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408 entries

Comment | We are living in an age of bad painting—the medium must be challenged to stay interesting

2026 · Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper · Press

Thomas Lawson / Sunny and Warm / Chez Max et Dorothea

2025 · L.A. Art Documents · Press

Thomas Lawson on Navigating the Shifting Currents of the Art Industry

2024 · Chris Gallagher, USA Today · Press

Prize Winner 2024: Thomas Lawson

2024 · Rabkin Foundation · Press

Announcing the 2024 Rabkin Prize Winners

2024 · Hyperallergic · Press

Sayre Gomez/Jack Goldstein

2024 · The Ranch, Montauk, NY · Writings

Artists at Work

Adriana Widdoes, ed., EastofBorneo Books, LA, 2023

Remembering Silke Otto-Knapp, 1970-2022

2022 · East of Borneo · Writings

Michael Asher: There is Never Enough Time To Get Everything Said

2022 · East of Borneo · Writings

Civilization and the Landscape of Discontent at Nature Morte, New York, 1984

2022 · Spike Art Magazine, Issue 71, Summer · Writings

Luciano Perna (1958 – 2021) by Thomas Lawson

2022 · January 21 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo · Writings

A CalArts Story, reprinted by East of Borneo

2020 · Philipp Kaiser and Christina Vegh, eds., Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover · Writings

Remembering John Baldessari by Thomas Lawson

2020 · March 2 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo · Writings

Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972

June 19, 2020

Millard Sheets, Albert Stewart: Monument to Freemason, Albert Pike, Scottish Rite Temple, 1961

August 1, 2020

The Poetics of the Political: Early work of Mario Merz

2019 · Mario Merz: Time Is Mute, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid · Writings

Non-Profit Spotlight: Artists Space

2017 · Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies · Press

To Meet, To Talk, to Work Together: Sarah Charlesworth Seeks a New Way to Make Art

2017 · Sarah Charlesworth, Rochelle Steiner, ed., DelMonico Books Prestel, Munich and London · Writings

Artists at Work: Fiona Connor, interview

2017 · East of Borneo · Writings

Walter Hopps discovers Joseph Cornell

August 29, 2017

Marcel Duchamp cover for Beatrice Wood catalogue

August 29, 2017

Walter Hopps visits the Arensberg Collection

October 1, 2017

Don Dudley: In Search of the Light

2016 · Don Dudley: Early Work, Thomas Zander, ed., Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne · Writings

This Was No Mudd Club

2016 · November · affidavit, the online publishing platform of Cultural Counsel, New York · Writings

Paying Attention

2015 · Akademie X Lessons in Art + Life, Phaidon, London · Writings

Akademia X Lessons in Art + Life

2015 · Craig Garret, Rebecca Morrill, eds., Phaidon, London · Editorial Work

The Atomic Punk: Painter Thomas Lawson Can Still Stir Things Up

2015 · October 12 · Ryan Steadman, New York Observer · Press

Thomas Lawson with Hunter Braithwaite

2015 · September 9 · The Miami Rail · Press

Akademie X Lessons in Art and Life

Craig Garret, et al, eds., Phaidon, London and NY, 2015

Prince Igor: Imaginary Portraits

2014 · Karma, New York · Writings, Press

Culture & Capital in Dallas

2014 · April · Art in America · Writings, Press

A Closer Look: Thomas Lawson Creates for The Met Opera

2014 · March 17 · Bettina Korek, Style.com · Press, Writings

Artist focuses on many of the world's social issues

2014 · February 25 · Doris Brogan, RichlandChronicle.com · Press

This Week's 5 Best Art Events

2014 · February 12 · Peter Simek, DMagazine.com · Press

Dallas Art Fair lures nearly 100 premier exhibitors to 6th annual extravaganza

2014 · February 23 · Jennifer Chininis, Culture Map Dallas · Press

Dallas Biennial moves out of virtual world and into top art spaces

2014 · January 31 · Kendall Morgan, CultureMap.com · Press

Weekend Art Picks: Kiki Smith in Denton and DB14 at Goss-Michael

2014 · January 29 · Peter Simek, DMagazine.com · Press

IMAGINARY PORTRAITS: PRINCE IGOR to Open at Gallery Met, 1/31; New Production of PRINCE IGOR Opera Set for 2/6

2014 · January 24 · BroadwayWorld.com · Press

*25 Years of Talent, texts by Michelle Grabner, Tim Griffin, Randi Hopkins and David Robbins

2013 · Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York · Press

Allan Sekula (1951-2013)

