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Momus: The Podcast

Momus
Art Writing
Art Criticism
MOMUS
Palestine
Literature
Literary Criticism
Editing
Dance Criticism
Canada
Writing Community
Public Exposure
LA Times
The Employee
Art Institutions
Criticism
Dailiness
Ajay Kurian
Jupiter (publication)
MOMAS
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Momus: The Podcast presents lively conversations on art writing and criticism. Hosts Sky Goodden and Lauren Wetmore speak with leading writers, publishers, editors, journalists, scholars, curators, and artists about the expanded field of art writing—why and how it is vital, difficult, political, and pleasurable. Episodes often begin with a guest reading a chosen text that has been meaningful to th... more

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This episode features Abbas Akhavan, a Tehran-born artist based between Montreal and Berlin, who is representing Canada at this year’s Venice Biennale. In a conversation recorded a few days before the opening, Akhavan discusses art as an ethics of en... more

This episode features Camille Bacon, a Chicago-based writer, editor, and the co-founder of Jupiter Magazine. In a far-ranging conversation with Sky Goodden, Bacon discusses the potential and power of a “criticism in the commons,” the Black feminist c... more

In this episode of Momus: The Podcast, Lauren Wetmore speaks with Line Ajan, a Franco-Syrian curator and translator and member of the editorial, artistic, and curatorial collective Qalqalah. The conversation unfolds through a reading of Iranian artis... more

Jeneen Frei Njootli joins this episode of Momus: The Podcast from their ancestral homelands in Old Crow, Yukon, a Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation community north of the Arctic Circle. Frei Njootli reflects on how life in Old Crow has shaped their artist... more

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Recent Guests

Abbas Akhavan
Tehran-born artist based between Montreal and Berlin; representing Canada at the Venice Biennale
Artist
Episode: Abbas Akhavan – Season 9, Episode 5
Camille Bacon
Co-founder of Jupiter, editor and publisher in the independent art-criticism space
Jupiter
Episode: Camille Bacon – Season 9, Episode 4
Line Ajan
Curator and translator based in Marseille
Qalqalah
Episode: Line Ajan – Season 9, Episode 3
Jeneen Frei Njootli
Vuntut Gwich'in artist and language learner, discusses their work and language practice
Artist
Episode: Jeneen Frei Njootli – Season 9, Episode 2
Luther Konadu
Artist and publisher based in Winnipeg, founder of Public Parking and co-founder of Carnation
Public Parking, Carnation
Episode: Luther Konadu – Season 9, Episode 1
Minh Nguyen
Writer, curator; author of Memorial Park, Revisiting Vietnam
Art Metropole & Wendy's Subway (publisher)
Episode: Minh Nguyen and Tiana Reid – Season 8, Bonus Episode
Lucy Sante
Writer, cultural historian, critic, teacher
Writer, critic, Bard instructor
Episode: Lucy Sante – Season 8, Episode 8
Andrii Ushytskyi
Ukrainian writer, editor, dancer
Solomiya; Kyiv-based writer/editor
Episode: Andrii Ushytskyi – Season 8, Episode 7
Re'al Christian
Assistant Director of Editorial Initiatives at the Vera List Center, writer and editor
Vera List Center for Art and Politics
Episode: Re’al Christian, JJJJJerome Ellis, and Diana SeoHyung – Season 8, Episode 6

Hosts

Sky Goodden
Host of the show; often leads discussions with a focus on publishing, criticism, and art discourse.
Lauren Wetmore
Co-host who engages with guests on publishing practices, criticism, and the arts ecosystem.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 54 ratings
  • Engaging and Thought Provoking

    This is the best of what podcasts can be: it feels like two friends gathering together for a cup of tea and they just happen to be passionate experts in their field. Their conversation is always elucidating and engaging while being accessible and enjoyable for a listener of any background.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Madsme
    Canada6 years ago
  • Art

    A very nice podcast! Really recommend it

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Marina 🌼
    Russia7 years ago
  • A passionate commitment to genius

    Momus consistently delivers first-class art journalism and criticism

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ColeFlint
    Canada7 years ago

Listeners Say

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Engaging and thought provoking insights into art writing and publishing.
High-quality criticism that remains engaging and rigorous across episodes.
Thoughtful, accessible yet deep conversations with leading writers and editors.

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Apple Podcasts
#69
Canada/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#22
Sweden/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#30
Argentina/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#56
Netherlands/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#100
Switzerland/Arts/Visual Arts
Apple Podcasts
#168
Belgium/Arts/Visual Arts

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Minh Nguyen and Tiana Reid – Season 8, Bonus Episode
Q: What was the role of Art Metropole and Wendy's Subway in publishing this book, and how did that influence the form and content?
The host notes the co-publishing arrangement with Art Metropole and Wendy's Subway allowed a broader, more expansive book that could include photo essays and non-traditional forms, moving beyond a conventional art-history volume to embrace travel writing and personal essay.
Minh Nguyen and Tiana Reid – Season 8, Bonus Episode
Q: How did you balance writing about art and writing about personal experience, and when did art writing become essential to the book?
The discussion explains that the book began with art criticism but expanded to incorporate personal and collective narratives, with art serving as a doorway to larger social questions rather than a mere historical record; the author emphasizes accessibility and audience as guiding principles.
Minh Nguyen and Tiana Reid – Season 8, Bonus Episode
Q: Could you talk about how writing this book shaped your relationship to a collective and where that collective is located?
The author describes moving from viewing diaspora as a private feeling to recognizing it as a collective mobilizing identity, shaped by organizing experiences in the Bay Area and connections with the Vietnamese community, and then extending that understanding to broader diasporic and political contexts.
Re’al Christian, JJJJJerome Ellis, and Diana SeoHyung – Season 8, Episode 6
Q: How did the Jerome-Diana collaboration come about and what themes did you aim to explore together?
The collaboration emerged as a natural overlap between Jerome's sonic improvisation and Diana's reflective writing, exploring silence, absence, and the interval between sound and meaning, with a shared focus on language as a lived, performative act.
Re’al Christian, JJJJJerome Ellis, and Diana SeoHyung – Season 8, Episode 6
Q: Can you describe how Postdoc originated and what its goals are within the VLC and Momus collaboration?
Postdoc started as part of VLC's publishing initiatives, envisioned to imagine publications in digital space with a focus on continuous scroll and interdisciplinary collaboration between writers, artists, musicians, and poets, expanding language and media formats.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Momus: The Podcast

What is Momus: The Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Conversations center on art writing, criticism, publishing, and the politics of language in contemporary culture. Guests range from independent publishers and editors to artists, translators, curators, and scholars, with episodes often opening with a guest reading a text that informs their practice. Across interviews, the show explores editorial ethics, publishing sustainability, translation as a collaborative practice, language as a site of power, and how personal and community networks sustain critical discourse. Noteworthy threads include experiments in publishing models, the role of joy and care in long-term practice, and how technology, memory, and diaspora shape how critique is produced and consumed. The format tends to blend deep div... more

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1. Abbas Akhavan
2. Camille Bacon
3. Line Ajan
4. Jeneen Frei Njootli
5. Luther Konadu
6. Minh Nguyen
7. Lucy Sante
8. Andrii Ushytskyi

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