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REVIEWS, ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS

2024 Walter Price with Michelle Grabner,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 2024
Christopher Williams,” Artforum, Summer 2024
ArtCrush Honoree: Jacqueline Humphries,” Aspen Art Museum Magazine, Summer 2024
Alexis Petroff,” Artforum, March 2024
Marjorie Welish,” Artforum, February 2024
2023 Tony Tasset: Works 1985-2022,” published by Skira, 2023
Paula Crown: #solotogether at Rockefeller Center,” exhibition catalog, 2023
2022 Ellen Berkenblit,” Artforum, December 2022
Allan McCollum,” Artforum, September 2022
Russell Maltz by Michelle Grabner,” Bomb Magazine, July 25, 2022
Jennie C. Jones,” Artforum, Summer 2022
2021 Dutes Miller,” Artforum, December 2021
2020 Konsortium and the Codes of Painting,” Triumvirat Konsortium, published by Distanz, 2020
Sky Hopinka: The Poor Farm Exhibition,” Sky Hopinka, published by Poor Farm Press, 2020
Suellen Rocca’s Pictorial Freedom,” Frieze, May 2020
Common Practice,” forward Published by Skira, 2020
Harold Mendez the Login Center, University of Chicago,” Artforum, May/June 2020
Lenore Tawney at The John Michael Kohler Art Center,” Artforum, January 2020
Allan McCollum,” preview, Artforum, January 2020
FMSBWTÖZÄU PGGIV-..?MÖ (FOR STEPHEN FOSTER),” at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago Artforum, November 2020
2019 Unbuggerable” Brooklyn Rail, September 2019
Theaster Gates at Richard Gray,” Chicago, Artforum, Summer 2019
Nathaniel Robinson at Dan Devening,” Chicago, Artforum, May 2019
Daniel G. Baird at Patron,” Chicago, Artforum, April 2019
Yinka Shonibare MBE and Michelle Grabner,” The American Library, with an introduction by Lia Newman, essay by Coco Fusco, published by Davidson College, 2019
“Paul Villinski: Between Deed and the Doing,” catalog essay, 2019
Celeste Rapone and Betsy Odom at Corbett vs. Dempsey,” Chicago, Fabrik, February 2019
Torkwase Dyson at Rhona Hoffman Gallery,” Chicago, Artforum, January 2019
2018 Contemporary Art’s Value May Be on the Rise, but it Comes at a Greater Cost,” The Art Newspaper, November 2018
Gaylen Gerber at Arts Club of Chicago,” Artforum.com, December 11, 2018
Chicago Speaks, Art in Chicago: A History from the Fire to Now,” published by the University of Chicago Press, 2018
“Makeshift,” exhibition essay, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2018
The Strategic Middle,” edited by Lane Relyea for The Brooklyn Rail, November 2018
Jessie Edelman’s Muse: A Maverick Position,” exhibition essay, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, 2018
Josh Reames at Andrew Rafacz Gallery,” Chicago, Artforum, November 2018
A. Laurie Palmer at Iceberg Projects,” Chicago, Artforum, Summer 2018
Beverly Fishman at Kavi Gupta Gallery,” Chicago, Artforum, May 2018
James Yood (1952-2018)” Artforum.com, May 2018
Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg at Moderna Museet, Stockholm,” Preview, Artforum, May 2018
John McAllister at Shane Campbell Gallery,” Chicago, Artforum, January 2018
The Thingness of Air: Nazafarin Lotfi,” exhibition essay, Fernway Gallery, Chicago, 2018
“Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam,” catalog interview, Brad Killam: Painting and Sculpture, Geary Gallery, New York, 2018
2017 Interview with Mark Dion, Fragments and Miscellany, published by Fieldwork Museum, 2017
Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail,” David Zwirner Press, 2017
Nate Young at Monique Meloche Gallery,” Chicago, Artforum, December 2017
Martha Tuttle and Henry Chapman at Rhona Hoffman Gallery,” Chicago, Artforum, November 2017
“The Suburban,” Into the City, edited by Maggie Taft, University of Chicago Press, 2018
Michael Reafsnyder: Universal Grammers,” exhibition catalog, Ameringer, McEnery, Eohe, NYC, 2017
Jack Ryan: The Last Chord,” exhibition catalog, Marylhurst University, OR
Wendy Red Star, exhibition catalog, CUE, NYC, 2017
“Jessica Halonen at Blue Star Contemporary,” Artforum.com, 2017
“Robert Hodge,” catalog essay, Rhythm for the Suffering, Freight and Volume, NYC, 2017
“Kaveri Raina: Push and Pull: Experimenting with Painting’s Stabilities,” catalog essay, Chicago Artist Coalition, 2017
Miele Laderman Ukeles: Queens Museum,” X-tra, Fall 2017
Social Event Archive, “Present Pasts: Paul Druecke,” Milwaukee Art Museum, 2017
Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle,” Cleveland Museum of Art, Artforum.com, 2017
Jeffrey Gibson,” Haggerty Museum of Art, Artforum.com, 2017
