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Thomas Lawson
Wikipedia
- 2026
Comment | We are living in an age of bad painting—the medium must be challenged to stay interesting
Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper
- 2025
Thomas Lawson / Sunny and Warm / Chez Max et Dorothea
L.A. Art Documents
- 2024
Thomas Lawson on Navigating the Shifting Currents of the Art Industry
Chris Gallagher, USA Today
- 2024
Prize Winner 2024: Thomas Lawson
Rabkin Foundation
- 2024
Announcing the 2024 Rabkin Prize Winners
Hyperallergic
- 2017
Non-Profit Spotlight: Artists Space
Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies
- 2015
The Atomic Punk: Painter Thomas Lawson Can Still Stir Things Up
October 12 · Ryan Steadman, New York Observer
- 2015
Thomas Lawson with Hunter Braithwaite
September 9 · The Miami Rail
- 2015
Thomas Lawson
September 7 · Lauren O’Neill-Butler, Artforum
- 2014
A Closer Look: Thomas Lawson Creates for The Met Opera
March 17 · Bettina Korek, Style.com
- 2014
Artist focuses on many of the world's social issues
February 25 · Doris Brogan, RichlandChronicle.com
- 2014
This Week's 5 Best Art Events
February 12 · Peter Simek, DMagazine.com
- 2014
Dallas Art Fair lures nearly 100 premier exhibitors to 6th annual extravaganza
February 23 · Jennifer Chininis, Culture Map Dallas
- 2014
Dallas Biennial moves out of virtual world and into top art spaces
January 31 · Kendall Morgan, CultureMap.com
- 2014
Weekend Art Picks: Kiki Smith in Denton and DB14 at Goss-Michael
January 29 · Peter Simek, DMagazine.com
- 2014
IMAGINARY PORTRAITS: PRINCE IGOR to Open at Gallery Met, 1/31; New Production of PRINCE IGOR Opera Set for 2/6
January 24 · BroadwayWorld.com
- 2013
*25 Years of Talent, texts by Michelle Grabner, Tim Griffin, Randi Hopkins and David Robbins
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
- 2013
5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Secret Restaurant
December 18 · Catherine Wagley, LA Weekly
- 2013
Tom Lawson - MOCA U - MOCAtv
October 25 · MOCAtv
- 2013
Thomas Lawson's Portrait of Saint Laurent's Rebel Hedi Slimane in Lastest Vogue
September 25 · Christine N. Ziemba, blog.calarts.edu
- 2013
Cutting Edge, Nathan Heller portrait by Thomas Lawson
September · Vogue, pp. 812-813
- 2013
Watch Ends & Exits at LACMA
July 15 · Lauren Albrecht, Art-Nerd.com
- 2013
Laughing at Thomas Lawson
March 6 · T.S., PaintingInLA.com
- 2013
Second Life: 4 Taxis Magazine
February 5 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo
- 2012
Amy's Column 06 - MADE in L.A. review
Amy Howden Chapman, Chartwell.org
- 2012
What art will be
July-September · Giancarlo Politi and Helena Kontova, Flash Art, pp. 54-58
- 2012
Reviews: Los Angeles: Thomas Lawson
December · Emily Ellis Fox, Modern Painters, p. 101
- 2012
Michael Asher, Conceptual Artist, Dies at 69
October 18 · Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, p. B19
- 2012
Thomas Lawson: Lost Wholes
October 2 · Sharon Butler, TwoCoatsOfPaint.com
- 2012
cover
Summer · Fabrik, Issue 17
- 2012
Critics' Picks: Thomas Lawson
September 27 · Travis Diehl, Artforum
- 2012
Exhibition of new paintings by Thomas Lawson opens at David Kordansky Gallery
September 8 · ArtDaily.org
- 2012
July 18
September 7 · Nicholas Katzban, 24700: News from California Institute of the Arts
- 2012
Thomas Lawson's 'In the Shadow of the Beast' at David Kordansky Gallery
September 5 · Megan Koester, Fabrik Media Network
- 2012
25 Years of Talent' at Marianne Boesky
August 17 · Contemporary Art Daily
- 2012
Made in L.A.: The Biennial
June/July · Brian Boucher in conversation with Lauri Firstenberg, Art in America, pp.31
- 2012
25 Years of Talent' at Marianne Boesky
June 9 · Contemporary Art Daily
- 2012
Made in L.A.: The Hammer Museum Presents The First LA Biennial
June 4 · Lucy Blodgett, HuffingtonPost.com
- 2012
Made in L.A. New Art Now in Los Angeles
June 1 · Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, Artnet.com
- 2012
Hammer presents L.A. as vibrant hot spot of contemporary art
May 31 · Cynthia Lee, Today.UCLA.edu
- 2012
What's On: Made in L.A. 2012
May 30 · The Art Newspaper
- 2012
Hammer announces $100,000 prize for new biennial; 60 artists chosen
March 14 · Jori Finkel, Los Angeles Times
- 2011
Thomas Lawson
May 7 · Christopher Howard, Artforum
- 2009
You Ought to Be in Pictures
John Haber, HaberArts.com
- 2009
Thomas Lawson
The Beat and the Buzz: Inside the L.A. Art World, edited by Richard Hertz, First Minneola Press, Ojai, pp. 248-260
- 2009
Thomas Lawson New World at Participant
James Kalm, Participant, New York