2013 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo · Writings

5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Secret Restaurant

2013 · December 18 · Catherine Wagley, LA Weekly · Press

Tom Lawson - MOCA U - MOCAtv

2013 · October 25 · MOCAtv · Press

Thomas Lawson's Portrait of Saint Laurent's Rebel Hedi Slimane in Lastest Vogue

2013 · September 25 · Christine N. Ziemba, blog.calarts.edu · Press

Cutting Edge, Nathan Heller portrait by Thomas Lawson

2013 · September · Vogue, pp. 812-813 · Press

Watch Ends & Exits at LACMA

2013 · July 15 · Lauren Albrecht, Art-Nerd.com · Press

Laughing at Thomas Lawson

2013 · March 6 · T.S., PaintingInLA.com · Press

Second Life: 4 Taxis Magazine

2013 · February 5 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo · Press

Made in L.A. 2012

2012 · Anne Ellegood, Lauri Firstenberg, Malik Gaines, Cesar Garcia, and Ali Subotnick,, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, pp. 127, 147-150 · Writings

Amy's Column 06 - MADE in L.A. review

2012 · Amy Howden Chapman, Chartwell.org · Press

Artists at Work: Liz Glynn, interview

2012 · East of Borneo · Writings

Time Travel: New Work by Liz Glynn

2012 · Liz Glynn: No Second Troy, exhibition catalogue, Pitzer College, CA · Writings

What art will be

2012 · July-September · Giancarlo Politi and Helena Kontova, Flash Art, pp. 54-58 · Press

Reviews: Los Angeles: Thomas Lawson

2012 · December · Emily Ellis Fox, Modern Painters, p. 101 · Press

Michael Asher, Conceptual Artist, Dies at 69

2012 · October 18 · Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, p. B19 · Press

Michael Asher (1943-2012)

2012 · October 15 · East of Borneo · Writings

Thomas Lawson: Lost Wholes

2012 · October 2 · Sharon Butler, TwoCoatsOfPaint.com · Press

Reviews: Jack Goldstein at Orange County Museum of Art

2012 · December · Artforum, p. 269 · Writings

cover

2012 · Summer · Fabrik, Issue 17 · Press

Exhibition of new paintings by Thomas Lawson opens at David Kordansky Gallery

2012 · September 8 · ArtDaily.org · Press

July 18

2012 · September 7 · Nicholas Katzban, 24700: News from California Institute of the Arts · Press

Thomas Lawson's 'In the Shadow of the Beast' at David Kordansky Gallery

2012 · September 5 · Megan Koester, Fabrik Media Network · Press

25 Years of Talent' at Marianne Boesky

2012 · August 17 · Contemporary Art Daily · Press

To Understand the Future of MOCA, Look at its Past

2012 · August 16 · Los Angeles Magazine · Writings

Made in L.A.: The Biennial

2012 · June/July · Brian Boucher in conversation with Lauri Firstenberg, Art in America, pp.31 · Press

25 Years of Talent' at Marianne Boesky

2012 · June 9 · Contemporary Art Daily · Press

Made in L.A.: The Hammer Museum Presents The First LA Biennial

2012 · June 4 · Lucy Blodgett, HuffingtonPost.com · Press

Made in L.A. New Art Now in Los Angeles

2012 · June 1 · Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, Artnet.com · Press

Hammer presents L.A. as vibrant hot spot of contemporary art

2012 · May 31 · Cynthia Lee, Today.UCLA.edu · Press

What's On: Made in L.A. 2012

2012 · May 30 · The Art Newspaper · Press

Hammer announces $100,000 prize for new biennial; 60 artists chosen

2012 · March 14 · Jori Finkel, Los Angeles Times · Press

Rhapsody in Pink: Steven Prina Prints

2011 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo · Writings

Interview with Andrea Bowers

2011 · East of Borneo · Writings

Institutional Whitewash: David Alfaro Sigueiros in Los Angeles

2011 · East of Borneo · Writings

Dispatches and Directions: On Artist-Run Organizations in Los Angeles

2010 · Ronni Kimm and Jesse Aron Green, eds., ART2102, Los Angeles · Collected Writings

You Ought to Be in Pictures

2009 · John Haber, HaberArts.com · Press

Thomas Lawson

2009 · The Beat and the Buzz: Inside the L.A. Art World, edited by Richard Hertz, First Minneola Press, Ojai, pp. 248-260 · Press

Enchantment and its Discontents

2009 · Gerard Hemsworth: Hidden Agenda, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Bern, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Writings