Mythologies: Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, “The Local Imagination and the Anthropocene: The Paintings of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein,” John Michael Kohler Art Center, 2017
2016 New School: Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957,” X-tra, 2016
Fred Wilson,” Allen Memorial Museum of Art, Oberlin, OH, Artforum, December 2016
Paper Louise Tiny Fishman Rock, ICA Philadelphia,” Preview, Artforum, 2016
“Alexander Herzog: Articulate, Rearticulate,” catalog essay, Geary, NYC 2016
“Genre Lessons: Claire Sherman,” catalog essay, DC Moore Gallery, 2016
Paul McCarthy,” Renaissance Society, Chicago, Artforum, March 2016
2015 Joseph Yoakum” Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Artforum, December 2015
Erika Rotherberg,” Zolla Lieberman, Artforum, June 2015
“Inside/Outside: Works from the Skowhegan Archives,” exhibition essay, Summer 2015
Arlene Shechet: All at Once,” Artforum, May 2015
Michael Kaysen,” 65 Grand, Chicago, Artforum, February 2015
“Lydia Lunch and Large Picture Philosophy,” catalog essay, HOWL HAPPENING, NYC, 2015
Contributor to Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life, Phaidon Press, 2015
“Day Gazer: Jessie Edelman,” exhibition essay, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, NYC, 2015
Walter Robinson,” Illinois State Galleries, Artforum, March 2015
Lucie Stahl,” Queer Thoughts, Artforum, February 2015
Implicated and Immune,” Artforum.com, February 2015
Art Basel | Year 45, published by JRP|Ringier, 2015
“Paula Crown, The Sublime and the Center: Dimensions of Philosophy,” catalog essay, Marlborough Gallery, NY
Atlas: Fast and Slow, Chicago,” Art in America, April 2015
“Atlas: Western Homes, Chicago,” Art in America, January 2015
“The Thingness of Air, Nazafarin Lotfi,” catalog essay, Fernwey Gallery, 2015
“Calder’s Orbit,” catalog essay, Antworten auf Calder Mobiles in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2015
“Beth Campbell,” catalog essay, Antworten auf Calder Mobiles in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2015
2014 “Atlas: The Peoples Palace, Chicago,” Art in America, October 2014
Mickalene Thomas,” At Kavi Gupta, Artforum, December 2014
“Michelle Grabner with David Robbins,” Slapstick and the Sublime, ed Jonn Herschend, Art Practical, July 2014
“Tom Loeser: Post-Cartesian Things,” Tom Loeser: It Could Have Been Kindling, catalog essay, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 2014
“Reenchanting: Sabina Ott,” exhibition publication, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Maddie Reyna at Julius Caesar,” Chicago, Artforum, 2014
Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present” preview Artforum, 2014
Anne Colier, Hessel Museum Bard, Critics’ Pick,” Artforum.com, 2014
“pale blue, blue-green, and brick: Amy Park,” catalog essay, Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY
“Home,” Immersive Life Practices, ed. Daniel Tucker, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014
MG’s WB,” 2014 Whitney Biennial catalog, Yale Press/Whitney Museum of American Art, 2014
“Finding Arts Place,” Cargo Space catalog, 2014
“Entertainment Monuments: Gretchen Bender and David Foster Wallace,” Gretchen Bender / Whitney Biennial ed. Philip Vanderhyden, 2014
“space, no space, and every space,” Seed Space catalog, 2014
William O’Brien at the MCA,” Preview, Artforum, February 2014
“I am Radio: Simon Ingram,” catalog essay, 2014
Art School, “Michelle Grabner,” Phaidon Press Limit, 2014
2013 “Niki de Saint Phalle: A Bricoleur,” En Joue: Assemblages and Tirs 1958-1964, Vallois Galerie, Paris/Hanover, 2013
“Total Recall: An Introduction,” Tracking the Thrill, ed. Philip Vanderhyden, Poor Farm Press, 2013
“Alex Olson: Surface Conditions,” catalog essay, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, 2013
It Looks Like Words Have Won,” Brooklyn Rail, March 4, 2013
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists, Ed. Sharon Louden, published by Intellect Books,2013
“What We Can Knot,” Shifter 20, 2013
Tilman & Greet Billet: Radio Vallebona / Transmission #1, catalog essay, published by CCNOA and MINUS SPACE, 2013
“Introduction to Tracking the Thrill: Gretchen Bender,” catalog essay, Poor Farm Press, 2013
“Lars Breuer” Wall Painting: Crisis and Control” catalog essay, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany, 2013
Guillaume Leblon: Heibling, catalog essay, Paraguay Press, France, 2013
2012 “Proposals,” Shifter 19, 2012
“Jimmy Roberts: Vis-à-vis,” Art Papers, November/December 2012, p. 53.