- 2009
Outside the Frame
September · Michael Lobel, Artforum
- 2009
Thomas Lawson: 1977-1987
Summer · Andrew Berardini, ArtReview, pp. 134
- 2009
Thomas Lawson 'New World'
July 17 · Karen Rosenberg, The New York Times, pp. C23
- 2009
Artist Profile: Tomas Lawson
July 10 · Phyllis Lally, Phillips Art Expert
- 2009
Alien Emotions: Pictures art revisited
May 4 · Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker
- 2009
At the Met, Baby Boomers Leap Onstage
April 24 · The New York Times, Holland Cotter, pp. C25, C28
- 2009
Voices from a Contentious Era
April · Faye Hirsch, Art in America, pp. 122-129
- 2009
Photo Play: The Social Life of the Pictures Generation
April · Linda Yablonsky, Art In America, pp. 102-109
- 2007
Thomas Lawson
Summer · Christopher Miles, Artforum, pp. 506-507
- 2007
Painthing The Town: Andrew Berardini on Thomas Lawson and Monique Prieto
March 21 · Andrew Berardini
- 2005
The Undiscovered Country: UCLA Hammer Museum
January · Bruce Hainley, Artforum, pp. 189
- 2005
Person, Place and Thing
January · Raphael Rubinstein, Art in America, pp. 104-109
- 2004
The Undiscovered Country
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
- 2005
AB OVO
November 8 · Glen Helfland, Artforum
- 2004
"It's Alive, Art of the Living Dead"
October 15-21 · Doug Harvey, LA Weekly, pp. 53
- 2004
Art review: Leaving Room for Personality
October 20 · David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, pp. E1, E4
- 2003
1989
April · David Rimanelli, Artforum, pp. 106
- 2003
The Painter: Thomas Lawson
March · Scott Rothkopf, Artforum
- 2003
1982 cont
March · David Rimanelli, Artforum, pp. 115
- 2002
Weekend Update
April 20 · Walter Robinson, Artnet.com
- 2002
Art in Review: The Empire Strikes Back
April 19 · Holland Cotter, The New York Times
- 2001
Group Shows: Exurbia
January/February · Clayton Campbell, Flash Art, pp. 66
- 1997
True.Bliss: The Panel Discussion
January 10 · Peter Frank, LA Weekly
- 1995
Visual Arts: strange paintings by Thomas Lawson
May 30 · Richard Cork, The Times
- 1991
A conversation with Tom Lawson
November 7 · Greg Schneider, Artweek
- 1991
Cold shoulder
May 23 · Clarence Sheppard, Daily News
- 1990
I Love Flamenco
November · Robin Cembalest, Art News, pp. 127-129
- 1990
Art out in the open
May · Cligg Blakey, i Mag, Issue 2, pp. 22
- 1990
Thomas Lawson
July · Jeanne Silverthorne, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
- 1990
Art
May · Sarah Kent, Tyne International, Number 14, pp. 118-119
- 1989
Thomas Lawson
Summer · Joshua Decter, Arts Magazine
- 1989
Interview: Thomas Lawson
January/February · Critical Art Ensemble, Art Papers, Contemporary Art in the Southeast
- 1988
Thomas Lawson
February · Thomas McEvilly and Ingrid Sischy, Artforum
- 1988
Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum
E.H., Art News
- 1988
Pair of painters bring art to the arterial
December 25 · Bayless D. Hayne, New Haven Register
- 1988
Thomas Lawson se lleva a EE.UU. el arte 'kitch' de un bar sevillano
October 7 · J. Molina, El Correo de Andalucia, pp. 42
- 1988
Critical Art Ensemble brings tough critic to town
September 9 · Mark Hinson, Tallahassee Democrat, pp. 5D
- 1988
Hover Culture: The view from Alexandria
Summer · Ronald Jones, Artscribe, pp. 46-51
- 1988
Group Show
July 15 · Michael Brenson, The New York Times
- 1988
Connections to the Real
March 26 · Amelia Jones, Artweek
- 1987
Working in Brooklyn: Painting
The Brooklyn Museum, NY
- 1987
Thomas Lawson, Anthony Reynolds
November/December · Michael Phillipson, Artscribe
- 1987
London: Thomas Lawson, Anthony Reynold Gallery
November · Michael Archer, Artforum
- 1987
The devil in a dour Scot
July 1 · Waldemar Januszczak
- 1987
Art: Brooklyn Painters
June · Michael Brenson, The New York Times
- 1987
Thomas Lawson at Metro Pictures
June · Holland Cotter, Art in America, pp. 156
- 1987
Thomas Lawson: The Decay of Lying
March/April · Ronald Jones, Artscribe International
- 1987
Goings on About Town: Thomas Lawson
March · The New Yorker
- 1986
Landscape Today
December 16 · Gary Indiana, The Village Voice
- 1986
Por encima del bloqueo
December 2 · Trabajadores
- 1986
Donan exposición a Cuba artistas norteamericanos
December 1 · Agenor Marti, Granma
- 1986
Art: In the Mid-70's, Exploring the Image
December · Roberta Smith, The New York Times
- 1986
Un mensaje de amistad por encima del bloqueo
November 29 · Ada Oramas, Tribuna
- 1986
Por encima del bloqueo
November 13 · Cartrelera
- 1986
Sydney Biennale
November · Thomas McEvilly, Artforum
- 1986
A Girl of the Zeitgeist—II, How does Ingrid Sischy see?
