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Mousse Magazine

Archived since Mousse 1 - May 2006
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95 issues

Established in Milan in 2006, Mousse Magazine traces the currents of contemporary culture through feature articles, interviews, and conversations among the most vivid voices in international criticism, along with emerging talents and key figures in the cultural debate. With its reinforced emphasis on textuality and critical thinking, Mousse is more a book than a magazine and a key touchstone for academics, artists, curators, and collectors.

Alongside Mousse’s surveys, monographs, thematic essays, short profiles, fiction and book reviews, the restyled format of Issue #84 inaugurated four new columns: CRITICISM, an arena to inspire discourse and encourage conversation around the current terms of art criticism, each year, an appointed editor invites a range of contributors to address an overarching concern; THINKERS, devoted to influential thinkers who are shaping cultural discourse and theory; CURATORS, a space for affiliated and independent organizers to openly define their approaches to contemporary exhibition-making; and REPRINT, reviving and recirculating foundational texts that are no longer readily available.

Published quarterly, Mousse has broad distribution in Europe, the United States, Australia, and Asia. With its complete archive in a fully browsable format and completely searchable text, Mousse is now digitally available for experts, collectors, libraries and art colleges internationally.

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SURVEY: WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT
(A) Revisiting an Origin Story
Lubaina Himid, Paul Goodwin, Christine Eyene
(B) Beyond the Boundary: The Work of Three Black Women Artists in Britain
Gilane Tawadros

OPINIONS: ON SOLIDARITY WITHIN AND BEYOND THE ARTS
Ingrid Masondo, Christine Eyene

FICTION: TONI MORRISON: NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE AWARD CEREMONY SPEECH, STOCKHOLM, DECEMBER 7, 1993

CURATORS: BISI SILVA: DEVELOPMENTAL CURATION
Serubiri Moses

THINKERS: ON KODWO ESHUN’S CHRONOPOLITICAL INTERVENTIONS
Gee Wesley

MONOGRAPH: NOLAN OSWALD DENNIS
For the Earth, It’s Not a Secret
Nolan Oswald Dennis, Zoë Hopkins

MONOGRAPH: YTO BARRADA
Like Saturn, Know Thyself
Övül Ö. Durmusoglu

TIDBITS:
Joshua Woolford by Amal Khalaf;
blaxTARLINES KUMASI by Livia Nervi;
Ladji Diaby by Mistura Allison;
Ebun Sodipo by Amy Jones;
Tiran Willemse by Donasia Tillery.

VISUAL: GALA PORRAS-KIM
When Things Fall Apart for Whom?
Gala Porras-Kim, Lauren Cornell

BOOKS by Izabella Scott

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  • First Issue: Mousse 1 - May 2006
  • Latest Issue: Mousse 95 - Spring 2026
  • Issue Count: 95
  • Published: Quarterly