John Opera at Andrew Rafacz Gallery,” Artforum, December 2012
“Detachable, Connectable,” Pamela Wilson-Ryckman: Home and Away, Gallery Paule Anglim catalog, 2013
Jerome Acks at 65 Grand,” Artforum, October 2012
“Richard Galling,” Mary Nohl Fellowship catalog essay, 2012
Arturo Herrera’s Series,” Art Agenda, June 26, 2012
Rosemary Trockel: Walser Project,” Donald Young Gallery, Artforum, Summer 2012
“Delicious Cake: Molly Zuckerman Hartung,” publication essay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2012
“Draw It with Your Eyes Closed: the Art of the Art Assignment,” (Paper Monument), 2012
“The Efficacy of Numbers,” Service Media: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS edited by STUART KEELER EXAMINING ART OUTSIDE THE WHITE CUBE (Green Lantern Press), 2012.
Taryn Simon,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Artforum, March 2012
“THIS: Fatima Haider and Lourdes Correa-Carlo,” exhibition essay, Julius Caesar, Chicago, 2012
“The Political Ecology of Matter and Thingly Things,” catalog essay for Material Occupation, University Art Museum, University of Albany, NY, 2012
“Jason Ramey: The Personal Ecology of Furnishings and Walls,” essay for exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI, 2012
“25 Years of Talent: An Introductory Essay”, Marianne Boesky Gallery, June 2012
“Castillo / Corellas: Marbled Pages,” catalog essay, 2012
“Mark Grotjahn: Putting together a Pineapple,” catalog essay, Shane Campbell Gallery Publication, 2012
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven,” Renaissance Society, Artforum, January 2012
“Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists” (Intellect Books), 2012
2011 “Test Family,” included in The Essential New Art Examiner, (Northern Illinois Press), 2011
Guest Editor for Possible Press Fall edition, 2011
“Rodney Graham at Donald Young Gallery,” Art Agenda, November 2011
Gregg Bordowitz at Iceberg Projects,” Artforum, October 2011
“Jason Lazarus: An Essay,” University Galleries, Illinois State, 2012
“Shelia Hicks: 50 Years,” Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Artforum, Summer 2011
“Von Zweck: A Chicago Case Study,” Proximity Issue #9, 2012
“Rinus Van de Velde: Dear David Johnson” at Moniquemeloche, Art Agenda, 2011
Josh Kolbo at Tony Wight Gallery,” Artforum, May 2011
“Claire Sherman: Palms Wild” at Kavi Gupta Gallery, Art Agenda, 2011
John Henderson at Golden Gallery,” Artforum, April 2011
Christopher Wool at Corbett v. Dempsey,” Artforum, February 2011
Richard Hawkins, Third Mind,” X-tra, Winter 2011
2010 “Karl Haendel: My Invisible Friend,” Art Agenda, 2010
Warrington Colescott at The Milwaukee Art Museum,” Artforum, November 2010
“Craig Drennen: Timon of Athens,” catalog essay, Samson, Boston, 2010
Tony Tasset at Kavi Gupta,” Artforum, October 2010
Jennifer Bolande at INOVA,” Artforum, September 2010
New Icon,” Loyola University, Artforum.com, 2010
“interview: Michelle Grabner Talks with Colleen Asper,” Proximity, Fall 2010
Scott Wolniak,” 65 Grand, Artforum, May 2010
“Oliver Herring at ISU Galleries,” Proximity, Spring 2010
Warhol: Last Decade,” Artforum.com, 2010
James Welling,” Donald Young Gallery, Artforum, February 2010
Martha Rosler If You Still Live Here…/ Mike Kelley and Michael Smith: A Voyage of Growth and Discovery,” X-TRA, 2010
“Tony Matelli: Yesterday,” Green Gallery East, Proximity, 2010
“Strike Us Like Stars in the Heavens,” essay for With Your Eyes Only, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