October 20 · Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker
- 1986
Art
October 20 · Kay Larson, New York Magazine
- 1986
Drawings on Exhibition
September-October · Drawing, Volume VIII, Number 3
- 1986
Going Out Guide: Showcase
September 29 · The New York Times
- 1986
Parody saves a scrambled Biennale
May 17 · Terence Maloon, The Sydney Morning Herald, pp.50
- 1986
McLaren trades punk rock for Manet
May 16 · Andrew Conway, The Australian
- 1986
U.S. Artists and Painters Show Solidarity with Cuba
May 8 · Granma
- 1986
Afiman pintores de ese país que donaron obras a Cuba
May 2 · Nadia Piemonte, uno más uno
- 1986
Coctel en el Museo del Chopo
May 2 · Claudia Villareal, El Sol de México, Section C, pp. 9
- 1986
El arte norteamericano en la exposición 'Camino a Cuba'
May 2 · Aura Maria Vidales, Novedades
- 1986
No todo el pueblo de EU comparte la política intervencionista de Reagan: Rudolf Baranik
May 2 · Raquel Garcia Peguero, El Día
- 1986
A Critical Operation: The Sixth Biennale Of Sydney 1986
April/May · FOLLOW me, Issue 22, pp. 105-108
- 1986
Artistas Plásticos de EU Donan Obras a Cuba
April 29 · Eduardo Camacho Suarez, Excelsior
- 1986
Camino a Cuba' exposición que manifiesta amistad y solidaridad
March 29 · El Universal, pp. 12
- 1986
De Estados Unidos a Cuba via Mexico
March 17 · Raquel Tibol, Revista Proceso, Number 489
- 1985
Suspicious Art, Unsuspecting Texts
November · David Carrier, Arts Magazine, pp. 32-35
- 1985
Seeing is Believing: New Paintings by Thomas Lawson
Summer · Ronald Jones, Arts Magazine
- 1985
Thomas Lawson, Metro Pictures
Summer · Jeanne Silverthorne, Artforum
- 1985
Art in View
July · Robert Becker, Interview, pp. 108-109
- 1985
Art trades erasing regional labels
May 1 · Helen Cullinan, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
- 1985
In Search of the Heroic
April 28 · William Wilson, In Search of the Heroic, Los Angeles Times, pp. 92-93
- 1985
Art Review: 'Suspects' focuses on media's influence on 'reality'
March 31 · Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 1984
The Heroic Figure
Linda L. Cathcart and Craig Owens, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
- 1984
Contemporary Triptychs
Linda Weintraub, ed., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
- 1984
Drawings: After Photography
William Olander and Andy Grundberg, Independent Curators Incorporated, New York
- 1984
Thomas Lawson, cover and interview
September · D.A. Robbins, Arts Magazine
- 1984
Thomas Lawson at Metro Pictures
March · Lisa Liebman, Artforum
- 1984
A nova galáxia
January 18 · Casimiro Xavier de Mendonca, Veja, pp. 102-103
- 1984
Thomas Lawson
January 10 · Kim Levin, The Village Voice, pp. 59
- 1984
Art Press Review
January · Wood Adams, Laurel, New Art Examiner, pp. 5
- 1983
Tom Lawson: An Interview
Kate Horsfield, Lyn Blumenthal Fund, Video Data Bank
- 1983
Young New York Artists: Thomas Lawson
December-January · W Zimmer, Avenue, pp. 122
- 1983
Thomas Lawson
December 16 · Michael Brenson, The New York Times
- 1983
Thomas Lawson: Metro Pictures
December · New York Beat, Volume 1, Number 3
- 1983
Closed Captions/Thomas Lawson
November 11 · Hunter Drohojowska, Los Angeles Herald
- 1983
Chicago: 'Compassionate Images,' N.A.M.E. Gallery
May · Judith Russi Kirshner, Artforum, pp. 102-103
- 1983
Appropriation über Alles
January 11 · Roberta Smith, The Village Voice
- 1983
Artists Who 'Scavenge' From the Media
January 9 · Grace Glueck, The New York Times
- 1983
New Figuration
January · Christopher English, The Art Examiner
- 1983
What's an artist to do? A short history of postmodernism and photography
January · Michael Starenko, Afterimage, pp. 4-5
- 1982
New Figuration in America
Milwaukee Art Museum
- 1982
Image Scavengers: Photography
Janet Kardon, Paula Marincola, and Douglas Crimp, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
- 1982
Thomas Lawson
December-January · Robert Rooney, Art & Text, Pool-Side issue, Victoria College, Australia
- 1982
Paintings and photographs inspired by media images
December 12 · Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. P1
- 1982
Art Press Review
December · Paul Krainak, New Art Examiner
- 1982
Getting Smart About Art
November · Lee Rosenbaum, Money Magazine, pp. 201-202, 204, 206
- 1982
Melodramatic Tactics
September · Kate Linker, Artforum
- 1982
Thomas Lawson
June · Donald B., Kuspit, Artforum, pp. 29-30
- 1982
New media show a never-never land of distorted reality
May 9 · Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, Section 6, p. 17
- 1982
Painting: Metro Pictures
May · Valerie Smith, Flash Art, p. 49
- 1982
Real Life Magazine Presents...
May · Kim Levin, The Village Voice
- 1982
New Drawing in America at The Drawing Center
April · Donald B., Kuspit, Artforum, pp. 83
- 1982
Critical Perspectives
April · Artforum
- 1982
Mind Over Matter
March 9 · Peter Schjeldahl, The Village Voice, pp. 79
- 1982
Ingrid Sischy Talks With Michelle Kyo
February · Artforum
- 1981
Performance at the Tate, 'Real life magazine presents…' at Nigel Greenwood
December · John Roberts, Artscribe, Issue 32
- 1981
Polemics
November · Michael Newman, Art Monthly, pp. 33-35
- 1981
Thomas Lawson
September · Joan Casademont, Artforum, pp. 74-75
- 1981
Nothing Deep
August · Mathew Collings, Artscribe, Issue 30
- 1981
MAGS & RAGS: Small Press Publications
April · Down Town, Volume 4, Number 4, pp. 1
- 1981
Switching Channels
March/April · Flash Art
- 1981
New York: The Opening of Metro Pictures
January/February · Valentie Tatransky, Flash Art, Issue 101, pp. 49
- 1980
Group Exhibition: Metro Pictures
November 19-25 · William Zimmer, Soho News, Volume 8, Number 8
- 1980
Double Takes
October · Joan Simon, Art in America, pp. 113-117
- 1980
Artful Dodger: Galleria
September · Gerald Marzorati, Soho News
- 1980
Illustration & Allegory
September · Valentin Tatransky, Arts Magazine
- 1980
Advance to the Rear Guard
August 17-September 2 · Carrie Rickey, The Village Voice, pp. 65, 69
- 1980
Naïve Nouveau and its Malcontents
Summer · Carrie Rickey, Flash Art, pp. 36-39
- 1980
Art: 'Illustration & Allegory' on View
May 23 · Hilton Kramer, The New York Times
Art: Illustration and Allegory
May 21-27 · Kay Larson, The Village Voice, centerfold
- 1980
Smyth, Schmidt, Smitten
January · Cariie Rickey, The Village Voice
- 1979
Group Show: Drawing Center
