ART SPEAKS is proud to sponsor the panel discussion Charting an Inflection Point in Art
Criticism and Publishing presented by Momus at the 2024 Plural Art Fair.
Momus editors and critics Merray Gerges, Jessica Lynne, and Catherine G. Wagley will come
together from their respective coasts to discuss the significant inflection point at which we
find ourselves in art criticism and publishing. The conversation, moderated by Momus’s
founding publisher Sky Goodden, will touch on the new existential threats to art writing
(boycotts, closures, and conglomerations!) but largely focus on the regenerative and
redirecting potential of this moment, especially for independent art publishers and
historically underrepresented art writers.

Moderator: Sky Goodden, Publisher, Momus
Panelists: Merray Gerges, Associate Editor; Jessica Lynne, Associate Editor; and Catherine G.
Wagley, Managing Editor.

About Momus
Momus is an online platform for art writing and criticism. Led by founding publisher Sky
Goodden, Momus is headquartered in Montreal, with an international team based in Brussels,
Los Angeles, New York, Newfoundland, and Dubai. They are committed to a model of
discourse that is plural and rigorous.

Launched in 2014, Momus has published over 750 texts, many of them by emerging critics.
Their editors provide sensitive and in-depth editorial support to writers at every stage of their
career and across all stages of a text. Momus provides above-industry-average writer’s fees,
while ensuring all of their content is available to readers for free. In 2017, they began Momus:
The Podcast, co-hosted by Director of Programs Lauren Wetmore and Sky Goodden, in their
effort to bring criticism into a conversational register.

In 2019, Momus established a series of mentorship initiatives for emerging writers, editors,
journalists, and publishers. Momus Programs (including residencies and fellowships) are
designed to support historically underrepresented art writers through professional
development and peer networking, transparently charting new challenges and offering
opportunities in the field.

In all of their activities, Momus strives to build an arts writing infrastructure that is responsive
and collaborative. They’ve developed valued partnerships with other industry leaders
including Forge Project, Eyebeam Center for Art + Technology, and Critical Minded, and
continue to grow their network. In both the long and short term, they aim to serve
underrepresented art writers and under-addressed readerships. Momus works with the
conviction that art writing is integral to our cultural ecosystem. They value criticism as
essential, imaginative, and a craft in itself.

Momus Talks is an ongoing series of public events hosted my Momus, often with their
colleagues and collaborators internationally. Ranging in format from artist talks and critics in
conversation events, to book launches and live podcasts recordings, Momus Talks aims to
galvanize communities around a model of art writing and criticism that is plural and rigorous.

• LaToya Ruby Frazier and Steve Locke Wednesday October 30, 2024, 7pm Cinéma du Musée 1379-A Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal In English Free admission, no reservations Presented by ART SPEAKS
• Momus Talks:Charting an Inflection Point in Art Criticism and Publishing Friday, April 12th, 2024, 6 PM Plural Art fairGrand Quay, Port of Montreal200 de la Commune W. St.In EnglishEntrance included with a ticket to the fair, no reservationsPresented by Momussupported by ART SPEAKS
• David Wallace-Wells & Amitav Ghosh: A Climate Talk Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 6 PM Théâtre Outremont 1248, Avenue Bernard West, Outremont In EnglishFree admission, no reservations Presented by ART SPEAKS
• Helen Molesworth in Conversation with Jarrett Earnest Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 6 PM Cinéma du Musée1379-A Sherbrooke Street WestIn EnglishFree admission, no reservations Presented by ART SPEAKS
• Lucas Zwirner in Conversation with Tau Lewis and Woody De OthelloWednesday April 12, 2023 6 PM Amphithéâtre GESÙ 1200, rue BleuryIn EnglishFree admission. No reserved seatsPresented by ART SPEAKS
• Art and the Defiance of Viral CirculationJason FaragoMonday, May 16, 2022 at 6 pmMaxwell-Cummings AuditoriumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts1379-A Sherbrooke Street WestIn EnglishFree. Reservations required (service charge applies)Presented by ART SPEAKS and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• flow / form conversationsManuel Mathieu and Curtis Talwst Santiago in ConversationTuesday, September 14, 2021 at 8 PM on IGTV@artspeaksmtl | artspeaks.ca
• Catherine Opie & Robin Coste LewisWednesday, November 13, 2019, 7pmCinéma du MuséeMontreal Museum of Fine Arts1379-A Sherbrooke Street WestIn EnglishPresented by Art Speaks
• サモアについてのうた(Samoa ni tsuite no uta)A song about SāmoaA keynote lecture with interdisciplinary artist Yuki KiharaThursday, June 13, 20195:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Concordia University1515 St. Catherine WRoom EV.1-615In EnglishFree Admission, No reserved seatsPresented by GAX 2019
• Art First; All Else Follows A Talk by Jerry SaltzWednesday, April 3, 2019, 7pmThéâtre Outremont1248 avenue Bernard WestIn EnglishFree Admission, No Reserved SeatsPresented by Art Speaks
• What does art have to do with the price of fish? A Talk by Zita CobbMonday, November 12, 2018, 7 PMDB Clarke TheaterHenry F. Hall Building1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. WestIn EnglishFree Admission, No Reserved SeatsPresented by Art Speaks
• THE BLACK MADONNAA TALK BY THEASTER GATESTuesday March 20, 2018, 6:30 pmMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsMaxwell-Cummings Auditorium1379A Sherbrooke Street WestIn EnglishPresented by Art Speaks and DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art
• Thelma GoldenWednesday, November 29, 2017, 7 pmMusée d’art contemporain de MontréalIn Englishpresented by ART SPEAKS
• Hajra WaheedIntimate ConversationsOctober 4, 2017In Englishpresented by ART SPEAKS
• Frances StarkThursday November 17, 2016Maxwell-Cummings Auditorium1379A Sherbrooke street WestMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsIn EnglishPresented by ART SPEAKS
• Du modernisme au contemporain:la place du papier dans le musée d’art contemporainSunday, April 24, 2016Presented at Papier16In FrenchPresented by ART SPEAKS