2009 Doug Ischar,” Artforum, December 2009
“Picturing the Studio,” By Michelle Grabner and Annika Marie, exhibition essay, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Jan van der Ploeg: Communicate Abstraction,” catalog essay
“With Your Eyes Only,” catalog essay, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
Heartland Preview,” Artforum, September 2009
“Dark Fair at the Kolnischer Kunstverein / No Soul For Sale at X-Initiative,” Proximity, 2009
Julia Hechtman at Dan Devening,” Artforum.com, 2009
Roman Signer at Hamburg Kunsthalle,” Artforum.com 2009
MP3: Curtis Mann, John Opera, and Stacia Yeapis,” Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Artforum.com, 2009
“Roy Staab,” INOVA, UW-Milwaukee, Artforum.com, 2009
“Keltie Ferris,” Kemper Museum of Art catalog essay, 2009
Mel Bochner,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Artforum, September 2009
Dutes Miller,” Western Exhibitions, Artforum.com, 2009
Our Literal Speed,” Gallery 400, Artforum.com, 2009
“Luke Dowd,” Tony Wight Gallery, Artforum.com, 2009
On Bullshit, Lies, Truthiness and Parafiction,” X-tra, Volume 11, 2009, pp. 48-54
Dana Degiulio at Carrie Secrist Gallery,” Artforum.com, 2009
Vaguely Paperly at Kavi Gupta,” Artforum.com, 2009
Amy Mayfield at Three Walls,” Artforum, January 2009
Howard Fonda at Roots and Culture,” Artforum, April 2009
Mickalene Thomas at Rhona Hoffman Gallery,” Artforum, February 2009
Vincent Fecteau at The Art Insitute of Chicago,” Artforum, March 2009
Bad Moon at Andrew Rafacz Gallery,” Artforum.com, 2009
Dennis Balk at INOVA,” Artforum.com, 2009
Can Bigfoot Get You Beer at Alogon Gallery,” Artforum.com, 2009
Davis and Langlois at The Chicago Cultural Center,” Artforum.com, 2009
2008 Joseph Grigely at Te Museum of Contemporary Art,” Artforum.com, 2008
Carrie Schneider at Moniquemeloche Gallery,” Artforum.com, 2008
Maggie Hill at Optical Project,” Artforum.com, 2008
“Jeff Koons,” MCA, Modern Painters, October 2008
Rashid Johnson,” Monique Meloche Gallery, Artforum, November 2008
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung,” Julius Caesar, Artforum, October 2008
Santiago Cuccullu,” The Milwaukee Art Museum, Artforum, September 2008
Black Is, Black Ain’t” and “Meanwhile in Baghdad,” Renaissance Society Chicago, X-tra, 2008
“TL Solein,” Madison Museum of Modern Art, Artforum.com, 2008
Kelly Kaczynski,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Artforum.com, 2008
“Three Hours Between Planes,” Chicago Cultural Center, Timeout Chicago, 2008
“Sabina Ott,” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Timeout Chicago, 2008
I am Eye Beam,” Gallery 400, Chicago, Artforum.com, 2008
Blinky Palermo,” Kunsthalle and Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Artforum.com, 2008
“William Pope. L,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Timeout Chicago, 2008
“Pain Should Not Be Ignored: Conversation with Rodney McMillian on the work of William Pope. L,” Afterall, Summer 2008
“Soft Life,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Timeout Chicago, 2008
“Slightly Unbalanced,” Chicago Cultural Center, Timeout Chicago, 2008
“Temporary Services,” essay, Art Papers, Summer 2008
“Trisha Donnelly,” Renaissance Society, Chicago, Timeout Chicago, 2008
“COI,” essay, bdbbdb.com, 2008
“Black Is, Black Ain’t,” Renaissance Society Chicago, Timeout Chicago, 2008
“Ceramics,” essay, X-tra, 2008
Ed Ruscha,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Artforum.com, 2008
Gaping Hole in Universe,” Dan Hugg, Los Angeles, Artforum.com, 2008