Valentin Tatransky, Arts Magazine
- 1979
Scottish show opens tonight
August 8 · The Chronicle-Herald, Volume 31, Number 188, Halifax, Canada
- 1979
Gruppo di immagini della nuova generazione: Giovani, americani, malati di 'Privato
April 22 · Flavio Caroli, Corriere della Sera
Solo Exhibitions
- 2025
Thomas Lawson: Sunny and Warm, a casual survey of work spanning the 30 years from 1995-2025
Chez Max et Dorothea, Los Angeles, CA
- 2024
Thomas Lawson: Too Old Now, a show of new paintings
AF Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
Attending to the Bats, a show of new paintings
AF Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
Thomas Lawson: a presentation of select works from the 80s
Artissima, Milan
- 2015
Thomas Lawson: New Paintings
Klaus Von Nichtsagend Gallery, New York
- 2014
Thomas Lawson (Retrospective): DB14
Dallas Biennial, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX
- 2012
Thomas Lawson: In The Shadow of the Beast, new paintings
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2009
Thomas Lawson: 1977-1987
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
History/Painting, curated by Lauri Firstenberg
LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
- 2002
Scenes from a Widespread Conspiracy, an installation with paintings and sound
Suburban, Chicago
- 2001
Constructing a World View; reconstructing a Journey
Sleeper, Edinburgh
- 1997
Thomas Lawson: Project Wall, new paintings
Rosamund Felsen, Los Angeles
- 1995
Thomas Lawson: Viennese Paintings, a selection of recent paintings curated by Linda Norris
Norwich Gallery, Norwich
- 1995
Thomas Lawson: New Paintings
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
- 1992
Thomas Lawson
Sylvie Ferre, Lyon
- 1990
Thomas Lawson: 1980-1990
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow; Battersea Arts Centre, London
- 1989
Metro Pictures, New York
- 1989
T.O.O. Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 1987
The Party's Over
Metro Pictures, New York
- 1987
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
- 1986
Civic Virtues
City University Graduate Center Mall, New York
- 1985
Metro Pictures, New York
- 1984
OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 1984
Christminstery Gallery, New York
- 1983
Kuhlenschmidt/Simon, Los Angeles
- 1983
Metro Pictures, New York
- 1982
Painting
Metro Pictures, New York
- 1981
Metro Pictures, New York
- 1980
Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto
- 1977
In Camera
Artists Space, New York
Teaching and Education
- 2025
Developed new drawing class
CalArts, Valencia, CA
- 2023
Developed new art writing class
CalArts, Valencia, CA
- 2021
Stepped down from position as Dean of the School of Art
CalArts, Valencia, CA
- 2008
An Artist's Education
CORE: Artists and Critics in Residence, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
- 2001
ReThinking Exhibitions, lecture series organized in partnership with Louise Sandhaus
MOCA and Side Street Live, Los Angeles, CA
- 2001
Art School Self-Study, a comprehensive analysis of the school for a ten-year accrediation review for The National Association of School of Art and Design (NASAD)
CalArts, Valencia, CA
- 1991
Appointed Dean, School of Art
CalArts, Valencia, CA
- 1990
Visiting Faculty, School of Art
CalArts, Valencia, CA
- 1988
Visiting Artist, Graduate Sculpture Seminar
RISD
- 1987
Seminar Instructor
New York Studio Program
- 1983
Visiting Artist, Graduate Painting Seminar
RISD
- 1979
Graduate Center, City University of New York
- 1975
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1973
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Grants and Fellowships
- 2024
Rabkin Prize for Art Writing
USA
- 2009
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
USA
- 2003
Ucross Foundation Residency
Clearmont, WY
- 2002
Lewis Walpole Library Fellowship
Farmington, CT
- 1999
Visual Art Project Artist Research Fellowship
Glasgow
- 1997
Rockefeller Foundaton Bellagio Residency Fellowship
Bellagio Center, Lake Como
- 1989-1990
Artists Fellowship, Painting
National Endowment for the Arts
- 1987
Project Grant
Art Matters Inc.
- 1985-86
Artists Fellowship, Painting
National Endowment for the Arts
- 1982-83
Artists Fellowship, Painting
National Endowment for the Arts
- 1979-1991
Visual Artists Forums, annual funding for REALLIFE Magazine
National Endowment for the Arts
- 1979-1991
Visual Arts Panel, annual funding for REALLIFE Magazine
NYSCA
Writings
- 2024
Sayre Gomez/Jack Goldstein
The Ranch, Montauk, NY
- 2022
Remembering Silke Otto-Knapp, 1970-2022
East of Borneo
- 2022
Michael Asher: There is Never Enough Time To Get Everything Said
East of Borneo
- 2022
Civilization and the Landscape of Discontent at Nature Morte, New York, 1984
Spike Art Magazine, Issue 71, Summer
- 2022
Luciano Perna (1958 – 2021) by Thomas Lawson
January 21 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo
- 2020
A CalArts Story, reprinted by East of Borneo
Philipp Kaiser and Christina Vegh, eds., Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
- 2020
Remembering John Baldessari by Thomas Lawson
March 2 · Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo
- 2019
The Poetics of the Political: Early work of Mario Merz
Mario Merz: Time Is Mute, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
- 2017
To Meet, To Talk, to Work Together: Sarah Charlesworth Seeks a New Way to Make Art
Sarah Charlesworth, Rochelle Steiner, ed., DelMonico Books Prestel, Munich and London
- 2017
Artists at Work: Fiona Connor, interview
East of Borneo
- 2016
Don Dudley: In Search of the Light
Don Dudley: Early Work, Thomas Zander, ed., Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne
- 2016
This Was No Mudd Club
November · affidavit, the online publishing platform of Cultural Counsel, New York
- 2015
Paying Attention
Akademie X Lessons in Art + Life, Phaidon, London
- 2014
Prince Igor: Imaginary Portraits
Karma, New York
- 2014
Made in L.A. at Hammer Museum
October · Artforum
- 2014
Culture & Capital in Dallas
April · Art in America
- 2013
Allan Sekula (1951-2013)
Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo
- 2012
Made in L.A. 2012
Anne Ellegood, Lauri Firstenberg, Malik Gaines, Cesar Garcia, and Ali Subotnick,, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, pp. 127, 147-150
- 2012
Artists at Work: Liz Glynn, interview
East of Borneo
