Momus
Momus is an international online art publication and podcast committed to reading our cultural text more deeply.
About - Momus
Momus (est. 2014) is an online platform for art writing and criticism. Our activities encompass publishing, Momus: The Podcast, and mentorship programs including Residencies and Fellowships. In both the long and short term, we aim to serve underrepresented art writers and under-addressed readerships.
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Momus is an online platform for art writing and criticism. Our editors seek out writing that looks critically at contemporary art and bridges its relationship to larger contexts. Through editing that is committed to sensitivity and rigor, we prioritize accessible approaches to writing. Momus publishes reviews and features, and welcomes pitches in both categories.
Programs - Momus
Momus is committed to a model of art writing and criticism that is plural, inclusive, and rigorous. Our residencies and fellowships are designed to support emerging writers through mentorship, peer networks and professional development.
Swelling Time: Sam Tam Ham Probes the Prime Meridian
1 day ago · In this work, multiple timelines mingle across a row of five screens for twenty minutes that seem to stretch and compress. Two performers stand at podiums—Andrews, in a Portland library, and Mere Tokorahi Boynton, in the New Zealand Parliament Building—and sing a libretto of the proposed resolution in English and te reo Māori.
Podcasts Archive - Momus
Nov 20, 2024 · Momus: The Podcast is a monthly arts and culture program hosted by Sky Goodden and Lauren Wetmore.Bringing Momus's unique insistence on criticality into a more conversational register, the podcast is dedicated to transparent conversations with an international cast of artists, curators, critics, and art writers. Momus: The Podcast is in its 7th season and was named one of the top ten art ...
Picturing Disease and Desire - Momus
Dec 4, 2024 · Across fourteen photographs, clothes strewn in a moment of passion transfigure into lasting compositions. Empty shoes perch and keel over, bra straps lie tangled, rumpled pant legs sag where a knee or calf once jutted. The Use of Photography was first published in French in 2005 and is the most ...
Momus Talks - Momus
Momus Talks is an ongoing series of public events hosted by Momus, often with our colleagues and collaborators internationally.Ranging in format from artist talks and critics in conversation events, to book launches and live podcasts recordings, Momus Talks aims to galvanize communities around a model of art writing and criticism that is plural and rigorous.
Loosening the Stays - Momus
May 15, 2024 · The woman moved restlessly between emerging artistic movements (she likened herself to the butterfly, a frequent motif in her work). She was celebrated as the modern woman and was also a devoted Christian Scientist. She had a thriving lampshade business in Paris for a time and her idiosyncratic inventions include a window washer, a blotter bracelet, and something she called an Auto-Facial ...
“I Wish We Could Reach for New Language”: An Interview with
Apr 4, 2022 · Sky Goodden is the founding publisher and editor of Momus, an online art publication based in Canada.Since its founding in 2014 Momus has consistently supported nuanced and insightful writing on contemporary art, in the form of essays, reviews, and interviews.She also runs the Momus Emerging Critics Residencies and co-produces and co-hosts Momus: The Podcast.