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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

free link, five reviews www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

Doomscrolling at 2am, flat on my back in the dark, I dropped my phone on my face and gave myself a black eye.

Only scream emojis

a long interview with Emmanuel Olunkwa for November Magazine www.novembermag.com/content/joha...

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...

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.) 📍520 W 25th Street ⁠ 🗓️ Saturday, September 13, 4 pm ⁠ ✉️️ RSVP to [email protected] ⁠

A gift link for my Cultured / Critics' Table diary for last week's openings (some of them)! www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

A gift link for my profile on Ambera Wellmann for Cultured / the Critics' Table. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

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).

The Art Daddy has an article in The Observer about the crisis of art criticism—which, no matter what anyone tells you, is a financial/structural one, not an intellectual one. Worth a read. observer.com/2025/08/arts...

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...

No paywall. My interview w Lisa Yuskavage for CULTURED. (Limited edition cover featuring her painting PieFace!) www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

READINGS AT PARKSIDE: TRAMPS LIKE US — CELEBRATING THE REISSUE OF THIS TREASURED CULT CLASSIC WITH ALEX AUDER, JOHANNA FATEMAN & JOE WESTMORELAND 🖤 Sunday, June 22nd, 4pm The Parkside Lounge 317 East Houston Street New York City

Watching tourmaline on PBS talking about Marsha P Johnson right now 💕🩵

Masked federal agents just cuffed NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander and dragged him away because he was demanding to see a warrant for the arrest of a man they were abducting.

I think playing fortunate son during a fascist parade is unfortunately less a self own/unintended irony than an assertion of dominion over all culture (via calculation maybe, but much more likely imperious carelessness, ie an AI prompt to create an “American military” playlist).

Just tuning in lol

how to function in hell

Spoke with Helen Molesworth about Yayoi Kusama's early performances and past relative obscurity. Not sure why I had to swear so much—I apologize to my parents. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A wonderful feeling to review alongside the great David Rimanelli once again. David writes on de Kooning at Gagosian; I chose Cosey Fanni Tutti at Maxwell Graham. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

I didn't really think that the widespread abuse of the word "performative" would matter, but now I regret not standing up for performance in principle.

Sorry, yeah, TCT wasn’t working for day or so. But it seems to be now!

Stettheimer Dollhouse Cleaning > Frick Renovation. I wrote about watching the reinstall of Carrie Stettheimer's tiny art collection for TCT. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

Haven’t looked at the news, was writing all day. Sorry if it’s completely oblivious and insensitive to post an article. But isn’t it always tonally inappropriate these days?

No paywall for my Anne Imhof cover profile www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

“one day at a time” still applies, even to this

I guess I’ll download signal

A complimentary link for your Sunday morning reading: www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

I wrote about Cecily Brown at the Barnes! It's paywalled. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

Reading a manifesto re art criticism (nominally, still writing it kind of) for the 4Columns party at KGB bar tonight with Brian Dillon, Ciarán Finlayson, Emily LaBarge, Harmony Holiday, and Alex Kitnick 7pm

Pretty sure I said a warm hello to Stewy from Succession last night at the Anne Imhof performance, thinking he was an acquaintance I couldn't place.

Immersive Laura Owens. My unpaywalled review for your Sunday afternoon. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

I wrote for TCT/CULTURED about Laura Owens's deep décor and more at Matthew Marks in Chelsea. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

They are going to bring Matt Gaetz back

Panel tomorrow night at books are magic about new editions of AD classics. 7pm. free, just RSVP (I think there is space). This is the old edition picture; new one features a pointing finger…

RIP Caspar David Friedrich you would have loved drone photography

NATO needs merch.

decided to take a break from writing and give myself a little panic attack listening to JD Vance's speech in Munich wow

New TCT: Zito Madu's debut @zeets.bsky.social (on American Artist's installation based on Octavia Butler's novel, PARABLE OF THE SOWER), with Whitney Mallett on Camille Henrot at Hauser & Wirth, & @johannafateman.bsky.social on An-My Lê at Marian Goodman. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

Wrote a howling email to Kathy Hochul which reminded me of the old kathyack tumblr (Cathy comics plus Kathy Acker text) which was so my cup of tea. ALL SINGING MUST NOW BE HOWLING.

It’s official: Eric Adams’ shameless campaign to avoid legal accountability for corruption has succeeded. In the midst of a right-wing billionaire assault on the working class of our city, he sold us out for another personal favor. Election Day can’t come soon enough.

Omg Eric Adams eat shit