Thomas Lawson New World at Participant

2009 · James Kalm, Participant, New York · Press

Founding Editor-in-Chief

2009 · East of Borneo · Editorial Work

Los Angeles, City of Dust and Dreams

2009 · Berlin-Los Angeles: A tale of two (other) cities, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan · Writings

Outside the Frame

2009 · September · Michael Lobel, Artforum · Press

Thomas Lawson: 1977-1987

2009 · Summer · Andrew Berardini, ArtReview, pp. 134 · Press

Thomas Lawson 'New World'

2009 · July 17 · Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times, pp. C23 · Press

Artist Profile: Tomas Lawson

2009 · July 10 · Phyllis Lally, Phillips Art Expert · Press

Alien Emotions: Pictures art revisited

2009 · May 4 · Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker · Press

At the Met, Baby Boomers Leap Onstage

2009 · April 24 · The New York Times, Holland Cotter, pp. C25, C28 · Press

Voices from a Contentious Era

2009 · April · Faye Hirsch, Art in America, pp. 122-129 · Press

Photo Play: The Social Life of the Pictures Generation

2009 · April · Linda Yablonsky, Art In America, pp. 102-109 · Press

12 The Beat and the Buzz: Inside the L.A. Art World

Richard Hertz, ed., Mineola Press, CA 2009

Gary Hume: Modern Painting

2008 · Gary Hume: Door Painting, exhibition catalogue, Modern Art Oxford · Writings

Listening is Looking, Singing is Making

2008 · Stills: Aileen Campbell, ICA, London · Writings

Counterparts: Contemporary Painters and Their Influences

2007 · Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art · Writings

An Escape Towards Liberty

2007 · Nothing Moments Press, LA · Writings

Thomas Lawson

2007 · Summer · Christopher Miles, Artforum, pp. 506-507 · Press

Art School Symposium

2007 · May · Art in America · Writings

Painthing The Town: Andrew Berardini on Thomas Lawson and Monique Prieto

2007 · March 21 · Andrew Berardini · Press

Foreword

2006 · Afterall #13 · Writings

REALLIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994, Miriam Katzeff, Thomas Lawson, and Susan Morgan, eds.

2006 · Primary Information, New York · Collected Writings

A Change of Mind

2006 · Paint: a psychedelic primer · Writings

Paranoia on the High Seas

2006 · White Wine Press, Santa Monica, and distritocu4rto, Madrid · Writings

Lucy McKenzie

Artforum, November 2006

London Waiting, Thinking, Drinking: A Conversation about Patrick Caulfield's Interiors with Katherine Lewis

2005 · Afterall, #12 · Writings

Considering the Effect of Rain: On Representation and the Weather

2005 · The New Moderns, The Showroom Annual 2004/05, London · Writings

The Undiscovered Country: UCLA Hammer Museum

2005 · January · Bruce Hainley, Artforum, pp. 189 · Press

Person, Place and Thing

2005 · January · Raphael Rubinstein, Art in America, pp. 104-109 · Press

AB OVO

2005 · November 8 · Glen Helfland, Artforum · Press

Waiting, Thinking, Drinking: A Conversation about Patrick Caulfield’s Interiors, Written with Katherine Lewis

AFTERALL 12, 2005

Gretchen Bender

Artforum, April 2005

Los Angeles at Pompidou

Artforum, April 2005

Mining for Gold: Selected Writings (1979-1996)

2004 · JRP|Ringier, Zurich · Collected Writings

The Undiscovered Country

2004 · Hammer Museum, Los Angeles · Press

Mining for Gold: Selected Writings (1979-1996)

2004 · Lionel Bovier and Fabrice Stroun, eds., JRP/Ringier, Zurich · Editorial Work

Desperate Daydreams

2004 · Afterall, #9 · Writings

Thomas Lawson on Media Moguls

2004 · October · Artforum · Writings

"It's Alive, Art of the Living Dead"

2004 · October 15-21 · Doug Harvey, LA Weekly, pp. 53 · Press

Art review: Leaving Room for Personality

2004 · October 20 · David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, pp. E1, E4 · Press

Infotainment review

Artforum, October 2004

Thomas Lawson: Mining for Gold, Selected Writings 1979-1996

Lionel Bovier and Fabrice Stroun, eds., JRP/Ringier, Zurich, 2004

Foreword

2003 · Afterall #7 · Writings

The Unbearable Lightness of Painting

2003 · Laura Owens, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles · Writings

