really Means
For the artist's headlining Performa commission, a fictional band deconstructs folk-rock hits of the '60sâand much more.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/22/art-diane-severin-nguyen-protest-music/
29 days ago
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A new diary! (The Criticsâ Table is now free for your first 5 articles.)
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Juliana Halpert Rates the Los Angeles Art Scene's Tricks and Treats So Far This Fall
The artist and critic takes us on a haunted hayride of her own with this gimlet-eyed guide to the season's openings and events.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/15/art-los-angeles-fall-openings-review/
about 1 month ago
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Last day for Jennie C. Jones on the roof!
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about 1 month ago
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hey look
@white-columns.bsky.social
is here now!
about 1 month ago
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Gregg Bordowitz writes for the Critics' Table this week!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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The Met Roof Gardenâs Swan Song (For Now): Gregg Bordowitz on Jennie C. Jones's 'Ensemble'
It's the last weekend to see the artist's work before the museum closes the Roof Garden until 2030. Don't miss it.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/16/art-met-roof-garden-jennie-c-jones/
about 1 month ago
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A new diary! (The Criticsâ Table is now free for your first 5 articles.)
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Juliana Halpert Rates the Los Angeles Art Scene's Tricks and Treats So Far This Fall
The artist and critic takes us on a haunted hayride of her own with this gimlet-eyed guide to the season's openings and events.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/15/art-los-angeles-fall-openings-review/
about 1 month ago
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Now, FIVE FREE articles a month for all of CULTURED online, INCLUDING the Critics' Table! Just published our October WHATâS ON.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Your Sweater Weather Guide to the New York Gallery Scene, Brought to You by the Critics' Table
The art world will be ready for round two of fall openings later this month. Don't let October slip by without catching these shows.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/09/art-fall-new-york-gallery-guide/
about 1 month ago
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Your Sweater Weather Guide to the New York Gallery Scene, Brought to You by the Critics' Table
The art world will be ready for round two of fall openings later this month. Don't let October slip by without catching these shows.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/09/art-fall-new-york-gallery-guide/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NjcyOTQsInNpZyI6ImZlODc1ZGE0NmI5N2Q0MzUxOGRkYTJmYjVmYWFjNDYyNDhiNzE1YWE1MGE3MjNiZjAxMTA5NzNmMGZiMDQ3ZmQifQ%3D%3D
about 1 month ago
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free link, five reviews
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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90 Minutes on the Upper East Side: Johanna Fateman's Fall Art Guide For the Neighborhood
Our critic's walking tour includes Jeffrey Gibson, Alix ClĂŠo Roubaud, Nancy Holt, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and P. Staff.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/09/24/art-criticism-new-york-upper-east-side-guide/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NjcwMTYsInNpZyI6IjkwMmEwMzlkNDExZmMwYTkwZjdiMTk5ZTk4ZjJkMjRjNjEzOGVjMzc3ZmY2Nzg0MGY2NDA5MzgxZmFmMzRmNGEifQ%3D%3D&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAac4y0J8me_PH9upWQiUYqWgwDp8tAlMrVrmciQnNAYTiiCbDLfapIidjehWwg_aem_JgyYAcjoKwicOMy5twuR8A
about 2 months ago
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Weaponized incompetence and incompetents with weapons, both really big right now
about 1 month ago
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New for TCT, John Vincler:
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Cady Nolandâs Show Is Not as Bad as You May Have Heard. But John Vincler Likes âIKEAâ Better.
Our critic visits Gagosian for one the seasonâs buzziest shows, then visits Ciccio for a reinstallation of a 1996 conceptual-art cult classic.
https://www.culturedmag.com/share/?cm_share=1&id=68176&sig=8684a334c2653f7e6867625808fbc7ba8caccb1221a35b3c1f1a793472adfa20&fbclid=PAZnRzaANTUdJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpzXJcGY8J3C6m5hUQ6T4OY3o_VWCGsy44DPGk-qYwtePko0Lx4gYdRMGd_8f_aem_Z-TUQdrpaFE5PAMilRs4UQ
about 1 month ago
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Johanna Fateman
A gift link for my profile on Ambera Wellmann for Cultured / the Critics' Table.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Ambera Wellmann Delivers on the Hype With a Two-Gallery Banger This September
The artist Ambera Wellmann invites Johanna Fateman into her studio for a look at her (sort of) post-figuration era.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/09/08/art-ambera-wellmann-company-hauser-and-wirth/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NjUyNDcsInNpZyI6IjIwMzliMDg2MWNhMDIyYWIyMTc3ODU3NWMwNDkwYzNkODJhYTk2Mzg3OTVhNzA4YjgwZDFmNDM3YjRmZjRhZDQifQ%3D%3D
2 months ago
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October with a "c," that is.
