Michael Anthony Farley

Michael Anthony Farley

Contributing Editor

Michael Anthony Farley is an artist, critic, curator, and drag performer who splits their time between Barcelona, Baltimore, and Mexico City. They are a graduate of MICA and UMBC and formerly an art critic at Art F City. Michael writes about contemporary art, the global art market, art fairs, and urban planning. Message them with pitches and ideas for us! Email: Michael Farley IG: @juvederm_delinquent

Stories by Michael Anthony Farley
National Pavilions Question their own Identities in a Globalized World

At the national pavilions—most of which feel almost self-consciously embarrassed by the concept of nationalism—there’s an appropriately diverse set of strategies for addressing (or, in rare cases, avoiding) the legacies of colonialism and immigration from both traumatic or optimistic perspectives. 

Curator Adriano Pedrosa Celebrates Acts of Resistance, Independence, Vulnerability, and Joy in Spite of a Sick, Sad World

The 60th Venice Biennale takes on themes of displacement, environmental injustice, racism, colonialism, but also manages to avoid easy cliches, providing moments of joy and optimism by treating artists from marginalized backgrounds as individuals with agency.

Sapphire-Clad Guests Looked Divine at 2640

Photogenic Guests at the BJC's Annual Ornamenta Benefit

Confusing Institutional Acquisitions, Big Paintings of Butts, and Heaps (Literally) of Ceramics

A Roundup of Madrid Art Fairs, including ARCO and its numerous satellite fairs, which close on Sunday, March 10