- 2012
Time Travel: New Work by Liz Glynn
Liz Glynn: No Second Troy, exhibition catalogue, Pitzer College, CA
- 2012
Michael Asher (1943-2012)
October 15 · East of Borneo
- 2012
Reviews: Jack Goldstein at Orange County Museum of Art
December · Artforum, p. 269
- 2012
To Understand the Future of MOCA, Look at its Past
August 16 · Los Angeles Magazine
- 2011
Rhapsody in Pink: Steven Prina Prints
Thomas Lawson, East of Borneo
- 2011
Rhapsody in Pink: Steven Prina Prints
Stephen Prina: As he Remembered It, Vienna Secession
- 2011
Interview with Andrea Bowers
East of Borneo
- 2011
Institutional Whitewash: David Alfaro Sigueiros in Los Angeles
East of Borneo
- 2010
The Journey West
East of Borneo
- 2009
Enchantment and its Discontents
Gerard Hemsworth: Hidden Agenda, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Bern, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- 2009
Los Angeles, City of Dust and Dreams
Berlin-Los Angeles: A tale of two (other) cities, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
- 2008
Gary Hume: Modern Painting
Gary Hume: Door Painting, exhibition catalogue, Modern Art Oxford
- 2008
Listening is Looking, Singing is Making
Stills: Aileen Campbell, ICA, London
- 2007
Counterparts: Contemporary Painters and Their Influences
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
- 2007
An Escape Towards Liberty
Nothing Moments Press, LA
- 2007
Art School Symposium
May · Art in America
- 2007
Fractional Gift: Michael Hurson obituary
March · Artforum, pp. 67
- 2006
Foreword
Afterall #13
- 2006
A Change of Mind
Paint: a psychedelic primer
- 2006
Paranoia on the High Seas
White Wine Press, Santa Monica, and distritocu4rto, Madrid
- 2006
Top Ten List
December · Artforum
- 2006
Outside In: The Art of Lucy McKenzie
November · Artforum
- 2006
Reviews: Los Angeles, 55-85 at Pompidou
September · Artforum
- 2006
Pret a Prouve
January · Artforum
- 2005
London Waiting, Thinking, Drinking: A Conversation about Patrick Caulfield's Interiors with Katherine Lewis
Afterall, #12
- 2005
Foreword
Afterall #12
- 2005
Considering the Effect of Rain: On Representation and the Weather
The New Moderns, The Showroom Annual 2004/05, London
- 2005
Not a Condition but a Process: The Wooster Group
Afterall, #11
- 2005
Gretchen Bender obituary
April · Artforum
- 2004
Desperate Daydreams
Afterall, #9
- 2004
On 'Infotainment'
October · Artforum
- 2004
Thomas Lawson on Media Moguls
October · Artforum
- 2003
Foreword
Afterall #7
- 2003
The Unbearable Lightness of Painting
Laura Owens, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
- 2001
Jack Goldstein Obituary
X-Tra, Vol. 5, No. 4
- 2001
The Pest of Scotland, chapbook
The Centre, Glasgow
- 2000
Looking for Something to Read
Afterall, #6
- 2000
Interview with Richard Wright
Richard Wright: Southeast Corner of Things, Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2000
Shimmer
Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery
- 2000
An Incident in California
Side Street Projects
- 1999
Flying into the Future, Curious, artists' research within expert culture
Visual Arts Projects, Glasgow
- 1998
You Crack Me Up: Georgina Starr, Tuberama, cover
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
- 1998
Chema Cobo: El Principe Rana
Chema Cobo: El laberinto de la brujula, Centro Andaluz de Atre Contemporaneo, Sevilla
- 1998
Empire, with Russell Ferguson
Glasgow; Brunswick St., reprinted by Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbsemuseum
- 1996
Interview with Allan McCollum
A.R.T. Press, Los Angeles
- 1996
I was a Teenage Vampire: 10 Years of Transmission
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
- 1995
Jet Lag and Iron-Hard Jets
The British Art Show 4, London: National Touring Exhibitions, pp. 88-94
- 1994
Color This! A Collection of Los Angeles Artists' Drawings
Pat Gomez, Haven Lin-Kirk, Annie Reiniger, Carrie Ungerman, eds., Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc., pp. 58
- 1993
Hello: It's Me: Interview with Douglas Gordon
March-April · Frieze, Number 9, pp. 14-17
- 1992
Frontieres Perdues
Art et Espaces Publics, Givors: Maison du Rhone
- 1991
Candies and Other Comforts: An Erotics of Care
Claes Oldenburg: Multiples in Retrospect 1964-1990, New York: Rizzoli International Publications
- 1991
Angelic Visions
El Sueño Imperativo, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
- 1991
The Theatre of the Mind: John Baldessari
Parkett No. 29, Zurich: Parkett-Verlag AG, pp. 38-42
- 1990
Going Public
New Art International (Art & Design), pp. 72-77
- 1989
A Collective Portrait of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, New York: MoMA
- 1989
The Theatre of the Mind: John Baldessari
Ni Por Esas, Centro Nacional Exposicions de la Reina Sofia, Madrid
- 1988
Nostalgia as Resistance
Modern Dreams, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City
- 1988
An Interview with Critical Art Ensemble
Winter · REALLIFE Magazine, pp. 2-9
- 1988
Time Bandits/Space Vampires
January · Artforum
- 1987
Bunk: Eduardo Paolozzi and the Legacy of the Independent Group
This is Tomorrow, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City
- 1987
The Story of Henk Guth
Knight Gallery, Charlotte
- 1987
Reheating The: 'Avant-Garde in the Eighties' at LACMA
May 15-21 · LA Weekly, pp. 30, 33
- 1987
The Spiritual in Art at LACMA
January 1 · LA Weekly
- 1986
The Future is Certain
Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
- 1986
Five Critics Weigh LACMA's The Spiritual in Art
December 26, 1986-January 1, 1987 · L.A. Weekly, Volume 9, Number 5
- 1986
Towards Another Laocoon, or, The Snake Pit
March · Artforum
- 1985
Nature Morte
Infotainment, Reichard/Livet, New York
- 1985
Little Enough
C Magazine, Number 2
- 1985
Horrorshow
Summer · The New Art Examiner, cover, pp. 24-26
- 1984
Livin' in the USA
Damon Brandt Gallery, New York
- 1984
Interference on the Line
Contemporary Perspectives, Center Gallery at Bucknell University, Lewisburg
- 1984
Hilton Kramer: An Appreciation
November · Artforum, pp. 90-91
- 1984
Forum: Generation in Vitro
September · Artforum, p. 99
- 1984
How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art: Abstract Expressionism, Freedom, and the Cold War
Summer · Artforum
- 1984
Thomas Lawson & Ken Lum
June · Flash Art
- 1984
Group Material, Timeline: James Brown, Tony Shafrazi Gallery at P.S.1.