1989

2003 · April · David Rimanelli, Artforum, pp. 106 · Press

The Painter: Thomas Lawson

2003 · March · Scott Rothkopf, Artforum · Press

1982 cont

2003 · March · David Rimanelli, Artforum, pp. 115 · Press

Weekend Update

2002 · April 20 · Walter Robinson, Artnet.com · Press

Art in Review: The Empire Strikes Back

2002 · April 19 · Holland Cotter, The New York Times · Press

Jack Goldstein Obituary

2001 · X-Tra, Vol. 5, No. 4 · Writings

The Pest of Scotland, chapbook

2001 · The Centre, Glasgow · Writings

Postmodern Perspectives: Issues in Contemporary Art

2001 · Howard Risatti, ed., Prentice Hall, NJ · Editorial Work

Group Shows: Exurbia

2001 · January/February · Clayton Campbell, Flash Art, pp. 66 · Press

Joines Charles Esche and Mark Lewis as co-editor of Afterall, a journal of art jointly published by Central St. Martins and CalArts

2000 · Editorial Work

Interview with Richard Wright

2000 · Richard Wright: Southeast Corner of Things, Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne · Writings

Shimmer

2000 · Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery · Writings

An Incident in California

2000 · Side Street Projects · Writings

Flying into the Future, Curious, artists' research within expert culture

1999 · Visual Arts Projects, Glasgow · Writings

You Crack Me Up: Georgina Starr, Tuberama, cover

1998 · Ikon Gallery, Birmingham · Writings

Chema Cobo: El Principe Rana

1998 · Chema Cobo: El laberinto de la brujula, Centro Andaluz de Atre Contemporaneo, Sevilla · Writings

Empire, with Russell Ferguson

1998 · Glasgow; Brunswick St., reprinted by Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbsemuseum · Writings

True.Bliss: The Panel Discussion

1997 · January 10 · Peter Frank, LA Weekly · Press

Interview with Allan McCollum

1996 · A.R.T. Press, Los Angeles · Writings

I was a Teenage Vampire: 10 Years of Transmission

1996 · Transmission Gallery, Glasgow · Writings

Jet Lag and Iron-Hard Jets

1995 · The British Art Show 4, London: National Touring Exhibitions, pp. 88-94 · Writings

Visual Arts: strange paintings by Thomas Lawson

1995 · May 30 · Richard Cork, The Times · Press

Color This! A Collection of Los Angeles Artists' Drawings

1994 · Pat Gomez, Haven Lin-Kirk, Annie Reiniger, Carrie Ungerman, eds., Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc., pp. 58 · Writings

Hello: It's Me: Interview with Douglas Gordon

1993 · March-April · Frieze, Number 9, pp. 14-17 · Writings

Frontieres Perdues

1992 · Art et Espaces Publics, Givors: Maison du Rhone · Writings

Candies and Other Comforts: An Erotics of Care

1991 · Claes Oldenburg: Multiples in Retrospect 1964-1990, New York: Rizzoli International Publications · Writings

Angelic Visions

1991 · El Sueño Imperativo, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain · Writings

The Theatre of the Mind: John Baldessari

1991 · Parkett No. 29, Zurich: Parkett-Verlag AG, pp. 38-42 · Writings

A conversation with Tom Lawson

1991 · November 7 · Greg Schneider, Artweek · Press

Cold shoulder

1991 · May 23 · Clarence Sheppard, Daily News · Press

Going Public

1990 · New Art International (Art & Design), pp. 72-77 · Writings

Flash Art: Two Decades of History

1990 · Giancarlo Politi, ed., MIT Press, New York and Boston · Editorial Work

Memory Lingers Here

1990 · First Tyne International, Gateshead · Public Art Projects, Writings

I Love Flamenco

1990 · November · Robin Cembalest, Art News, pp. 127-129 · Press

Art out in the open

1990 · May · Cligg Blakey, i Mag, Issue 2, pp. 22 · Press

Thomas Lawson

1990 · July · Jeanne Silverthorne, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow · Press

Art

1990 · May · Sarah Kent, Tyne International, Number 14, pp. 118-119 · Press

Thomas Lawson

1989 · Summer · Joshua Decter, Arts Magazine · Press

Interview: Thomas Lawson

1989 · January/February · Critical Art Ensemble, Art Papers, Contemporary Art in the Southeast · Press

A Collective Portrait of Andy Warhol

1989 · Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, New York: MoMA · Writings

The Theatre of the Mind: John Baldessari

1989 · Ni Por Esas, Centro Nacional Exposicions de la Reina Sofia, Madrid · Writings

Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writing by Contemporary Artists

Brian Wallis, ed., New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY and MIT Press, Cambridge M, 1989

Modern Dreams

1988 · Leffi ngwell and Marta, eds., MIT Press, Boston · Collected Writings

Nostalgia as Resistance

1988 · Modern Dreams, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City · Writings, Curatorial Projects

Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum

1988 · E.H., Art News · Press

Pair of painters bring art to the arterial

1988 · December 25 · Bayless D. Hayne, New Haven Register · Press

Thomas Lawson se lleva a EE.UU. el arte 'kitch' de un bar sevillano

1988 · October 7 · J. Molina, El Correo de Andalucia, pp. 42 · Press

Critical Art Ensemble brings tough critic to town

1988 · September 9 · Mark Hinson, Tallahassee Democrat, pp. 5D · Press

Hover Culture: The view from Alexandria

1988 · Summer · Ronald Jones, Artscribe, pp. 46-51 · Press

Group Show

1988 · July 15 · Michael Brenson, The New York Times · Press

Connections to the Real

1988 · March 26 · Amelia Jones, Artweek · Press

An Interview with Critical Art Ensemble

1988 · Winter · REALLIFE Magazine, pp. 2-9 · Writings

Bunk: Eduardo Paolozzi and the Legacy of the Independent Group

1987 · This is Tomorrow, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City · Writings

The Story of Henk Guth

1987 · Knight Gallery, Charlotte · Writings

Blasted Allegories

1987 · Brian Wallis, ed., The New Museum and MIT Press, New York and Boston · Collected Writings

Working in Brooklyn: Painting

1987 · The Brooklyn Museum, NY · Press

Thomas Lawson, Anthony Reynolds

1987 · November/December · Michael Phillipson, Artscribe · Press

London: Thomas Lawson, Anthony Reynold Gallery

1987 · November · Michael Archer, Artforum · Press

The devil in a dour Scot

1987 · July 1 · Waldemar Januszczak · Press

Art: Brooklyn Painters

1987 · June · Michael Brenson, The New York Times · Press

Thomas Lawson at Metro Pictures

1987 · June · Holland Cotter, Art in America, pp. 156 · Press

Reheating The: 'Avant-Garde in the Eighties' at LACMA

1987 · May 15-21 · LA Weekly, pp. 30, 33 · Writings

Thomas Lawson: The Decay of Lying

1987 · March/April · Ronald Jones, Artscribe International · Press

Goings on About Town: Thomas Lawson

1987 · March · The New Yorker · Press

The Spiritual in Art at LACMA

1987 · January 1 · LA Weekly · Writings

Individuals, A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986

1986 · Howard Singerman, ed., MOCA and Abbeville, Los Angeles and New York · Collected Writings

The Future is Certain

1986 · Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles · Writings

Five Critics Weigh LACMA's The Spiritual in Art

1986 · December 26, 1986-January 1, 1987 · L.A. Weekly, Volume 9, Number 5 · Writings

Landscape Today

1986 · December 16 · Gary Indiana, The Village Voice · Press

Por encima del bloqueo

1986 · December 2 · Trabajadores · Press

Donan exposición a Cuba artistas norteamericanos

1986 · December 1 · Agenor Marti, Granma · Press

Art: In the Mid-70's, Exploring the Image

1986 · December · Roberta Smith, The New York Times · Press

Un mensaje de amistad por encima del bloqueo

1986 · November 29 · Ada Oramas, Tribuna · Press

Por encima del bloqueo

1986 · November 13 · Cartrelera · Press

Sydney Biennale

1986 · November · Thomas McEvilly, Artforum · Press

A Girl of the Zeitgeist—II, How does Ingrid Sischy see?

1986 · October 20 · Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker · Press

Art

1986 · October 20 · Kay Larson, New York Magazine · Press

Drawings on Exhibition

1986 · September-October · Drawing, Volume VIII, Number 3 · Press

Going Out Guide: Showcase

1986 · September 29 · The New York Times · Press

Parody saves a scrambled Biennale

1986 · May 17 · Terence Maloon, The Sydney Morning Herald, pp.50 · Press

McLaren trades punk rock for Manet

1986 · May 16 · Andrew Conway, The Australian · Press

U.S. Artists and Painters Show Solidarity with Cuba

1986 · May 8 · Granma · Press

Afiman pintores de ese país que donaron obras a Cuba

1986 · May 2 · Nadia Piemonte, uno más uno · Press

Coctel en el Museo del Chopo

1986 · May 2 · Claudia Villareal, El Sol de México, Section C, pp. 9 · Press

El arte norteamericano en la exposición 'Camino a Cuba'

