Reviews/Profiles
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2023 |
All Of It with Alison Stewart: Artist Karyn Olivier’s Show, “How A Home is Made”, WNYC June 11, 2023
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2022 |
The New York Times “Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A”, Hillarie M. Sheets, Nov. 14, 2022
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2022 |
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine “Inspiration Unearthed: Artist Karyn Olivier ’89 digs into history”, Chris Quirk, May-June 2022 issue
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2022 |
Cultured Magazine, “At the Parrish Art Museum, Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Curate a Group Show That Breaks Through the Noise”, Hannah Black, June 30, 2022
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2022 |
Boston Globe, “Gorgeous trash and radical recycling at ICA’s Watershed ‘Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms’” is a group exhibition exploring themes of work and waste”, Murray Whyte, May 26, 2022
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2022 |
WBUR, “At the ICA Watershed, found objects are poetic and political”, May 26, 2022
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2022 |
Temple Now, “Karyn Olivier reveals Black history through her art”, March 17, 2022
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2021 |
BOMB Magazine, “Karyn Olivier by Michelle Lopez”, Spring issue
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2021 |
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, “A Matter of Art: Karyn Olivier uses objects to explore life, history”, Janelle De Souza, August 15
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2021 |
The New Yorker, “When Black History Is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?”, Jill Lepore, October 4th
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2021 |
Culture Type “On View: ‘Karyn Olivier: At the Intersection of Two Faults’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York”, Victoria Valentine, July 1, 2021
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2021 |
Air Mail, “Holes in the Wall”, by Clementine Ford, Issue No. 102, June 26, 2021
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2021 |
Hyperallergic, “Your Concise New York Art Guide for July 2021
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2021 |
WURD Radio, “Radio Courtroom” Host: Michael Coard, April 11
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2020 |
The Washington Post, “Removing an offensive mural from the University of Kentucky isn’t ‘racial justice’” Opinion by Karyn Olivier, July 6
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2020 |
The New York Times, “Students’ Calls to Remove a Mural Were Answered. Now Comes a Lawsuit”, Julia Jacobs, July 6
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2020 |
ArtForum, “Karyn Olivier” McKee, C.C. May/June issue
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2020 |
Hyperallergic, “Karyn Olivier Subverts the Formal Seriousness of Monuments”, Cardwell, Erica, May 6
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2020 |
Atlas Obscura, “Philadelphia Will Finally Memorialize an Enslaved Woman Freed in 1776”, Chernick, Karen, April 30
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2020 |
Whitewall Magazine, “Karyn Olivier. Thinking about moments, memory and absence”, Donoghue, Katy, Summer print Issue
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2020 |
Artblog, “Of monumental proportions, Karyn Olivier’s ‘Everything That’s Alive Moves’”, Smith, Alex, March 23
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2020 |
The Architect’s Newspaper, “Solo exhibition at ICA Philadelphia explores our link to monuments”, Simmons, Shawn, March 2
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2020 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Art and monuments: At ICA, two Philly sculptors grapple with who gets celebrated”, Hine, Thomas, Feb 16
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2020 |
Broad Street Review, “Moving Monuments”, Day, Gary Feb 16
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2020 |
Lexington Herald Ledger, “Here’s how UK could end the mural debate, stop a costly lawsuit and improve higher education” Blackford, Linda, July 27
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2020 |
CBC Radio, NPR station, “As It Happens” Host: Nil Koksal, July 7
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2020 |
Hypebeast, “University of Kentucky Sued Over Plans to Remove Mural Depicting Slavery. A Black artist’s work that accompanies the original piece also faces removal”, Leung ,Gabrielle, July 7
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2019 |
The Brooklyn Rail, “Emanation 2019”, Beckenstein, Joyce, July
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2019 |
6ABC TV station, “Percent for Art 60”, documentary by History Making Productions, Aired on December 1st
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2019 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Philadelphia artist is chosen for the new Dinah Memorial at Stenton”, Russ, Valerie, Nov 7
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2019 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, “You can vote on artists’ proposals to memorialize Dinah, the once-enslaved woman known for saving Philly’s Stenton house”, Russ, Valerie, September 19 |
2018 |
The Washington Post, “Some saw a University of Kentucky mural as racially offensive. Here’s the school’s solution”, Anderson, Nick, Aug 24 |
2018 |
Lexington Herald Ledger, “UK’s controversial mural at Memorial Hall is reimagined in a ‘divine space’”, Linda Blackford, August 16 |
