Temporary Art Review is a platform for contemporary art criticism that focuses on alternative spaces and critical exchange among disparate art communities. Temporary is a national network, highlighting both practical and theoretical discourse through exhibition reviews, interviews, essays and profiles on artist-run spaces and projects.
Kansas City
Paris of The Plains: A Resurgent Golden Age

Paris of The Plains: A Resurgent Golden Age

The physical landscape of Kansas City has changed tremendously over the past couple of years, accompanied by a major boom in cultural production. Considering these recent developments, one may argue that Kansas City is on the brink of a resurgent Golden Age. How then can the local art scene take advantage of that?
No Place Like Home: 20 Years of the Arts in Kansas City

No Place Like Home: 20 Years of the Arts in Kansas City

Halcombe Miller surveys gallery openings, closings, and the quick development of Kansas City's art community from the 1990's to the present moment.
Hidden in Plain Sight: African-American Artists in Kansas City

Hidden in Plain Sight: African-American Artists in Kansas City

Adrianne Russell addresses the complexities of African-American representation in Kansas City's art community.
John Houck: Recursions at Bill Brady/KC

John Houck: Recursions at Bill Brady/KC

Kyle Wilson reviews John Houck's 'digital-op-art-nerds' at Bill Brady's expansive new Kansas City gallery.
Bruce Hartman x A.D.D. "Curators Series #1"

Bruce Hartman x A.D.D. “Curators Series #1″

Jason Barr chats with Curator Bruce Hartman for the first in a series of podcasts with curators in the Kansas City region.
Same Difference: A Conversation with Artists James Woodfill, Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche

Same Difference: A Conversation with Artists James Woodfill, Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche

Corey Antis talks to artists James Woodfill, Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche about how their work offers a template of what it means to be an artist in Kansas City.
Rad School: Kansas City's alternative grad school

Rad School: Kansas City’s alternative grad school

Rad School, Kansas City’s alternative grad school program is just about to host it’s first semester of free learning. Caitlin Horsmon talks with Julia Cole about its plans and vision.
An Interview with Kelly Clark and Eric Dobbins of Field Trip Publishing

An Interview with Kelly Clark and Eric Dobbins of Field Trip Publishing

Lindsay Deifik interviews printmakers Kelly John Clark and Eric Dobbins, founders of experimental editioning project Field Trip Publishing.
A Punch-the-Clock Kind of Art Making: An Interview with Garry Noland

A Punch-the-Clock Kind of Art Making: An Interview with Garry Noland

Matt Jacobs talks to Kansas City-based artist Garry Noland about his history, the importance of using non-art materials, and his brand of blue-collar making.