May · Artforum
- 1984
Where's the beef?
Spring · ZG Magazine, Number 10
- 1984
On Art and Artists: Thomas Lawson
March · Profile, Volume 4, Number 2
- 1984
Profile: Thomas Lawson
March · Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. 4, No. 2
- 1984
“New Expressions,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; Kiely Jenkins, Fun Gallery
January · Artforum
- 1983
Terminal New York at Brooklyn Army Terminal
Artforum
- 1983
Edouard Manet at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artforum
- 1983
An Interview with Komar and Melamid
REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 11/12
- 1983
Allan McCollum, Marian Goodman Gallery; “The Apocalyptic Vision: Four New Imagists,” Galleri Bellman;
September · Artforum
- 1983
Helmut Middendorf, Bonlow Gallery; Richard Bosman, Brooke Alexander Gallery; Francesco Clemente, Sperone Westwater Gallery and Mary Boone Gallery
Summer · Artforum
- 1983
"The Beast' and John Dunkley-Smith, P.S. 1; Victor Alzamora and Jennifer Bolande, Artists Space
March · Artforum
- 1983
Gerry Morehead, the Clocktower; Leon Golub, Susan Caldwell Gallery
February · Artforum
- 1982
Conflicting Panaceas
Cover, Number 6
- 1982
A Fatal Attraction, catalog cover
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
- 1982
Jimmy De Sana, Bonlow Gallery and Stefanotti Gallery; Marcus Leatherdale, The Clocktower
December · Artforum
- 1982
The Dark Side of the Bright Light
November · Artforum, pp. 62-66
- 1982
LEANDRO KATZ, "Metropotamia," P.S.1; PAUL McMAHON, Artists Space; SIGMAR POLKE, Holly Solomon Gallery
October · Artforum
- 1982
Dennis Oppenheim, Bonlow Gallery
September · Artforum
- 1982
Michael Smith, 'It Starts at Home,' a video installation at the Whitney Museum; Bernd Koberling, Annina Nosei
June · Artforum
- 1982
Michael Hurson, Paula Cooper; John Clark, 49th Parallel
May · Artforum
- 1982
Troppo Bello Per Essere Vero
May · Flash Art, Edizione Italiana
- 1982
Kandinsky in Munich 1896-1914,' Guggenheim Museum; Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli Gallery; Joseph Nechvatal, The Kitchen
April · Artforum
- 1982
Fragments 1977-1982: Thomas Lawson
March · Profile, Volume 4, Number 2
- 1982
William T. Wiley, Allan Frumkin Gallery; A.R. Penck, Sonnabend Gallery
March · Artforum
- 1982
Bruce Robbins, Blum Helman Gallery; Don Nice, Nancy Hoffman Gallery
February · Artforum
- 1982
In and Out of Power: Photographs from the New York Times, 'P.S. 1; Forrest Bess, Whitney Museum of American Art; Alexander Liberman, Andre Emmerich'
January · Artforum
- 1981
Schilderkunst in New York: Een geïllustreerde gids
Museum Journal, Number 3
- 1981
Too Good to be True
Fall · REALLIFE Magazine, Number 7
- 1981
BILL WOODROW, New 57 Gallery; Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Tate Gallery
December · Artforum
- 1981
Last Exit: Painting
October · Artforum, pp. 40-47
- 1981
Julian Schnabel: Mary Boone and Leo Castelli
Summer · Flash Art
- 1981
Gary Stephan: Mary Boone
Summer · Flash Art
- 1981
Emergent Artists at the Guggenheim 1981 Whitney Biennial
Summer · Flash Art
- 1981
Sandro Chia, Sperone Westwater; April Gornik, Edward Thorp Gallery
Summer · Artforum
- 1981
Oskar Kokoshka, Marlborough Gallery; Salome and Luciano Castelli, Annina Nosel Gallery; Eric Bogosian, American Theatre Laboratory; Thornton Willis,Oscarsson Hood Gallery
September · Artforum
- 1981
Jack Bush, Andrew Emmerich Gallery; Katherine Porter, David McKee Gallery; Hans Haacke, John Weber Gallery; David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery; EricFischl, Edward Thorp Gallery; Robin Winters, Mary Boone Gallery
May · Artforum
- 1981
"The People's Choice," Group Material; RICHARD SERRA, Blum/Helman Gallery; TONY KING, O.K. Harris Gallery
April · Artforum
- 1981
Fashion Moda, The New Museum; ANTONIO GAUDI, Brooks Jackson Gallery lolas; "Further Furniture," Marian Goodman/Multiples; DUANE MICHALS, Sidney Janis Gallery
March · Artforum
- 1981
Jasper Johns: Castelli
March/April · Flash Art
- 1981
Jennifer Bartlett: Paula Cooper
March/April · Flash Art
- 1981
Ronald Feldman
February · Artforum
- 1981
William Eggleston, Charles Cowles Gallery; Sol LeWitt, John Weber Gallery; Richard Bosman, Brooke Alexander Gallery; Gary Bower, Max Protetch Gallery
January · Artforum
- 1981
We Must Embrace Or Joys and Sorrows
Autumn · ZG Magazine, Number 3
- 1980
Going Places
REALLIFE Magazine, Number 3
- 1980
An Interview with Fashion Moda
REALLIFE Magazine, Number 3
- 1980
Spies and Watchmen
Cover, Number 3
- 1980
Long Distance Information
REALLIFE Magazine, Number 4
- 1980
Silently, By Means of a Flashing Light
October, Number 15
- 1980
The Olympic Thirteen
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
- 1980
Imre Koscis and Josef Erben, P.S. 1; Mel Kendrick, John Weber Gallery
December · Artforum
- 1980
Livio Saganic and Leo Rabkin, Hal Bromm; Matt Mullican, Mary Boone
November · Artforum
- 1980
Chia, Clemente and Cucci: Sperone, Westwater, Fisher
November · Flash Art
- 1980
Italo Scanga: Frank Kolbert
November · Flash Art
- 1980
Deconstruction/Reconstruction,' The New Museum; Rena Small, Daniel Wolf; William Betsch, The Space
October · Artforum
- 1980
Robert Mangold, John Weber
Summer · Flash Art
- 1980
Michelangelo Pistoletto, The Clocktower
Summer · Flash Art
- 1980
Miriam Schapiro, Barbara Gladstone, Lerner/Heller
March/April · Flash Art
- 1979
Painting in New York: An Illustrated Guide
October/November · Flash Art
- 1979
Painting in New York
October · Flash Art
- 1978
Gas: 1978 Exxon National Exhibition
June 1 · Skyline, Number 3, pp. 3
- 1979
The Uses of Representation: Making Some Distinctions
March/April · Flash Art
- 1979
Frank Stella: Leo Castelli
March/April · Flash Art
- 1979