2018 |
National Coalition Against Censorship, “University of Kentucky Unveils Installation to Encourage Dialogue about Race”, Garnett, Joy, Aug 28 |
2018 |
“What the U. of Kentucky Did About a Controversial Campus Fresco Depicting Slavery”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Claire Hansen |
2018 |
“UK adds artwork next to mural with racial images to deepen the dialogue”, Courier Journal, Morgan Watkins |
2018 |
“A picture-perfect response at the University of Kentucky” By Herald-Leader Editorial Board |
2018 |
“Memorial Hall Artist Karyn Olivier Isn’t After Resolution. She Wants More Questions.” WUKY (NPR station), Josh James |
2017 |
PBS News Hour, “Philadelphia public art project ponders meaning behind monuments,” Oct 9
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2017 |
Hyperallergic, “Philadelphia’s Monument Lab asks “What’s Right for Public Space?” Mitchell, Samantha Oct 9
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2017 |
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/phillys-big-new-art-project-asks-who-deserves-a-monument-anyway-20170914.html
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2017 |
Philadelphia Weekly “With all the political upheaval over national monuments, Mural Arts’ Monument Lab is asking big questions,” Marin, Max, Sept 14
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2017 |
WHYY, NPR Monument Lab asks Philadelphians to think about the city’s memorials in a new way
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2017 |
Americans for the Arts: National Recognition to the Best in Public Art Projects Annually–
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2017 |
CityLab Journal, “What I learned in the monument wars,” Sartwell, Crispin, Oct 6
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2016 |
The Philadelphia Inquirer “Woodmere Annual show: A vast art portrait of the city” Newhall, Edith, July 3, 2016
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2015 |
New York Times, “Please Touch the Art and ‘Drifting in Daylight,’ Outdoor Art at the Parks,” Ken Johnson, May 21
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2014 |
Hyperallergic, “Experience Sunset-Colored Ice Cream Cones and Other Art Interludes in Central Park,” Allison Meier on May 14
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2014 |
ArtSlant, “Dreaming in Daylight: Creative Time in Central Park,” Joel Kuennen, May 15
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2014 |
CBC Radio (Toronto’s NPR Station) “Metro Morning with Matt Galloway” Interview, February 24th
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2014 |
Carey, Brainard “Interview with Karyn Olivier”, Yale Radio (WYBC), January 23, 2014
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2012 |
K., Donna, “Interview with Karyn Olivier: Social Sculptor”, Gravity was everywhere back then, July 5,2012
Ramanathan, Lavanya, “Exhibit aims to show future stars”, The Washington Post, February 3, 2012
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2011 |
Demuth, Gary, “Artist likes to make ordinary ‘extraordinary’,” Salina Journal, May 6, 2011
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2010 |
Von Arbin Ahlander, Astri “Interview with Karyn Olivier,” Days of Yore, September 2010
Laughlin, Nicholas, “Hungry for Words,” Caribbean Review of Books, July 2010
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2009 |
Tancons, Claire, “Carnival and the Artistic Contract,” Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Winter 2009
“The Front Row,” Interview on KUHF, November 16, 2009
Interview on Fox 26 News, November 16, 2009
Britt, Douglas, “Outdoor exhibit might add a little surrealism to commute,” Houston Chronicle, October 25, 2009
Galvez, Melissa, “Now You See It…Now You Don’t: Billboards,” KUHF News, November 16, 2009
Gilbert, Dusty, “Beyond the Billboards,” Absolutely in the Loop Magazine, October 2009
University of Houston Art Blog, October, 2009
Yablonsky, Linda, “59 South (Texas) Billboard”
McClintock, Diana, “”Karyn Olivier + Amanda Ross-Ho + Lisa Sigal,” Art Papers, May/June, 2009, p.49-50
Slaski, Jacek, “Made in the USA,” Tip Berlin, March 18, 2009, p.58
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2008 |
Quote sheet for Gwangju Biennale, 2008
Daneri, Anna, “The Carnival of Art”, Mousse, Issue #16, pps. 80-83
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2007 |
Bonetti, David, “Artist makes adult creations from childhood icons,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 11, 2007
Schulze, Troy, “Black Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art,”June 20, 2007
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2006 |
Johnson, Ken, “Trace,” The New York Times, August 18, 2006, p. E28
Wolin, Joseph, “Trace,” Time Out New York, September 7-13,2006, p.147
Johannesson, Sune, “Varagod och sitt,” Krisitanstadsbladet,2006, p.39
Kazemzadeh, Max, “Karyn Olivier: Time to go home,” Art Lies, Spring 2006
Baker, R.C., “The Gang’s all Here,” The Village voice, September 14
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2005 |
Saltz, Jerry, “Lesser New York,” The Village Voice, March 22
Rockett, Benne, “Karyn Olivier: Winter Hung to Dry,” Austin Chronicle, July 22, 2005
Heiges, Nathan, “Karyn Olivier in NYC,” January 2005
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2003 |
Moloney, Tim, “The Accidental Artist,” 002 Magazine, February 2003, p.14.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Party on the Patio,” Houston Press, April 10, 2003 p.50
Poulson, Alex, “Oil be damned: Houston Art”, Dazed and Confused, December, 2003, p.180
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