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OnMilwaukee, “City selects Karyn Olivier work for installation at Vel R. Phillips Plaza”, October 7th 2024
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Five artists at this year’s Whitney Biennial have very close Philly ties”, August 2 2024
ArtNexus, “2024 Whitney Biennial, Even Better Than the Real Thing”, Raúl Zamudio, June 13 2024
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “At long last, the ‘Dinah’ memorial will be unveiled in Philadelphia’s Logan neighborhood”, Valerie Russ, April 17 2024
OCULA, Who to See at Whitney Biennial 2024, March 14 2024
ARTNEWS, A Blazing, Brilliant Whitney Biennial Heralds a New Kind of Body Art, March 13 2024
HYPERALLERGIC, First Impressions From the 2024 Whitney Biennial, March 13 2024
The New York Times, “Whitney Biennial Names Its ‘Dissonant Chorus’ of Artists to Probe Turbulent Times”, January 25 2024
WNYC All Of It with Alison Stewart, “Artist Karyn Olivier: How A Home Is Made”, July 11 2023
The New York Times, “Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A”, November 14 2022
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, “Inspiration Unearthed: Artist Karyn Olivier ’89 digs into history”, May-June issue 2022
Cultured Magazine, “At the Parrish Art Museum, Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Curate a Group Show That Breaks Through the Noise”, June 30 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”, May 26 2022
WBUR, “At the ICA Watershed, found objects are poetic and political”, May 26 2022
Temple Now, “Karyn Olivier reveals Black history through her art”, March 17 2021
BOMB Magazine, “Karyn Olivier by Michelle Lopez”, Spring issue
Hyperallergic, “Your Concise New York Art Guide for July 2021”
WURD Radio, “Radio Courtroom” April 11, 2021
The Washington Post, “Removing an offensive mural from the University of Kentucky isn’t ‘racial justice’” Opinion by Karyn Olivier, July 6, 2020
The New York Times, “Students’ Calls to Remove a Mural Were Answered. Now Comes a Lawsuit”, Julia Jacobs, July 6, 2020
ArtForum, “Karyn Olivier” McKee, C.C. May/June issue, 2020
Hyperallergic, “Karyn Olivier Subverts the Formal Seriousness of Monuments”, Cardwell, Erica, May 6, 2020
Atlas Obscura, “Philadelphia Will Finally Memorialize an Enslaved Woman Freed in 1776”, Chernick, Karen, April 30, 2020
Thomson Reuters Foundation NEWS, “As the men of stone fall, who should rise up and take their place?” Nellie Peyton, July 2, 2020
Air Mail, “Holes in the Wall”, by Clementine Ford, Issue No. 102, June 26, 2020
Hyperallergic, “Your Concise New York Art Guide” July 2020
WURD Radio, “Radio Courtroom” Host: Michael Coard, April 11, 2020
The Washington Post, “Removing an offensive mural from the University of Kentucky isn’t ‘racial justice’” Opinion by Karyn Olivier, July 6, 2020
The New York Times, “Students’ Calls to Remove a Mural Were Answered. Now Comes a Lawsuit”, Julia Jacobs, July 6, 2020
ArtForum, “Karyn Olivier” McKee, C.C. May/June issue, 2020
Hyperallergic, “Karyn Olivier Subverts the Formal Seriousness of Monuments”, Cardwell, Erica, May 6, 2020
Atlas Obscura, “Philadelphia Will Finally Memorialize an Enslaved Woman Freed in 1776”, Chernick, Karen, April 30, 2020
Whitewall Magazine, “Karyn Olivier. Thinking about moments, memory and absence”, Donoghue, Katy, Summer print Issue, 2020
Artblog, “Of monumental proportions, Karyn Olivier’s ‘Everything That’s Alive Moves’”, Smith, Alex, March 23, 2020
The Architect’s Newspaper, “Solo exhibition at ICA Philadelphia explores our link to monuments”, Simmons, Shawn, March 2, 2020
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Art and monuments: At ICA, two Philly sculptors grapple with who gets celebrated”, Hine, Thomas, Feb 16, 2020
Broad Street Review, “Moving Monuments”, Day, Gary Feb 16, 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, 2020
CBC Radio, NPR station, “As It Happens” Host: Nil Koksal, July 7, 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, 2020
The Brooklyn Rail, “Emanation 2019”, Beckenstein, Joyce, July, 2019
