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Taylor Michael

Mount Vernon

Associate Editor at A Public Space Magazine

Freelance Arts & Culture Journalist, Critic, and Essayist |@apublicspace Associate Editor| Columbia SOA ‘21| Brown '17| ΔΣΘ ΛI Spr '16 #4

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  • Nov 22, 2024 | allarts.org | Taylor Michael

    SHAREAlvin Ailey has taken over the Whitney Museum of American Art. “Edges of Ailey,” the first museum survey of the artist and choreographer, comprises a sprawling multimedia exhibition, six months of dance performances and a scholarly catalogue. However, the exhibition shows more than Ailey’s life and works. On view through Feb.

  • Sep 18, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Taylor Michael

    In the second of seven gallery rooms, visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier displayed the thesis behind her first survey, Monuments of Solidarity, recently on view at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. Against gray walls the color of hazy smog, Frazier deconstructed Levi’s 2012 “Go Forth” campaign. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Levi’s shot parts of the advertisement campaign in Braddock, Pennsylvania, Frazier’s hometown.

  • Jul 11, 2024 | prismreports.org | Taylor Michael

    Writers across industries continue to raise concerns about pay equity, labor rights, and funding transparency. Movements like #PublishingPaidMe and the high-profile Writers Guild of America strike in 2023 showed how much writers must hustle to earn a living wage.

  • May 21, 2024 | allarts.org | Taylor Michael

    SHAREArtists exchanged hugs and compliments all night, surrounded by friends and family at the Bronx Museum of Arts’ biennial, which opened its second phase to the public with a party on April 12. The jolly and glee felt reminiscent of a family reunion, complete with a pizza party and tunes spun by DJs from Uptown Vinyl Supreme. The word for the night was “wholesome,” 2022 fellow Katherine Miranda told ALL ARTS.

  • Dec 9, 2023 | taylormichael.substack.com | Taylor Michael

    I make fun of and have to take a break from Christmas music this time of year once the whining starts to hurt my ears. Driving home from work, an approximately 90-minute journey during rush hour, I can listen to the entire Christmas Interpretations album two and a quarter times. Boyz II Men, in most of their songs, really want affection. Hits like “I’ll Make Love to You,” “End of the Road,” or “On Bended Knee” yearn for long-lasting love.

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Taylor Michael
Taylor Michael @taytaylaytay
8 Oct 24

I needed this thread!

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ꫂ ၴႅၴ. @filmsbratz

— black witches, from films & tv series. a thread. 🔮🌙🧹 https://t.co/P6i09S0TLR

Taylor Michael
Taylor Michael @taytaylaytay
8 Oct 24

Sometimes, as an arts writer, the essays or articles write themselves. And, I get to be a steward of someone else's vision. Those are the moment's where I know I'm doing something worthwhile.

Taylor Michael
Taylor Michael @taytaylaytay
4 Oct 24

For Brooklyn Rail I reviewed Jamaica Kindcaid's new book and consider the stories we create about the natural world https://t.co/mNfYMkG6z1