Public Writing
I write essays and reviews on contemporary art, women’s artistic production, and European and US history for a variety of general-interest magazines and newspapers. Here you’ll find some recent pieces plus a selection of past favorites.
Recent
Beatrix Potter's Quiet Rebellion, Humanities Magazine
The Misunderstood Art of Marie Laurencin, The Nation online
Visual Arts Essays & Reviews
Review of Cora Pongracz at Maxwell Graham/Essex Street, Artforum
Review of Diane Arbus at David Zwirner Gallery, Artforum
Feature on kid’s art books for Art in America, Summer Reading Issue
Review of “Pionnières” at the Musée du Luxembourg, Art in America online
Column on Suzanne Valadon, Artforum
Essay on “Virtual Views: Home Movies” at MoMA , Art in America online
Review of Jules Adler at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Artforum
Review of Sara Cwynar at the Aldrich Museum, The Nation online
Feature on Rina Banerjee at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Artforum
Review of “East German Painting and Sculpture” at the Albertinum, Artforum
Review of “Le Centre Ne Peut Tenir” at Lafayette Anticipations, Artforum
Review of Baya Mahieddine at Grey Art Gallery, The Village Voice
Review of Barbara Hammer at Company Gallery/Leslie-Lohman Museum, frieze
Review of Marilyn Minter at The Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Rail
Short-Form Visual Arts Reviews
Joan Semmel at Alexander Gray Associates, Art in America online
The Great Naive Masters at Musée Maillol, Artforum.com
French Fashion, Women, and the First World War at Bard, frieze online
Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong, Artforum.com
Sara Cwynar at Foxy Production, Artforum.com
Lillian Schwartz at Magenta Plains, Artforum.com
Jesse Chun at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Artforum.com
The Female Gaze, Part Two at Cheim & Read, Artforum.com
Martha Rosler at the Seattle Museum of Art, Artforum.com
Book & Film Reviews
James McAuley’s The House of Fragile Things, The Nation online
Laurel Leff’s Well Worth Saving, The Nation online
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Artforum.com
Jean-Jacques Schuhl’s Dusty Pink, Bookforum.com
“Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now” catalogue, The Brooklyn Rail
Lauren Greenfield’s Generation Wealth, The Brooklyn Rail
The Musée d'Orsay's "Splendors and Miseries" catalogue, The Art Newspaper