6ABC TV station, “Percent for Art 60”, documentary by History Making Productions, Aired on December 1st, 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, 2019
The Washington Post, “Some saw a University of Kentucky mural as racially offensive. Here’s the school’s solution” Aug 24, 2018
Lexington Herald Ledger, “UK’s controversial mural at Memorial Hall is reimagined in a ‘divine space’” August 16, 2018
National Coalition Against Censorship, “University of Kentucky Unveils Installation to Encourage Dialogue about Race”, Aug 28, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education, “What the U. of Kentucky Did About a Controversial Campus Fresco Depicting Slavery”, , 2018
Courier Journal,“UK adds artwork next to mural with racial images to deepen the dialogue”, 2018
By Herald-Leader Editorial Board, “A picture-perfect response at the University of Kentucky”, 2018
WUKY (NPR station), “Memorial Hall Artist Karyn Olivier Isn’t After Resolution. She Wants More Questions.” 2018
PBS News Hour, “Philadelphia public art project ponders meaning behind monuments,” Oct 9, 2017
Hyperallergic, “Philadelphia’s Monument Lab asks “What’s Right for Public Space?” Mitchell, Samantha Oct 9, 2017
Philadelphia Weekly “With all the political upheaval over national monuments, Mural Arts’ Monument Lab is asking big questions,” Marin, Max, Sept 14, 2017
WHYY, “NPR Monument Lab asks Philadelphians to think about the city’s memorials in a new way”, 2017
Americans for the Arts, “National Recognition to the Best in Public Art Projects Annually”, 2017
CityLab Journal, “What I learned in the monument wars,” Oct 6, 2017
The Philadelphia Inquirer “Woodmere Annual show: A vast art portrait of the city” July 3, 2016
New York Times, “Please Touch the Art and ‘Drifting in Daylight,’ Outdoor Art at the Parks,” May 21, 2015
Hyperallergic, “Experience Sunset-Colored Ice Cream Cones and Other Art Interludes in Central Park,” May 14, 2014
ArtSlant, “Dreaming in Daylight: Creative Time in Central Park,” May 15, 2014
CBC Radio (Toronto’s NPR Station) “Metro Morning with Matt Galloway” Interview, February 24th, 2014
Carey, Brainard “Interview with Karyn Olivier”, Yale Radio (WYBC), January 23, 2014
“Interview with Karyn Olivier: Social Sculptor”, Gravity was everywhere back then, July 5,2012
“Exhibit aims to show future stars”, The Washington Post, February 3, 2012
“Artist likes to make ordinary ‘extraordinary’,” Salina Journal, May 6, 2011
“Interview with Karyn Olivier,” Days of Yore, September 2010
“Hungry for Words,” Caribbean Review of Books, July 2010
"Carnival and the Artistic Contract," Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Winter 2009
"Interview on KUHF”, November 16, 2009
Interview on Fox 26 News, November 16, 2009
"Outdoor exhibit might add a little surrealism to commute," Houston Chronicle, October 25, 2009
"Now You See It…Now You Don't: Billboards," KUHF News, November 16, 2009
"Beyond the Billboards," Absolutely in the Loop Magazine, October 2009
University of Houston Art Blog, October, 2009
"59 South (Texas) Billboard", 2009
“”Karyn Olivier + Amanda Ross-Ho + Lisa Sigal,” Art Papers, May/June, 2009, p.49-50
“Made in the USA,” Tip Berlin, p.58, March 18, 2009
Quote sheet for Gwangju Biennale, 2008
“The Carnival of Art”, Mousse, Issue #16, pps. 80-83, 2008
“Artist makes adult creations from childhood icons,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 11, 2007
"Black Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art," June 20, 2007
"Trace," The New York Times, p. E28, August 18, 2006
“Trace,” Time Out New York, p.147, September 7-13, 2006
"Varagod och sitt," Krisitanstadsbladet, p.39, 2006
"Karyn Olivier: Time to go home," Art Lies, Spring 2006
"The Gang's all Here," The Village voice, September 14 2006
"Lesser New York," The Village Voice, March 22
"Karyn Olivier: Winter Hung to Dry," Austin Chronicle, July 22, 2005
"Karyn Olivier in NYC," Glasstire, January 2005
“The Accidental Artist,” 002 Magazine, p.14., February 2003
“Party on the Patio,” Houston Press, p.50, April 10, 2003
“Oil be damned: Houston Art”, Dazed and Confused, p.180., December, 2003
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