“Wide Awake: Santigo Cuccullu,” catalog essay, 2007
Jason Meadows,” Marc Fox, Los Angeles, Artforum.com, 2008
“The Suburban: Conversation with Mieka Marple,” The Highlights.org, 2008
“Howard Fonda,” Hyde Park Cultural Center, Chicago, Timeout Chicago, 2008
Indexical Frontier,” INOVA, Milwaukee, Artforum.com, 2008
2007 Jimmy and Jill Baker,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, Artforum.com, 2007
“Ohio,” catalog essay, College of DuPage, 2007
“Mother Tongue: Jason Karolak,” catalog essay, 2007
Tim Luan,” Madison Museum of Modern Art, Madison WI, Artforum.com, 2007
“Bilingual,” catalog essay, Columbia College, 2007
Jana Gunstheimer,” The Art Institute of Chicago, X-tra, 2007
“Scott Short,” Renaissance Society exhibition catalogue, 2008
David Lieske,” Rowley Kennert, Artforum, Summer 2007
Made in Germany,” Hannover, Artforum.com, August 2007
Erik Van Lieshout,” Mass MOCA, Artforum.com
Pedagogical Factory,” Hyde Park Art Center, Artforum.com, 2006, McKnight Artist catalog essays, MCAD, 2007
Rudolph Stingel,” MCA, Frieze, April 2007
“Mel Bochner,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Frieze, March 2007
2006 Andrew Guenther,” Bucket Rider Gallery, Artforum, 2006
“Maureen Gallace,” Art Institute of Chicago, Frieze, 2006
“Scott Short” catalog essay, Renaissance Society, Chicago, 2006
“Sophie von Hellermann,” Chisenhale, London, artUS, 2006
“A Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980,” essay contribution, 2006
“Home of the Free, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, artUS, 2006
“Sarah Kabot; Back to Basics,” catalog essay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 2006
“Alexa Horochowski,” catalog essay, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2006
Cecilia Edefalk,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Artforum, 2006
“David Coyle,” 40,000, artUS, 2006
“At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago,” Gallery 400, Art Papers, 2006
“Yutaka Sone,” Renaissance Society, artUS, 2006
“For Real,” Hyde Park Art Center, Art Papers, Spring 2006
“Scott Stack,” Moniquemeloche, Art Papers, Summer 2006
Ashley Macomber,” Kavi Gupta Gallery, Artforum, February 2006
“All the Pretty Corpses,” Renaissance Society, artUS
“Pam Wilson,” Moniquemeloche, artUS
“State of Art Criticism,” Art Papers
2005 “Aaron Van Dyke/Eric Lebofsky,” Western Exhibitions, Art Papers, Fall 2005
“M+M,” Palais de Toyko, Art Papers
“CHICAGO,” Art Review, London, 2005
“Shane Huffman,” Skestos Gabriele Gallery, artUS
“Michael Asher,” The Art Institute of Chicago, artUS
CUT,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Artforum, November 2005
“Arnout Mik,” at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, artUS, September 2005
“Magnus Von Plessen,” at The Art Institute of Chicago, artUS, September 2005
“Practice in Chicago,” ArtReview, May 2005
“Patrick Hill, at Shane Campbell, Art Papers, Summer 2005
“Su-Mei Tse,” at The Renaissance Society, Art Papers, 2005
“Siebren Versteeg,” essay, Art Papers, Spring 2005
“Adam Pendelton,” at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Art Papers, Spring 2005
“Stan Shellabarger,” at Western Exhibitions, Art Papers, Spring 2005
“The Suburban: The Early Years,” Journal for Northwest Issues: Making Spaces, 2005
“Jim Lutes and Susanne Doremus,” at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery artUS, Spring 2005
“Joshua Mosley,” at Donald Young Gallery, artUS, Winter 2005
2004 “Ulrike Ottinger,” at the Renaissance Society, artUS, Fall 2004
