Johanna Fateman
@johannafateman.bsky.social
co-chief art critic at CULTURED Magazine, musician at LE TIGRE
https://buttondown.com/johannafateman
https://buttondown.com/johannafateman
A free link to my reviews of Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corte:
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
60 Minutes in Chelsea: Johanna Fateman’s Walking Tour of the November Openings
Our critic’s short walking loop takes you to Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corte—then back to Louise again.
www.culturedmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A free link to my reviews of Louise Bourgeois, Milton Avery, Tishan Hsu, and Alex Da Corte:
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Johanna Fateman
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
Last day!
I'm very happy to share a gift link this morning for David Rimanelli's TCT review of the wonderful @naylandblake.bsky.social shows at Matthew Marks, through Otober 25. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Nayland Blake's 'Sex in the 90s' is Critic David Rimanelli's Chelsea Pick
Our critic finds the icon of queer conceptualism forging a visual language from bunnies, BDSM, and the art history of the very recent past.
www.culturedmag.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last day!
A free link to my profile of Diane Severin Nguyen/preview of her new performance "War Songs" at BRIC... www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Party in the U.S.A.? With 'War Songs,' Diane Severin Nguyen Asks What Protest Music Really Means
For the artist's headlining Performa commission, a fictional band deconstructs folk-rock hits of the '60s—and much more.
www.culturedmag.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A free link to my profile of Diane Severin Nguyen/preview of her new performance "War Songs" at BRIC... www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
My dog won’t eat her food without parmesan
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My dog won’t eat her food without parmesan
I think at the tattoo place they can tell you if it’s nazi or not
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I think at the tattoo place they can tell you if it’s nazi or not
best museum heist is still the carolee schneemann photos taken from momaps1 that were mailed back 4 days later from a shipping store in williamsburg by a young woman wearing a disguise
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
best museum heist is still the carolee schneemann photos taken from momaps1 that were mailed back 4 days later from a shipping store in williamsburg by a young woman wearing a disguise
I really like Diane Severin Nguyen’s work.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Party in the U.S.A.? With 'War Songs,' Diane Severin Nguyen Asks What Protest Music Really Means
For the artist's headlining Performa commission, a fictional band deconstructs folk-rock hits of the '60s—and much more.
www.culturedmag.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I really like Diane Severin Nguyen’s work.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Johanna Fateman
A new diary! (The Critics’ Table is now free for your first 5 articles.)
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Juliana Halpert Rates the Los Angeles Art Scene's Tricks and Treats So Far This Fall
The artist and critic takes us on a haunted hayride of her own with this gimlet-eyed guide to the season's openings and events.
www.culturedmag.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A new diary! (The Critics’ Table is now free for your first 5 articles.)
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Last day for Jennie C. Jones on the roof!
Gregg Bordowitz writes for the Critics' Table this week!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
The Met Roof Garden’s Swan Song (For Now): Gregg Bordowitz on Jennie C. Jones's 'Ensemble'
It's the last weekend to see the artist's work before the museum closes the Roof Garden until 2030. Don't miss it.
www.culturedmag.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last day for Jennie C. Jones on the roof!
hey look @white-columns.bsky.social is here now!
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
hey look @white-columns.bsky.social is here now!
Gregg Bordowitz writes for the Critics' Table this week!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
The Met Roof Garden’s Swan Song (For Now): Gregg Bordowitz on Jennie C. Jones's 'Ensemble'
It's the last weekend to see the artist's work before the museum closes the Roof Garden until 2030. Don't miss it.
www.culturedmag.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Gregg Bordowitz writes for the Critics' Table this week!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
A new diary! (The Critics’ Table is now free for your first 5 articles.)
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Juliana Halpert Rates the Los Angeles Art Scene's Tricks and Treats So Far This Fall
The artist and critic takes us on a haunted hayride of her own with this gimlet-eyed guide to the season's openings and events.
www.culturedmag.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A new diary! (The Critics’ Table is now free for your first 5 articles.)
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Now, FIVE FREE articles a month for all of CULTURED online, INCLUDING the Critics' Table! Just published our October WHAT’S ON.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Your Sweater Weather Guide to the New York Gallery Scene, Brought to You by the Critics' Table
The art world will be ready for round two of fall openings later this month. Don't let October slip by without catching these shows.
www.culturedmag.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Now, FIVE FREE articles a month for all of CULTURED online, INCLUDING the Critics' Table! Just published our October WHAT’S ON.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Johanna Fateman
free link, five reviews
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
90 Minutes on the Upper East Side: Johanna Fateman's Fall Art Guide For the Neighborhood
Our critic's walking tour includes Jeffrey Gibson, Alix Cléo Roubaud, Nancy Holt, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and P. Staff.
www.culturedmag.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
free link, five reviews
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Weaponized incompetence and incompetents with weapons, both really big right now
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Weaponized incompetence and incompetents with weapons, both really big right now
New for TCT, John Vincler: www.culturedmag.com/share/?cm_sh...
Cady Noland’s Show Is Not as Bad as You May Have Heard. But John Vincler Likes ‘IKEA’ Better.
Our critic visits Gagosian for one the season’s buzziest shows, then visits Ciccio for a reinstallation of a 1996 conceptual-art cult classic.
www.culturedmag.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New for TCT, John Vincler: www.culturedmag.com/share/?cm_sh...
Reposted by Johanna Fateman
A gift link for my profile on Ambera Wellmann for Cultured / the Critics' Table.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Ambera Wellmann Delivers on the Hype With a Two-Gallery Banger This September
The artist Ambera Wellmann invites Johanna Fateman into her studio for a look at her (sort of) post-figuration era.
www.culturedmag.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A gift link for my profile on Ambera Wellmann for Cultured / the Critics' Table.
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
October with a "c," that is.
I'm very happy to share a gift link this morning for David Rimanelli's TCT review of the wonderful @naylandblake.bsky.social shows at Matthew Marks, through Otober 25. www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Nayland Blake's 'Sex in the 90s' is Critic David Rimanelli's Chelsea Pick
Our critic finds the icon of queer conceptualism forging a visual language from bunnies, BDSM, and the art history of the very recent past.
www.culturedmag.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
October with a "c," that is.
Reposted by Johanna Fateman
Gift link for Brian Droitcour's latest for TCT!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
Seeing Through the Slop: Brian Droitcour's Guide to Digital Art That Slaps
Our critic finds inspiration in new work engaging with AI, gaming, and social media by Sarah Friend, Mindy Seu, and more.
www.culturedmag.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gift link for Brian Droitcour's latest for TCT!
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...
sometimes I pretend this is twitter c. 2014; it never lands
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
sometimes I pretend this is twitter c. 2014; it never lands
JD Vance lighting a diptyque candle, doing his evening wind-down, skin care, gratitude list: grateful he can tell Joy Reid she should be grateful and then have that enter my consciousness and make me go a little extra insane tonight.
October 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
JD Vance lighting a diptyque candle, doing his evening wind-down, skin care, gratitude list: grateful he can tell Joy Reid she should be grateful and then have that enter my consciousness and make me go a little extra insane tonight.
“It’s so bad. So bad.”
going to knock on my daughter's door and get the only taylor swift take that matters.
October 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“It’s so bad. So bad.”