Andy Warhol: Heiner Friedrich
March/April · Flash Art
- 1979
Judith Bernstein at Brooks Jackson Iolas
January/February · Art in America
- 1978
Rober Moskowitz at the Clocktower
May/June · Art in America
- 1978
Marcia Hafif at Sonnabend
May/June · Art in America
- 1978
Steven Gianakos at Droll/Kolbert
March/April · Art in America
- 1977
Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It
REALLIFE Magazine, Number 2
- 1976
Norman Lewis: A Retrospective
The Mall, The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Group Exhibitions
- 2024
Un-named, a group show
Chez Max et Dorothea, Los Angeles, CA
- 2024
Collaborations, a group show
Rolando Anselmi, Roma
- 2022
About Painting II, a group show
Rolando Anselmi, Roma
- 2020
Painting Show, a group show
Rolando Anselmi, Roma
- 2018
Bio-Pic, a group show
Steven Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
Los Angeles Bound, a group show
Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
- 2016
Every Future has a Price: 30 Years After Infotainment, a group show
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
- 2014
Another Cats Show
365 Mission, Los Angeles
- 2013
Prince Igor: Imaginary Portraits, a group show curated by Dodi Kazanijian
Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery, Metropolitan Opera, New York
- 2013
Drawn from Life: (on and around the work of R.B. Kitaj) curated by Jan Tumlir, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Shirley Morales
ltd, Los Angeles
- 2013
Ends and Exits: Contemporary Art from the Collections of LACMA and The Broad Art Foundation
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- 2012
The Last Word
Maurizio Cattelan: All, exhibition finale event, Peter B. Lewis Theatre at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 2012
25 Years of Talent, a group show
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
- 2012
Made in L.A., Los Angeles Biennial, a group survey curated by Anne Ellegood, Lauri Firstenberg, and Ali Soubotnick
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011
Bakers Dozen, a group show curated by Max Pressneil
Torrance Art Museum
- 2010
That was Then, This is Now, a group show curated by Irving Sandler and Rob Storr
Cue Art Foundation, New York
- 2010
ON PTG: Michelle Grabner, Thomas Lawson, Carrie Moyer, Scott Reeder
Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
- 2009
The Pictures Generation 1974-1984, a historical survey curated by Douglas Eklund
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- 2009
New World, a show of new paintings curated by Lauri Firstenberg
Participant, New York
- 2009
Les Annes 80, a historical survey curated by Yves Aupetitallot
Magasin, Grenoble, France
- 2007
A Palindromic Life, a group show curated by Andrew Freeman
South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
- 2007
Natural Geographic, a group show
Norma Desmond Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2004
The Undiscovered Country, a group show curated by Russell Ferguson
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- 2003
Relocation, curated by Suzanne Adelman
Bliss, Pasadena
- 2000
Chairs, Patios, and Fences
Rosamund Felsen, Los Angeles
- 2000
Exurbia, a group show curated by Shirley Irons
Gallery Luisotti, Los Angeles
- 2000
The Empire Strikes Back, a group show curated by Cannon Hudson
ATM, New York
- 1998
Pacaembu
Labotatoire, Sao Paulo
- 1996
Attempting Community: Cultural Economies, Histories from the Alternative Arts Movement, New York
The Drawing Center, New York
- 1995
Occupato
Burnett Gallery, Santa Monica, A
- 1994
Painting in the British Arts Council Collection
Chapter Arts, Cardiff, England
- 1994
American Fine Arts, New York
- 1993
Monumental Propaganda
ICI, New York; Moscow, Russia
- 1993
The Categories of Robert Smithson
Name Gallery, Chicago
- 1992
Guilt by Association
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- 1992
Unfair
Tanja Grunert Galerie, Cologne, Germany
- 1992
American Fine Arts, New York
- 1992
FAR Bazaar
Old Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles
- 1991
El Sueño Imperativo
Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
- 1989
A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- 1989
Art of Renewal
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
- 1988
Frontier Production
Critical Art Ensemble, Tallahassee, FL
- 1988
Edgar Heap-of-Birds, Christopher Hewat, Margia Kramer, Thomas Lawson, Yong Soon Min City Hall Park Group Show
May 15-November 1 · Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York
- 1987
Art Against AIDS
Citywide exhibition, New York, NY
- 1987
Working in Brooklyn: Painting
The Brooklyn Museum, NY
- 1987
Constitution by Group Material
The Temple Gallery, Philadelphia
- 1987
California Dreamin'
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
- 1986
Correspondences
Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 1986
Por Encima del Bloqueo
II Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
- 1986
The Biennale of Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales
- 1986
Rooted Rhetoric
Academia di Belli Arti, Napoli, IT
- 1985
Americana, a group Material project at The Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- 1985
The Public Art Show
Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 1985
Minimal Representation: Another View of New York, curated by Charles Kessler
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1985
Anniotanta
Galeria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, IT
- 1984
The Heroic Figure: thirteen artists from the US
Museum de Arte Moderne, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Spain; Caracas, Venezuela; New York, NY; Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
