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Charlene K. Lau

Charlene K. Lau is an art historian, critic, and curator who has held fellowships at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Parsons School of Design, The New School and Performa Biennial. Her writing has been published in Artforum, TheAtlantic.com, the Brooklyn Rail, Canadian Art, Frieze, Fashion Theory and Journal of Curatorial Studies, among others.

Exhibition Reviews , Reviews Across The World
What to See in Toronto this October

From Maria Hupfield's felt portraits at Patel Brown gallery to an exhibition of Black photography at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, here are the best shows to see in Toronto right now

BY Charlene K. Lau | 03 OCT 22
Exhibition Reviews , Reviews Across The World
The Irreverent Advocacy of General Idea

The collective’s retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada extends from foundational mail art to hard-hitting installations about HIV/AIDS

BY Charlene K. Lau | 23 AUG 22
Opinion
Pornhub's Failed Attempt to Enter the Art World

With museums pulling the plug on the controversial company's unauthorized erotic art guide, Charlene K. Lau asks: is this feminist allyship or another example of art-history puritanism?

BY Charlene K. Lau | 17 AUG 21
Reviews
Diedrick Brackens Weaves a Rich Tapestry of Queer Black Life

At Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square in Ontario, the artist combines threads of illness, vulnerability, healing and love in textiles centered on the queer Black body 

BY Charlene K. Lau | 06 APR 21
Reviews , Reviews Across The World
Living in the World of Haegue Yang's Precious Objects

At the Art Gallery of Ontario, a retrospective celebrates the artist’s eloquent obsession with material  

BY Charlene K. Lau | 02 FEB 21