“Ian Hamilton Finlay,” at The Arts Club of Chicago, artUS, Fall 2004
“Derek Fansler and Scott Wolniak,” at Dogmatic, artUS, 2004
“Anna Joelsdottir,” at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Art Papers, Summer 2004
“Marghertita Manzelli,” at The Art Institute of Chicago, Art Papers, Spring 2004
“Cheonea Kim,” catalog essay for exhibition catalogue at Auburn University, 2004
“Joanne Greenbaum,” at Boom, Flash Art, 2004
“Cindy Loehr,” at Moniquemeloche Gallery, artUS, May/June 2004
“Douglas Holst: Flatland” catalog essay, INOVA, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2004
“Rodney Graham,” at Donald Young Gallery, artUS, March/April 2004
“Judy Ledgerwood,” at Rhona Hoffman Gallery artUS, January/February 2004
“Mark Manders,” at The Art Institute and the Renaissance Society, Coterie, February 2004
“Serhey Illin,” at INOVA, artUS, January/February 2004
2003 “The Suburban: The Early Years,” Catalogue, 2003
“Thoughts on Contemporary Collectives,” X-tra, December 2003
“Santiago Cucullu,” at Julia Friedman Gallery, Tema Celeste, September/October 2003
“What an Eye” Tony Tasset: Better Me, catalog essay, University Galleries, Illinois State, 2003
“Yoshihiro Suda,” at The Art Institute of Chicago, artUS, Inaugural Issue, Fall 2003
“David Robbins,” at The Des Moines Art Center, artUS, Inaugural Issue, Fall 2003
“Wittenstein’s Cure,” Deluxe Projects Publication, Chicago, 2003
“Watery, Domestic,” at The Renaissance Society, BRIDGE, online, 2003
“Arnold Odermatt,” at The Art Institute of Chicago, X-tra, January 2003
“Galyen Gerber with Stephen Prina,” at The Art Institute of Chicago, Artext, January 2003
2002 “The Others,” exhibition catalog essay, SAIC Exhibitions Studies Publications, 2002
“Ben Kinmont: Documenta’s Foil,” BRIDGE, online, 2002
“Jeff Carter,” at Vedanta, Tema Celeste, September/October 2002
“David Robbins,” at Donald Young Gallery, Tema Celeste, Summer 2002
“James Elkins: How to Use your Eyes and Pictures and Tears,” Frieze, 2002
“ExtraOrdinary: American Places in Contemporary Photography” at Madison Art Center, Afterimage, 2002
“Hirsch Perlman,” at Donald Young Gallery, New Art Examiner, 2002
“David Kaiser,” at STANDARD, New Art Examiner, 2002
“INOVA,” New Art Examiner, March/April 2002
2001 “Adam Scott,” at College of DuPage” New Art Examiner, November/December 2001
“Carla Arocha,” at Moniquemeloche Gallery Tema Celeste, 2001
“Jeff McMahon,” at Bodybuilders and Sportsman Gallery, Tema Celeste, 2001
Five Artists Essays, McKnight Fellowship exhibition catalogue, 2001
“re-fashion: Klaus Theijil Jakobsen,” catalog essay, 2001
“:Wireless in Wisconsin: The Hermetic Radio Hour,” Frieze, 2001
“Serendipity,” at McCormick Gallery, New Art Examiner, November/December 2001
“B. Wurtz” at Gallery 400, Frieze, 2001
“David Robbins” at INOVA, Frieze, 2001
“Vertical Time: Curtis Whaley,” catalog essay, 2001
“Tom Bamberger and Steve Foster,” at M. Lord Gallery, New Art Examiner, 2001
“Brad Kahlhamer Almost American,” at the Madison Art Center, New Art Examiner, 2001
“Painting on the Edge of the World,” at the Walker Art Center, Frieze, 2001
“Rob Pruitt,” at Gavin Brown Enterprise, Frieze, 2001
“Free Basin,” at Hyde Park Art Center, Frieze, 2001
2000 “Familiarity to Strangeness: Derrick Buisch,” catalog essay, 2000
“Invisible Histories: Leslee Nelson,” catalog essay, 2000
“Hardware from the Heartland,” 16 Beaver Project web page, Fall 2000
“Dave Muller and Three Day Weekend,” New Art Examiner, November 2000, p. 22-25.
