Events, Art Reviews, TCT, a Podcast, a PDF
June 6th (details to come), as part of the New Museum’s event series at Water Street Projects, Ajay Kurian, John Vincler, and I will be talking about art and criticism for a painless 30 minutes. June 22nd, 4pm, at Parkside Lounge I’ll be celebrating the re-release of Joe Westmoreland’s Tramps Like Us—a book that I love by an author I love—in conversation with Joe and Alex Auder. (Also, go to Joe’s event with Eileen Myles at the Strand on his pub day, June 3rd!) In other news, we continue to churn out crucial texts on contemporary art over at the Critics’ Table. Domenick Ammirati’s Frieze Diary is now not new news, yet still stands as a literary work. What a strange week that was—I did 30K steps a day listening to the audiobook of Gulag Archipelago, vol. 1, and so relate very much to the sense of skepticism and disconnection (but also connection) expressed. I have written a few short reviews on New York shows that are still on view: Elle Pérez at Arts & Letters, Martha Diamond at David Kordansky, and Cosey Fanni Tutti at Maxwell Graham, that last of which is paired, this week, with the first contribution by the legendary and inimitable David Rimanelli (writing on who else but “Gaga Bill” de Kooning). For the Yayoi Kusama installment of Dialogues: the David Zwirner Podcast, I spoke with Helen Molesworth about the artist and was faintly mortified to hear myself swear so much. I’ve been trying to be more professional (connect with me on LinkedIn, I’m new there!) In response to repeat messages: I’m sorry the website was down when I posted my Stettheimer Dollhouse piece. Here it is, free for you. Or, for subscribers, click on this link. Also: find attached my 2013(!) essay from Apology Magazine on Terence Sellers and Jimmy DeSana. I’m so pleased people want to read it. (Did something happen, why are people interested in Sellers right now?) Also: some recommendations. Our own Matt Wolf’s Pee-Wee as Himself, streaming now. It’s great. To brighten and elevate your feed, follow the New York Art Critics Association. And to start the summer out right, go to the CRICKETS, Hairbone, and bottoms show at Nightclub 101 on June 21st. And if you’ve read this far, you deserve to read Domenick’s piece for free too.