1986 · May 2 · Aura Maria Vidales, Novedades · Press

No todo el pueblo de EU comparte la política intervencionista de Reagan: Rudolf Baranik

1986 · May 2 · Raquel Garcia Peguero, El Día · Press

A Critical Operation: The Sixth Biennale Of Sydney 1986

1986 · April/May · FOLLOW me, Issue 22, pp. 105-108 · Press

Artistas Plásticos de EU Donan Obras a Cuba

1986 · April 29 · Eduardo Camacho Suarez, Excelsior · Press

Camino a Cuba' exposición que manifiesta amistad y solidaridad

1986 · March 29 · El Universal, pp. 12 · Press

De Estados Unidos a Cuba via Mexico

1986 · March 17 · Raquel Tibol, Revista Proceso, Number 489 · Press

Infotainment

1985 · Nagy and Robbins, eds., Reichard/Livet and J. Berg Press, New York · Collected Writings

Theories of Contemporary Art

1985 · Richard Hertz, ed., Prentice Hall, New York · Collected Writings

Nature Morte

1985 · Infotainment, Reichard/Livet, New York · Writings

Little Enough

1985 · C Magazine, Number 2 · Writings

Suspicious Art, Unsuspecting Texts

1985 · November · David Carrier, Arts Magazine, pp. 32-35 · Press

Seeing is Believing: New Paintings by Thomas Lawson

1985 · Summer · Ronald Jones, Arts Magazine · Press

Thomas Lawson, Metro Pictures

1985 · Summer · Jeanne Silverthorne, Artforum · Press

Horrorshow

1985 · Summer · The New Art Examiner, cover, pp. 24-26 · Writings

Art in View

1985 · July · Robert Becker, Interview, pp. 108-109 · Press

Art trades erasing regional labels

1985 · May 1 · Helen Cullinan, Cleveland Plain-Dealer · Press

In Search of the Heroic

1985 · April 28 · William Wilson, In Search of the Heroic, Los Angeles Times, pp. 92-93 · Press

Art Review: 'Suspects' focuses on media's influence on 'reality'

1985 · March 31 · Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Press

Art After Modernism

1984 · Brian Wallis, ed., The New Museum and MIT Press, New York and Boston · Collected Writings

The Heroic Figure

1984 · Linda L. Cathcart and Craig Owens, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston · Press

Contemporary Triptychs

1984 · Linda Weintraub, ed., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson · Press

Drawings: After Photography

1984 · William Olander and Andy Grundberg, Independent Curators Incorporated, New York · Press

Livin' in the USA

1984 · Damon Brandt Gallery, New York · Writings, Curatorial Projects

Interference on the Line

1984 · Contemporary Perspectives, Center Gallery at Bucknell University, Lewisburg · Writings

Thomas Lawson, cover and interview

1984 · September · D.A. Robbins, Arts Magazine · Press

How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art: Abstract Expressionism, Freedom, and the Cold War

1984 · Summer · Artforum · Writings

Thomas Lawson & Ken Lum

1984 · June · Flash Art · Writings

Group Material, Timeline: James Brown, Tony Shafrazi Gallery at P.S.1.

1984 · May · Artforum · Writings

Where's the beef?

1984 · Spring · ZG Magazine, Number 10 · Writings

Thomas Lawson at Metro Pictures

1984 · March · Lisa Liebman, Artforum · Press

On Art and Artists: Thomas Lawson

1984 · March · Profile, Volume 4, Number 2 · Writings

Profile: Thomas Lawson

1984 · March · Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. 4, No. 2 · Writings

A nova galáxia

1984 · January 18 · Casimiro Xavier de Mendonca, Veja, pp. 102-103 · Press

Thomas Lawson

1984 · January 10 · Kim Levin, The Village Voice, pp. 59 · Press

Art Press Review

1984 · January · Wood Adams, Laurel, New Art Examiner, pp. 5 · Press

Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation

Brian Wallis ed., New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, 1984, reprinted 1992

Tom Lawson: An Interview

1983 · Kate Horsfield, Lyn Blumenthal Fund, Video Data Bank · Press

Terminal New York at Brooklyn Army Terminal

1983 · Artforum · Writings

Edouard Manet at Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983 · Artforum · Writings

