Johanna Fateman

louise lawler liked my review

Well, I wouldn't. Because it's not even bad in a hilarious way. It becomes tedious... And I wanted to like it.

The Bride!

Well, I wrote about The Bride! The exclamation point is part of the title, underscoring the forced breathlessness of this artistic catastrophe, I’m sorry to say. 4columns.org/fateman-joha...

A free link to my review of Harrison Kinnane Smith at Emmelines, in the 53rd St and Fifth Ave E/F station mezzanine level newsstand, featuring 2 Louise Lawlers...open until March 21.

Thank you for reading!

An Award Nomination, A New Review Did you hear that I’m an ASME finalist? For three pieces I wrote for Cultured? A piece on Cameron Rowland’s DIA show, my Aspen diary, and my account of the September openings in New York. (Scroll down...

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Our Critic’s Favorite Show This Month Is Hidden in a Subway Station Harrison Kinnane Smith puts two works by Louise Lawler front and center in a show about—among other things—a corporate art collection, cursed real estate, and the status of institutional critique.

Some big openings in New York last week, but since I'm disgusted by and distraught about nearly everything, I wrote about conceptual art in an MTA newsstand "under MoMA." www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

During Frieze LA, Juliana Halpert Finds Some of the Best Art (and Gossip) in Unlikely Places You'll find no white-cube galleries or art-fair booths in our critic's LA diary, which takes us to a K–12 school and a defunct movie theater.

One of my favorite art writers! Juliana Halpert on the LA scene (original HED called it the “anti-Frieze” report!) This is a gift link BTW. www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

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As New York Thaws, Our Critics Have Your Essential Gallery Guide Uptown, downtown, and Brooklyn alike—the Critics' Table writers highlight notable exhibitions, from Louise Bourgeois to Torkwase Dyson.

A free link to our "as New York thaws" gallery guide: www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

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.

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The Pleasure in Being Disgusting: I wrote about Peaches for CULTURED Peaches’s new album is out next week, and I got emotional, nostalgic even, catching up with her about it.

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I talked to Peaches about her new album, fascism, art, when we met 25 years ago (!) in Berlin on Le Tigre's first tour...
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‘As Close to Art as Pop Gets’: Jarrett Earnest on Charli XCX, ‘The Moment,’ and Our Culture of Hyper-Exposure In Aidan Zamiri's debut feature film, the star of stage and screen makes everyone—herself included—look bad, brilliantly.

A free link to Jarrett Earnest's review of Charli XCX's The Moment for the Critics' Table for your pre-Bad Bunny, super cold day reading. www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

‘As Close to Art as Pop Gets’: Jarrett Earnest on Charli XCX, ‘The Moment,’ and Our Culture of Hyper-Exposure In Aidan Zamiri's debut feature film, the star of stage and screen makes everyone—herself included—look bad, brilliantly.

A free link to Jarrett Earnest's review of Charli XCX's The Moment for the Critics' Table for your pre-Bad Bunny, super cold day reading. www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

‘As Close to Art as Pop Gets’: Jarrett Earnest on Charli XCX, ‘The Moment,’ and Our Culture of Hyper-Exposure In Aidan Zamiri's debut feature film, the star of stage and screen makes everyone—herself included—look bad, brilliantly.

take a break: www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

‘As Close to Art as Pop Gets’: Jarrett Earnest on Charli XCX, ‘The Moment,’ and Our Culture of Hyper-Exposure In Aidan Zamiri's debut feature film, the star of stage and screen makes everyone—herself included—look bad, brilliantly.

take a break: www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

For this week, I wrote about Joan Semmel. Sam McKinniss on Helen Schjerfbeck at the Met. Ajay Kurian on Marguerite Humeau.
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For this week, I wrote about Joan Semmel. Sam McKinniss on Helen Schjerfbeck at the Met. Ajay Kurian on Marguerite Humeau.
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A free link to "4 Days in Feminist Warsaw: Johanna Fateman on the Art of Abortion and the Return of the All-Women Show" (Alison M. Gingeras delivers an epic feminist survey at MSN Warsaw and Poland's first abortion center, AboTak, says "fuck for fun.")
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A free link to "4 Days in Feminist Warsaw: Johanna Fateman on the Art of Abortion and the Return of the All-Women Show" (Alison M. Gingeras delivers an epic feminist survey at MSN Warsaw and Poland's first abortion center, AboTak, says "fuck for fun.")
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In case you're worried about the "adult content" in my post, it's Artemisia Gentileschi's Susanna and the Elders, on view at the new Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, in the feminist survey The Woman Question. And, don't worry, there's even more feminist adult content in the article itself!

4 Days in Feminist Warsaw: Johanna Fateman on the Art of Abortion and the Return of the All-Women Show Follow along as our critic tours the Polish capital's art scene, visits its first abortion clinic, and meditates on the female figure.

I wrote about my visit to Warsaw in November. www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

Might watch the shining tonight.

The Year in Art: Johanna Fateman Breaks Down the Biggest Hits (and Misses) of 2025 Our critic offers a New York-centric mix of the best, the most discussed, the rather disappointing, and the totally gross.

My year-end list, leading with Zohran.
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NYC, do the starch-based dissolving “styrofoam” peanuts go with the food waste?

The Year in Art: Johanna Fateman Breaks Down the Biggest Hits (and Misses) of 2025 Our critic offers a New York-centric mix of the best, the most discussed, the rather disappointing, and the totally gross.

My year-end list, leading with Zohran.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

the Drawing Center UFO show catalogue, the H&W Hammons book, Primary Info's Gober book, all the bangers are here

Our Critics Stack Up the Most Notable Art Books of 2025 Co-chief art critics Johanna Fateman and John Vincler and contributing critic Blakey Bessire pull up a chair to share their favorites.

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