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about 1 month ago
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Gift link for Brian Droitcour's latest for TCT!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Seeing Through the Slop: Brian Droitcour's Guide to Digital Art That Slaps
Our critic finds inspiration in new work engaging with AI, gaming, and social media by Sarah Friend, Mindy Seu, and more.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/01/art-ai-digital-guide-brian-droitcour/?access_token=eyJpZCI6Njc0MjEsInNpZyI6IjZhMzI3ZWQ1ODQwZTEzMWM1ZmI2OWJjNjJjYzk1MWY4ZWVjNjlkMDk2N2Q3ZDcwMGM4ZDhkYzFjOTM4NGE4NTMifQ%3D%3D
about 2 months ago
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sometimes I pretend this is twitter c. 2014; it never lands
about 2 months ago
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JD Vance lighting a diptyque candle, doing his evening wind-down, skin care, gratitude list: grateful he can tell Joy Reid she should be grateful and then have that enter my consciousness and make me go a little extra insane tonight.
about 2 months ago
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âItâs so bad. So bad.â
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about 2 months ago
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Plus
substack.com/@johannafate...
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Johanna Fateman | Substack
I didn't want anyone else to start a Substack account with my name.
https://substack.com/@johannafateman
about 2 months ago
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For your Sunday reading: David Rimanelli reviews
@naylandblake.bsky.social
's 3-show fall event in Chelsea âââââ
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Nayland Blake's 'Sex in the 90s' is Critic David Rimanelli's Chelsea Pick
Our critic finds the icon of queer conceptualism forging a visual language from bunnies, BDSM, and the art history of the very recent past.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/03/art-criticism-nayland-blake-david-rimanelli-review/?access_token=eyJpZCI6Njc2NDMsInNpZyI6ImRlMzI5ZTk1NGU4ZGE5ZmZmNjYyZjMyNzM3ZjhiNWZkZTEzYjI2MjljMDZiYzI2YzRlMTYzNjFiZjQ1N2Y0M2MifQ%3D%3D
about 2 months ago
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going to knock on my daughter's door and get the only taylor swift take that matters.
about 2 months ago
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Last weekend to see Porpentine and Friends at haul. Read
@bdroit.bsky.social
âs review here
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
I yam an icon of queer conceptualism y'all.
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I'm very happy to share a gift link this morning for David Rimanelli's TCT review of the wonderful
@naylandblake.bsky.social
shows at Matthew Marks, through Otober 25.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Nayland Blake's 'Sex in the 90s' is Critic David Rimanelli's Chelsea Pick
Our critic finds the icon of queer conceptualism forging a visual language from bunnies, BDSM, and the art history of the very recent past.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/03/art-criticism-nayland-blake-david-rimanelli-review/?access_token=eyJpZCI6Njc2NDMsInNpZyI6ImRlMzI5ZTk1NGU4ZGE5ZmZmNjYyZjMyNzM3ZjhiNWZkZTEzYjI2MjljMDZiYzI2YzRlMTYzNjFiZjQ1N2Y0M2MifQ%3D%3D
about 2 months ago
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Gift link for Brian Droitcour's latest for TCT!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Seeing Through the Slop: Brian Droitcour's Guide to Digital Art That Slaps
Our critic finds inspiration in new work engaging with AI, gaming, and social media by Sarah Friend, Mindy Seu, and more.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/10/01/art-ai-digital-guide-brian-droitcour/?access_token=eyJpZCI6Njc0MjEsInNpZyI6IjZhMzI3ZWQ1ODQwZTEzMWM1ZmI2OWJjNjJjYzk1MWY4ZWVjNjlkMDk2N2Q3ZDcwMGM4ZDhkYzFjOTM4NGE4NTMifQ%3D%3D
about 2 months ago
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That NY Magazine Article, New TCT just dropped!
To celebrate the first anniversary of The Criticâs Table, use the code ONEYEAR to subscribe! New York Magazine also honored the milestone (not intentionally) with a feature marking CULTUREDâs ascendan...
https://msjohannafateman.substack.com/p/that-ny-magazine-article-new-tct?r=4ikky
about 2 months ago
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!!!
about 2 months ago
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I do have a substack. Although I love my buttondown newsletter, I have to face the facts: It doesn't do the same thing. (But the same information will appear both places.)