An Interview with Komar and Melamid

1983 · REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 11/12 · Writings

Young New York Artists: Thomas Lawson

1983 · December-January · W Zimmer, Avenue, pp. 122 · Press

Thomas Lawson

1983 · December 16 · Michael Brenson, The New York Times · Press

Thomas Lawson: Metro Pictures

1983 · December · New York Beat, Volume 1, Number 3 · Press

Closed Captions/Thomas Lawson

1983 · November 11 · Hunter Drohojowska, Los Angeles Herald · Press

Chicago: 'Compassionate Images,' N.A.M.E. Gallery

1983 · May · Judith Russi Kirshner, Artforum, pp. 102-103 · Press

Appropriation über Alles

1983 · January 11 · Roberta Smith, The Village Voice · Press

Artists Who 'Scavenge' From the Media

1983 · January 9 · Grace Glueck, The New York Times · Press

New Figuration

1983 · January · Christopher English, The Art Examiner · Press

What's an artist to do? A short history of postmodernism and photography

1983 · January · Michael Starenko, Afterimage, pp. 4-5 · Press

Conflicting Panaceas

1982 · Cover, Number 6 · Writings

A Fatal Attraction, catalog cover

1982 · The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago · Writings

New Figuration in America

1982 · Milwaukee Art Museum · Press

Image Scavengers: Photography

1982 · Janet Kardon, Paula Marincola, and Douglas Crimp, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania · Press

Thomas Lawson

1982 · December-January · Robert Rooney, Art & Text, Pool-Side issue, Victoria College, Australia · Press

Paintings and photographs inspired by media images

1982 · December 12 · Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. P1 · Press

Jimmy De Sana, Bonlow Gallery and Stefanotti Gallery; Marcus Leatherdale, The Clocktower

1982 · December · Artforum · Writings

Art Press Review

1982 · December · Paul Krainak, New Art Examiner · Press

Getting Smart About Art

1982 · November · Lee Rosenbaum, Money Magazine, pp. 201-202, 204, 206 · Press

Dennis Oppenheim, Bonlow Gallery

1982 · September · Artforum · Writings

New media show a never-never land of distorted reality

1982 · May 9 · Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, Section 6, p. 17 · Press

Troppo Bello Per Essere Vero

1982 · May · Flash Art, Edizione Italiana · Writings

Painting: Metro Pictures

1982 · May · Valerie Smith, Flash Art, p. 49 · Press

Real Life Magazine Presents...

1982 · May · Kim Levin, The Village Voice · Press

New Drawing in America at The Drawing Center

1982 · April · Donald B., Kuspit, Artforum, pp. 83 · Press

Kandinsky in Munich 1896-1914,' Guggenheim Museum; Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli Gallery; Joseph Nechvatal, The Kitchen

1982 · April · Artforum · Writings

Critical Perspectives

1982 · April · Artforum · Press

Mind Over Matter

1982 · March 9 · Peter Schjeldahl, The Village Voice, pp. 79 · Press

Fragments 1977-1982: Thomas Lawson

1982 · March · Profile, Volume 4, Number 2 · Writings

William T. Wiley, Allan Frumkin Gallery; A.R. Penck, Sonnabend Gallery

1982 · March · Artforum · Writings

Bruce Robbins, Blum Helman Gallery; Don Nice, Nancy Hoffman Gallery

1982 · February · Artforum · Writings

Schilderkunst in New York: Een geïllustreerde gids

1981 · Museum Journal, Number 3 · Writings

Too Good to be True

1981 · Fall · REALLIFE Magazine, Number 7 · Writings

Performance at the Tate, 'Real life magazine presents…' at Nigel Greenwood

1981 · December · John Roberts, Artscribe, Issue 32 · Press

Polemics

1981 · November · Michael Newman, Art Monthly, pp. 33-35 · Press

Julian Schnabel: Mary Boone and Leo Castelli

1981 · Summer · Flash Art · Writings

Gary Stephan: Mary Boone

1981 · Summer · Flash Art · Writings

Emergent Artists at the Guggenheim 1981 Whitney Biennial

1981 · Summer · Flash Art · Writings

Sandro Chia, Sperone Westwater; April Gornik, Edward Thorp Gallery

1981 · Summer · Artforum · Writings

Nothing Deep

1981 · August · Mathew Collings, Artscribe, Issue 30 · Press

MAGS & RAGS: Small Press Publications

1981 · April · Down Town, Volume 4, Number 4, pp. 1 · Press

Jasper Johns: Castelli

1981 · March/April · Flash Art · Writings

Switching Channels

1981 · March/April · Flash Art · Press

Jennifer Bartlett: Paula Cooper

1981 · March/April · Flash Art · Writings

Ronald Feldman

1981 · February · Artforum · Writings

New York: The Opening of Metro Pictures

1981 · January/February · Valentie Tatransky, Flash Art, Issue 101, pp. 49 · Press