- 1984
Artists Call: Against US Interventioon in Central America
City-wide exhibition, New York
- 1984
A Decade of New Art
Artists Space, New York
- 1984
Drawings: After Photography
Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin, OH
- 1984
Contemporary Perspectives 1984
Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- 1984
Contemporary Tryptichs
Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- 1983
REALLIFE Magazine Presents..., curator
White Columns, New York
- 1983
La Forma e L'Inform
Galeria D'Arte Moderna, Bologna, IT
- 1983
Compassionate Images, curated by Paul Krainak
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL; Art and Architeture Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art/IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
- 1982
[(" ' ' ")] Frames of Reference
Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York
- 1982
The Human Figure
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
- 1982
Art and The Media
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
- 1982
45 Minutes of Billie Holiday, sound piece
Just Another Asshole #5, New York
- 1982
New Figuration in America
Milwaukee Art Museum
- 1981
Figuring
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
- 1981
On Location
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
- 1981
Illustration & Allegory
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
- 1981
Paesaggio di Paesaggi, curated by Flaminio Gualdoni
Salone degli Specchi del Teatro Comunale, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, IT
- 1980
Nuova Imamagine
XVI Triennale, Palazzlo del Triennale, Galleria del Disegno, Milan, IT
- 1979
Four Scottish Artists
Artists Space
- 1978
The Drawing Center, New York
Public Art Projects
- 2021
Proposal for Los Angeles MTA, a mural for new Rodeo Drive station, Beverly Hills
Los Angeles, CA
- 1999
Scottish Parliamet Building
EMBT/RMJM, Los Angeles, CA
- 1998
Derry City Council Building, work proposal
Derry, Northern Ireland
- 1996
Deirdre, WB Yeats, produced by MUSE CalArts
MOD Theatre, CalArts, Valencia, CA; Queens Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, set design
- 1996
Sawhead Sentinel, a large scale monument, work proposal
Coatbridge, Scotland
- 1994-1995
The British Art Show 4
Manchester; Edinburgh; and Cardiff. Organized by National Touring Exhibitions, Southbank Centre, selector with Richard Cork and Rose Finn-Kelcey
- 1990
Memory Lingers Here
First Tyne International, Gateshead
- 1990
Glasgow Green and Flourishing
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
- 1989
A Portrait of New York
Manhattan Municipal Building commission
- 1988
Civic Virtues/Civil Rights
Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York
Misc. Projects
- 2018
Oral History Interview with Thomas Lawson
August 9, 10 · Archives of American Art Oral History Program, Smithsonian Institution
- 2017
East Rancho Dominguez: I'll Make Me a World, community making book project
Some Place Chronicles and East of Borneo Books
- 2014
Till You Drop, installation with interactive sound and dance in collaboration with Nina Waisman and Flora Weigmann
LAXART Benefit, Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills
- 2014
Thomas Lawson & Susan Morgan
Kaari Upson, Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
- 2013
Exhibition in a Truck
Piero Golia's Chalet, LACE, Los Angeles
- 2013
Portrait of Hedi Slimane
September · Vogue
Curatorial Projects
- 2016
Dissent: What They Fear is the Light
Co-curated with Shoghig Halajian, featuring works by Laura Aguilar, Barbara Ess, Coco Fusco, Juliana Huxtable, Metahaven, Carlos Motta, Sondra Perry, Christine Rebet, and Jimena Sarno at LACE, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011
The Experimental Impulse, co-curated with Aram Moshayedi (Getty PST)
REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2000
Shimmer
Los Angeles Municipal Gallery
- 1987
Hot Coffee
Artists Space, New York
- 1982
Critical Perspectives, curator
P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City
- 1981
REALLIFE Magazine presents..., curator
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
Editorial Work
- 2015
Akademia X Lessons in Art + Life
Craig Garret, Rebecca Morrill, eds., Phaidon, London
- 2009
Founding Editor-in-Chief
East of Borneo
- 2004
Mining for Gold: Selected Writings (1979-1996)
Lionel Bovier and Fabrice Stroun, eds., JRP/Ringier, Zurich
- 2001
Postmodern Perspectives: Issues in Contemporary Art
Howard Risatti, ed., Prentice Hall, NJ
- 2000
Joines Charles Esche and Mark Lewis as co-editor of Afterall, a journal of art jointly published by Central St. Martins and CalArts
- 1990
Flash Art: Two Decades of History
Giancarlo Politi, ed., MIT Press, New York and Boston
Collected Writings
- 2010
Dispatches and Directions: On Artist-Run Organizations in Los Angeles
Ronni Kimm and Jesse Aron Green, eds., ART2102, Los Angeles
- 2006
REALLIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994, Miriam Katzeff, Thomas Lawson, and Susan Morgan, eds.
Primary Information, New York
- 2004
Mining for Gold: Selected Writings (1979-1996)
JRP|Ringier, Zurich
- 1988
Modern Dreams
Leffi ngwell and Marta, eds., MIT Press, Boston
- 1987
Blasted Allegories
Brian Wallis, ed., The New Museum and MIT Press, New York and Boston
- 1986
Individuals, A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986
Howard Singerman, ed., MOCA and Abbeville, Los Angeles and New York
- 1985
Infotainment
Nagy and Robbins, eds., Reichard/Livet and J. Berg Press, New York
- 1985
Theories of Contemporary Art
Richard Hertz, ed., Prentice Hall, New York
- 1984
Art After Modernism
Brian Wallis, ed., The New Museum and MIT Press, New York and Boston