“Interview with Christopher Sperandio,” Cakewalk, Summer 2000
“Pedro Valez & Jessic Hutchins,” at Hermetic Gallery, Frieze, October 2000
“Cold Conceptualism,” at Suitable, Frieze, September 2000
“Arts Not Fine: Yumi Roth,” catalog essay, Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University, 2000
“Let’s Entertain,” at the Walker Art Center, Frieze, September 2000
“Carla Arocha,” at Vendanta Gallery, Frieze, May/June 2000
1999 “Things Before Words, Concrete Before Abstraction,” X-tra, Volume 3, 1999
“Jim Shaw: Everything Must Go,” Book Review, New Art Examiner, November 1999
“Trouble Spot Painting,” at MUKKA Antwerp, Frieze, November/December 1999
“Interview With Luc Tuymans,” Art Zine, Fall 1999
“Test Family,” New Art Examiner, October 1999
“Coercion,” Cakewalk, Fall 1999
“Darren Almond,” at the Renaissance Society, Art & Text, Fall 1999
“Examining Pictures,” at the MCA, Frieze, November/December 1999
“Stuff,” at TBA, Frieze, September 1999
“Pickle Reflection,” Performance Research 4, 1999
“Hello Mr. Soul,” at Gallery 400, Frieze, Summer 1999
“Jason Salavon,” catalog essay, College of DuPage, 1999
“Unfinished History,” at the Walker Art Center, Frieze, May 1999
“Paul Drueck,” at MAID Layton Gallery, New Art Examiner, May 1999
“Lane Hall and Lisa Moline,” at INOVA, New Art Examiner, May 1999
“D’Nell Larsen,” at INOVA, Frieze, January 1999
“Interview with Gregory Green, Andrea Zittel, Margaret Honda and Mark Dion,” Weird Science, exhibition catalogue, Cranbrook Art Museum, 1999
1998 “Michelle Grabner on Simon Periton,” Frieze, September/October 1998
“Interview with Peter Land,” Cakewalk, Fall/Winter 1998
“Hirsch Farm Project,” at the MCA, Frieze, November/December 1998
“Lake Breeze: Abstraction in Chicago,” New Art Examiner, September 1998
“New Artists in Chicago,” at the Terra Museum of American Art, New Art Examiner, October 1998
“Gerwald Rockenschaub,” at Chicago Project Room, Artlies, Fall 1998
“Mexico Now: Point of Departure,” at the Chicago Cultural Center, Artlies, Fall 1998
“Joe Scanlann” at the MCA, Frieze, June/July/August 1998
“Gaylen Gerber,” at Chicago Project Room, Frieze, May 1998
“Elixir for the Flesh,” Yolande McKay, exhibition catalogue, Richard Heller Gallery, 1998
“Fuzzy Logic,” Cakewalk, Spring/Summer 1998
“Arturo Hererra,” at the Renaissance Society, ArtPress, no. 284, April 1998
“Field Painting,” NY Arts Magazine, no.17, January/February 1998
“Mona Hatoum: Positive and Negative,” Frieze, January/February 1998
“Wendy Jacobs,” Sculpture, September 1998
“Lenny Hoffmann,” at INOVA, New Art Examiner, February 1998
“Martin Kersels,” at the Madison Art Center, New Art Examiner, March 1998
“Dennis Kowalski,” at Baret International, Frieze, March/April 1998
1997 “Robert Gober,” at LA MOCA, New Art Examiner, December 1997
“The Eagle Rock Show,” at the Eagle Rock Cultural Center, X-tra, Fall 1997
“Tony Tasset,” at Christopher Grimes, Santa Monica, New Art Examiner, October 1997, p. 50
“Jorge Pardo: Living Without Boundaries,” Sculpture, December 1997
“Mary Brogger,” at the MCA, Chicago, Frieze, November/December 1997
“Carla Preiss and Sarah Whipple,” ArtLies, Fall 1997
“Adult Comics,” by Roger Sabin, Electronic Book Review, Fall 1997
“BYOB,” at Chicago Project Room, Art + Text, Summer 1997
“Ray Johnson,” at Feigen Contemporary, Frieze, Summer 1997
“Ed Ruscha,” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, New Art Examiner, June 1997
“Chris Finley,” at ACME, Santa Monica, Flash Art, May/June 1997
“M.W. Burns,” at Tough, Frieze, May/June 1997
“The Photomontages of Hannah Hoch,” at the Walker Art Center, Frieze, March/April 1997
“Smoggy Abstraction: An Interview with Linda Burnham, Roy Dowell and James Scarborough,” LA Muscle, February/March 1997
“Richard Rezac,” at Feigen Contemporary, Sculpture, January/February 1997