William Eggleston, Charles Cowles Gallery; Sol LeWitt, John Weber Gallery; Richard Bosman, Brooke Alexander Gallery; Gary Bower, Max Protetch Gallery

1981 · January · Artforum · Writings

We Must Embrace Or Joys and Sorrows

1981 · Autumn · ZG Magazine, Number 3 · Writings

Going Places

1980 · REALLIFE Magazine, Number 3 · Writings

An Interview with Fashion Moda

1980 · REALLIFE Magazine, Number 3 · Writings

Spies and Watchmen

1980 · Cover, Number 3 · Writings

Long Distance Information

1980 · REALLIFE Magazine, Number 4 · Writings

Silently, By Means of a Flashing Light

1980 · October, Number 15 · Writings

The Olympic Thirteen

1980 · Art at the Olympics: A Survey of the National Fine Arts Program, 1980 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee and the National Fine Arts Committee · Writings

Imre Koscis and Josef Erben, P.S. 1; Mel Kendrick, John Weber Gallery

1980 · December · Artforum · Writings

Group Exhibition: Metro Pictures

1980 · November 19-25 · William Zimmer, Soho News, Volume 8, Number 8 · Press

Livio Saganic and Leo Rabkin, Hal Bromm; Matt Mullican, Mary Boone

1980 · November · Artforum · Writings

Chia, Clemente and Cucci: Sperone, Westwater, Fisher

1980 · November · Flash Art · Writings

Italo Scanga: Frank Kolbert

1980 · November · Flash Art · Writings

Double Takes

1980 · October · Joan Simon, Art in America, pp. 113-117 · Press

Deconstruction/Reconstruction,' The New Museum; Rena Small, Daniel Wolf; William Betsch, The Space

1980 · October · Artforum · Writings

Artful Dodger: Galleria

1980 · September · Gerald Marzorati, Soho News · Press

Illustration & Allegory

1980 · September · Valentin Tatransky, Arts Magazine · Press

Advance to the Rear Guard

1980 · August 17-September 2 · Carrie Rickey, The Village Voice, pp. 65, 69 · Press

Robert Mangold, John Weber

1980 · Summer · Flash Art · Writings

Naïve Nouveau and its Malcontents

1980 · Summer · Carrie Rickey, Flash Art, pp. 36-39 · Press

Michelangelo Pistoletto, The Clocktower

1980 · Summer · Flash Art · Writings

Art: 'Illustration & Allegory' on View

1980 · May 23 · Hilton Kramer, The New York Times · Press

Miriam Schapiro, Barbara Gladstone, Lerner/Heller

1980 · March/April · Flash Art · Writings

Smyth, Schmidt, Smitten

1980 · January · Cariie Rickey, The Village Voice · Press

Group Show: Drawing Center

1979 · Valentin Tatransky, Arts Magazine · Press

Painting in New York: An Illustrated Guide

1979 · October/November · Flash Art · Writings

Painting in New York

1979 · October · Flash Art · Writings

Scottish show opens tonight

1979 · August 8 · The Chronicle-Herald, Volume 31, Number 188, Halifax, Canada · Press

Gruppo di immagini della nuova generazione: Giovani, americani, malati di 'Privato

1979 · April 22 · Flavio Caroli, Corriere della Sera · Press

The Uses of Representation: Making Some Distinctions

1979 · March/April · Flash Art · Writings

Frank Stella: Leo Castelli

1979 · March/April · Flash Art · Writings

Andy Warhol: Heiner Friedrich

1979 · March/April · Flash Art · Writings

Judith Bernstein at Brooks Jackson Iolas

1979 · January/February · Art in America · Writings

Gas: 1978 Exxon National Exhibition

1978 · June 1 · Skyline, Number 3, pp. 3 · Writings

Rober Moskowitz at the Clocktower

1978 · May/June · Art in America · Writings

Marcia Hafif at Sonnabend

1978 · May/June · Art in America · Writings

Steven Gianakos at Droll/Kolbert

1978 · March/April · Art in America · Writings

Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It

1977 · REALLIFE Magazine, Number 2 · Writings

Norman Lewis: A Retrospective

1976 · The Mall, The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York · Writings

Art: Illustration and Allegory

May 21-27 · Kay Larson, The Village Voice, centerfold · Press