msjohannafateman.substack.com
about 2 months ago
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free link, five reviews
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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90 Minutes on the Upper East Side: Johanna Fateman's Fall Art Guide For the Neighborhood
Our critic's walking tour includes Jeffrey Gibson, Alix ClĂŠo Roubaud, Nancy Holt, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and P. Staff.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/09/24/art-criticism-new-york-upper-east-side-guide/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NjcwMTYsInNpZyI6IjkwMmEwMzlkNDExZmMwYTkwZjdiMTk5ZTk4ZjJkMjRjNjEzOGVjMzc3ZmY2Nzg0MGY2NDA5MzgxZmFmMzRmNGEifQ%3D%3D&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAac4y0J8me_PH9upWQiUYqWgwDp8tAlMrVrmciQnNAYTiiCbDLfapIidjehWwg_aem_JgyYAcjoKwicOMy5twuR8A
about 2 months ago
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Doomscrolling at 2am, flat on my back in the dark, I dropped my phone on my face and gave myself a black eye.
about 2 months ago
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Only scream emojis
2 months ago
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a long interview with Emmanuel Olunkwa for November Magazine
www.novembermag.com/content/joha...
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Johanna Fateman
in conversation with Emmanuel Olunkwa, âAnything that keeps us human, that keeps us connected, is meeting the moment.â
https://www.novembermag.com/content/johanna-fateman
2 months ago
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My Le Tigre Tour Diary is included here, with pamphlets by Hannah Black, Julia Bryan-Wilson, and Minh Nguyen. It is free (print and digital).
cookiejar.artswriters.org/volumes/cook...
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Cookie Jar 2 | Cookie Jar
https://cookiejar.artswriters.org/volumes/cookie-jar-2
2 months ago
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I'll be in coversation with Austin Martin White about his new show at Petzel on W 25th Street in Chelsea at 4PM. (Also a book launch for his monograph for which I wrote the intro.) đ520 W 25th Street â đď¸ Saturday, September 13, 4 pm â âď¸ď¸ RSVP to
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2 months ago
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A gift link for my Cultured / Critics' Table diary for last week's openings (some of them)!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Figurative Paintingâs Not Dead and Thereâs a New Fair in Town: Johanna Fateman's New York Art Week Diary
Johanna Fateman's latest diary recounts the openings and events that made three days in the art world feel like (at least) a week.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/09/10/art-armory-week-diary-new-york-september/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NjU1NDYsInNpZyI6IjBiYTg5ZGQxOGVjNzQ0Yjg3ZDllMWE3MGY4NmViNGRlODIxNDNlY2ZhZTc2NmZjODRlNDg5NzBhYWQ1YmRiZTgifQ%3D%3D
2 months ago
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A gift link for my profile on Ambera Wellmann for Cultured / the Critics' Table.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
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Ambera Wellmann Delivers on the Hype With a Two-Gallery Banger This September
The artist Ambera Wellmann invites Johanna Fateman into her studio for a look at her (sort of) post-figuration era.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/09/08/art-ambera-wellmann-company-hauser-and-wirth/?access_token=eyJpZCI6NjUyNDcsInNpZyI6IjIwMzliMDg2MWNhMDIyYWIyMTc3ODU3NWMwNDkwYzNkODJhYTk2Mzg3OTVhNzA4YjgwZDFmNDM3YjRmZjRhZDQifQ%3D%3D
2 months ago
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3 months ago
Seems like time to start paying more attention and maybe even subscribing to
www.culturedmag.com/the-critics-...
(I was already paying attention to
@johannafateman.bsky.social
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The Critics' Table | Cultured Mag
The Criticsâ Table articles featured in Cultured Mag.
https://www.culturedmag.com/the-critics-table/
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3 months ago
The Art Daddy has an article in The Observer about the crisis of art criticismâwhich, no matter what anyone tells you, is a financial/structural one, not an intellectual one. Worth a read.
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
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The Death of the Full-Time Critic and What It Means for the Future of Art Writing
If we let art criticism become an exclusive club for the well-connected and well-funded, we risk creating an echo chamber that flatters power rather than interrogates it.
https://observer.com/2025/08/arts-opinion-death-of-the-full-time-critic-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-art-writing/
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3 months ago
Late to this, but there's good stuff in these quick "manifestos" on criticism and its crisis/non-crisis/perma-crisis including from C. Finlayson,
@johannafateman.bsky.social
and E. LaBarge
4columns.org/columns-4/ma...
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MANIFESTO!
https://4columns.org/columns-4/manifesto
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72 Hours in Aspen: Matthew Barney, Issy Wood, and the Catastrophe of Life on Land
Johanna Fatemanâs epic diary of her whirlwind Aspen Artweek trip hits the highlights and doesnât skimp on asides.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/08/06/the-critics-table-aspen-artweek-diary-matthew-barney/
4 months ago
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