“Mandy Morrison,” at Automatic Gallery, Frieze, January/February 1997
1996 “Negotiating Rapture: The Power of Art to Transform Lives,” at the MCA, Frieze, November/December 1996
“Smoggy Abstraction: Recent Los Angeles Painting,” at the Haggerty Art Museum, Art Press, November/December 1996
“Critiques of Pure Abstraction,” at the Madison Art Center, New Art Examiner, November 1996
“Affinities: Chuck Close and Tom Friedman,” at The Art Institute of Chicago, Frieze, September/October 1996
“Liz Young,” at the Randolph Street Gallery, Frieze, September/October 1996
“Blumes,” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, New Art Examiner, Summer 1996
1995 “Face Forward,” at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, New Art Examiner, December 1995
“Milwaukee on View,” New Art Examiner, October 1995
“The Friendly Village,” Art Muscle, October/November 1995
“Judy Hill,” at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Glass Magazine, September 1995
“Stan Douglas,” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, New Art Examiner, May 1995
“Bill Viola,” at the Madison Art Center, New Art Examiner, February 1995
“New Wisconsin Photography,” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, New Art Examiner, May 1995
1994 “Mary Kelly,” at the UWM Art Museum, New Art Examiner, Summer 1994
“Chicago’s Uncomfortable Spaces,” Art Muscle, February/March 1994
“Currents 22: Felix Gonzalez-Torres,” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, New Art Examiner, September 1994
“Tiffany to Ben Tre: A Century of Glass,” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Glass Magazine, July/August 1994
1991 “Fern Shaffer,” at Artemisia Gallery, New Art Examiner, September 1991
“Dimensional Labor,” at Klein Art Works, New Art Examiner, April 1991
“Lauretta Hogin,” at Peter Miller Gallery, Dialogue, January/February 1991
“Elizabeth Newman,” at Compass Rose Gallery, New Art Examiner, January 1991
“Pat Murphy,” at Artemisia Gallery, New Art Examiner, Summer 1991
“Hanne Darboven: Quartet,” at the Renaissance Society, New Art Examiner, April 1991
1990 “A Talk with Ed Paschke,” Art Muscle, January/February 1990
1989 “Home is More Than Four Square Walls,” at the Adler Cultural Center, New Art Examiner, December 1989
“Raw Space,” at A.R.C. Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 1989
“New Talent II,” Contemporary Art Workshop, New Art Examiner, November 1989
“Modernism: That Offensive Dogma,” Chicago/Art/Write, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, September 1989
1987 “Postmodernism: A Spectacle of Reflexivity,” exhibition catalogue, University Art Museum, 1987
“Masked Allusions: The Works of Dennis Nechvatal and Jill Sebastian, at the Sheboygan Art Center, Art Muscle, January/February 1987
1985 “Political Art” at Verge Gallery, New Art Examiner, February 1985

Co-authored with Brad Killam
N55 Book, “Essay on Manual for LAND,” Published 2004

The Harry Carey Show, exhibition catalogue and essay, Diverse Works, Houston, TX 1998

Guest Editors, LA Muscle, (LA Issue) February/March Issue 1997

SPF10, Exhibition catalogue, Walkers Point Center for Arts, Milwaukee, WI 1996

POGS, Kryptische Konzepte 1-12, October 1995 pp. 24-27

Brad, Michelle, Mike, Harpers, January 1995 pp.19

Guest Editor, Art Muscle, October/November Issue 1995

All My Violets, Exhibition Catalogue, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA 1994

Cover Project, Art Muscle, June/July Issue 1993

WRITING AND EDITING

2005-present
Contributing Editor
X-tra
Los Angeles

2010
Co-editor (with Mary Jane Jacob)
The Studio Reader
The University of Chicago

2018
Editor
An American City: Front International
two-volume exhibition catalog
Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art