news
coming in 2020
panel chair, ‘Solitude and the Art of Walking‘, with Iain Sinclair and Gus Casely-Hayford, Royal Academy, London, 15 Apr, 6:30pm
teaching, ‘Writing for Artists‘, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, Feb
catalogue essay, Damien Hirst‘, Fondation Cartier, Paris
catalogue essay, ‘Phyllida Barlow’, Haus der Kunst Munich
book contribution, ‘A Spin in Bayonne: Steven Pippin’s Laundromat-Locomotion, 1997′ in Running, Falling, Flying, Floating,Crawling, ed. Mark Alice Durant, Saint Lucy Books. Contributing Writers: Lynne Tillman, Mia Fineman, Seph Rodney, Maud Casey, Jennifer Blessing, Carol Mavor, Emily LaBarge, Jen Grow, Kate Albers, David Campany, Marvin Heiferman, Leslie Dick, Jean Dykstra, Gilda Williams, Stephen Frailey, David Levi Strauss, Susan Bright, Stephanie LaCava, Cyrus Grace Dunham, Tessa Berring, Tamara Suarez Porras. Publication date, Summer 2020.
editor, Fiona Tan. A Reader, to be published Autumn 2020
‘The Otolith Group’, The Showroom, Artforum, review, December 2009. Reprinted in Science Fiction, forthcoming in the ‘Documents of Contemporary Art’ series (MIT Press/Whitechapel), ed. Dan Byrne-Smith
Recent writings
2020
‘Jade Montserrat’, at Iniva, Artforum
‘Mark Leckey‘, at Tate Britain, Artforum, January
2019
‘Nevine Mahmoud‘, at Soft Opening, Artforum September
‘Joyce Pensato’, 1941-2019″, frieze, June
‘Tracey Emin‘, at White Cube, Artforum, Summer
‘Annie Ratti’, at Amanda Wilkinson, Artforum, May
‘Beatrice Gibson‘ at Camden Arts Centre, Artforum, April
‘Korakrit Arunanondchai‘ at Carlos/Ishigawa, Artforum, February
‘Diane Simpson‘, at Herald Street, Artforum, January
Recent Speaking/Teaching
2019
symposium, ‘Autodidacts’, La Fondation Vincent van Gogh, organized by Bica Curiger, with Diedrich Diederichsen, Charlotte Laubard, Wato Tsereteli, Susanne von Falkenhausen, Natsuko Uchino, Raphaela Vogel, Mathis Collins, Peter Herzog, and Giorgi Khoshtaria, Arles. Publication in preparation.
lecture, ‘How to Write About Art’, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London
talk, ‘Art Writing Basics: Writing v. Typing about Art’, The Value of Visual Literacy panel, New College of the Humanities, London
talk and workshop, ‘Absolute Beginners: How to Write about Contemporary Art’, Unity Arts, Hackney, London, Jun
talk and workshop, ‘Writing the Exhibition‘, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Jun
talk and workshop, ‘Writing Artist’s Statements‘, Spike Island, Bristol, May
guest lecturer, UCL, Doha, Qatar, May
talk, ‘In Conversation with Phyllida Barlow’, Royal Academy of Art, London, Apr
‘Documentas 10-14: Lessons in Curating’, Sotheby’s Institute of Art,London, Apr
talk and workshop, ‘Writing Artist’s Statements’, Chisenhale Gallery, London, Mar
‘Hito Steyerl’, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, Mar
talk, ‘Writing Artist’s Statements’, SPACE, with Cedar Lewisohn and Rebecca Morrill, Feb
chair, ‘Writing into Art Symposium‘, with Katrina Palmer, Erica Scourti, Nick Thurston, Duncan Wooldridge, New Contemporaries/South London Gallery/Camberwell College of Arts, London, Feb
presentation, ‘How to Write about Contemporary Art’, Lithuanian edition, Art Book Fair, Vilnius, Feb