I talked to Peaches!
Peaches’s new album is out next week, and I got emotional, nostalgic even, catching up with her about it.
Jarrett Earnest on Charli XCX, More Joan Semmel
Charli XCX in The Moment, dir. Aidan Zamiri The Critics’ Table expands coverage to include pop phenomena with Jarrett on the conceptual denouement of...
Sam McKinniss on Helene Schjerfbeck, Ajay Kurian on Marguerite Humeau...
For the Critics' Table Upper East Side Guide: I wrote about Joan Semmel at the Jewish Museum, Sam McKinniss reviewed Helen Schjerfbeck at the Met, and Ajay Kurian wrote about Marguerite Humean at White Cube.
A Free Link for "4 Days in Feminist Warsaw"
Good morning! I’ve gotten a few messages from people unable to access my diary. It seems that, usually, if you log out and then log back in to Cultured / the...
New Diary! 4 Days in Feminist Warsaw
For the Critics’ Table, I wrote, at some length, about my November trip to attend the openings of “The Woman Question 1550–2025,” curated by Alison M....
2025 in Review
Salman Toor’s 2007 portrait of Zohran Mamdani. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, and Thomas Dane Gallery. Not a top ten, best/worst, or in/out...
Hello from Warsaw!
I’ll write and publish a full diary of my trip to Poland in the new year, I think (less than a day in, I’ve met so many people and it’s all been very...
New Reviews + 2 Events Coming Up
Alex Da Corte, The Tomb, 2025. Image courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery. © Alex Da Corte Just quickly: Here’s my “walking tour” of Chelsea shows featuring...
Diane Severin Nguyen's 'WAR SONGS'
Diane Severin Nguyen, 2025. I was honored to get to attend a rehearsal for Diane Severin Nguyen’s PERFORMA2025 commission. (Band practice! It brought up lots...
Juliana Halpert and Gregg Bordowitz for TCT
First of all, great news, The Critics’ Table is now included in CULTURED’s 5-free-articles-a-month situation! And if there are more than five things you’d...
David Rimanelli on Nayland Blake for TCT
Installation view of “Nayland Blake: Session,” Matthew Marks Gallery, 2025. All images courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. © Nayland Blake...
That NY Magazine Article, New TCT just dropped!
To celebrate the first anniversary of The Critic’s Table, use the code ONEYEAR to subscribe! New York Magazine also honored the milestone (not intentionally)...
90 Minutes on UES and GIFT LINKS
Alix Cléo Roubaud, untitled, c. 1979. Courtesy of Galerie Buchholz. Soon, the Critics’ Table (along with the rest of Cultured’s online magazine) will allow...
A Tour Diary link that works, I hope
Sorry for the bad link! And thanks for letting me know. Try this: https://cookiejar.artswriters.org/cookiejar [dot] artswriters [dot] org or search for...
My Le Tigre Tour Diary
My pamphlet Your Critique is Superficial: A Le Tigre Tour Diary, which I wrote about my band’s 2023 reunion performances, was just published by the Warhol...
Ambera Wellmann, September Diary, an Event
My profile of painter Ambera Wellmann for CULTURED is here, and my New York Art Week Diary is here. The Armory Show, obviously Other diary topics, cameos,...
The Crisis in Criticism. Wrong Answers Only.
I was traveling when 4Columns published the group of manifestos that five critics read aloud at a standing-room-only event at KGB bar in March, and so I...
Matthew Barney's Wild West, Dinner Parties, and More
Matthew Barney, TACTICAL parallax, 2025. Photography by Maria Baranova and courtesy of Barney and Aspen Art Museum. Here is the diary that I mentioned I...
Issy Wood, Aspen, Pat Steir, Medieval Dublin
I just got back from Anderson Ranch last night, where I spoke with my new friend, the fascinating painter-writer-musician Issy Wood. You can watch our...
Hot Girl(s for Zohran) Summer, Summer of Zohran, What Are We Calling This Season?
Lisa Yuskavage’s drawing show opens at the Morgan Library on Friday, and to mark the occasion, CULTURED has produced a limited-edition cover for the summer...