MICHAEL PORTNOY

Press

Selected writing, interviews & reviews
2020

Michael Portnoy, Improves

Piero Bisello · Conceptual Fine Arts, Feb 6, 2020

2015

All Watched Over

Andrianna Campbell · Artforum Critics' Picks, Jun 2015

2012

Costume Drama

Vivian Sky Rehberg · Frieze Magazine, November-December, 2012

2012

11th Baltic Triennial of International Art

Kasia Redzisz · Frieze Magazine, Nov-Dec 2012

“Mindaugas Triennial”

Vivian Sky Rehberg · Art-Agenda, Sep 6

2012

Dream Catcher

Kate Sutton · Artforum, Sep 1, 2012

2012

Spel zonder grenzen

Benno Tempel · Vrij Nederland, July 28, 2012

2012

Noological Mudslides

Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy · After Berkeley, Objectif Exhibitions, 2010-2012, Sternberg Press, 2012

Encylopedia of Fictional Artists – The Addition, ed. Koen Brams, Krist Gruijthuijsen, JRP|Ringier

2008

Michael Portnoy: Casino Ilinx, Sculpture, vol. 27 No. 6, Jul/Aug 2008

2008

No Fair

Margery Gordon · Artinfo, Jun 2008

2008

Trong G. Nguyen, Reykjavik! NY Arts Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008

2006

(Best of 2006) Innrás frá New York

Eftir Thórodd Bjarnason · Morgunbladid, Dec 30, 2006

2006

A Joke Collector and a Kitchen Walk Into a Theater...

Roslyn Sulcas · NY Times, June 10, 2006

2004

A Funky Fashion Show With Wit and Imagination

Jennifer Dunning · NY Times, Dec. 15, 2004

2004

Romantic Idol

Alexis Soloski · Village Voice, April 19, 2004

"W DRGAWKACH LAMBADY"

Jacek Staniszewski · Fluid, issue 38, Feb '04, p. 53-59

2004

"Graj na Chmielnej: Amerikanin wymysla zabawy dla warszawiakow"

Daz. Anik · Zycie Warszawy, Jan. 24, 2004, p.2

2004

"The Restauranteur Who Invented Downtown"

Joyce Wadler · The New York Times, Jan. 18, 2004 (Portnoy occasionally dined and played strangergames in the washroom at Schiller’s)

2003

Reviews (review of repellent sounds ...sonic rec room cd)

Tim Pratt · XLR8R (Issue 71), Sep. 2003

2003

New York Press, (in Picks section)"XAR", June 25, 2003

2003

"Tales from Pornographic Oceans: Soy Unchained"

George Smith · Village Voice (June 18-24, 2003)

2003

"The Show Goes Downtown"

Ada Calhoun · New York (May 5, 2003), p.41

2001

"Portnoy's Complaint: A Memo To Fellow Art Critics"

Grady T. Turner · Flash Art (March-April 2001), pp. 43, 51

2001

Heidi Bivens "almost famous", Tokion (Jan/Feb 2001)

2000

Tom Sinclair, "Golden Airings: 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV" Entertainment Weekly, July 28, 2000, pp. 22+

2000

Hilton Kramer, "If You Strike a Critic, You'd Better Snuff Him," The New York Observer, Oct. 2, 2000, p.1

2000

"Kramer Vs. Curator"

Michael Portnoy · The New York Observer, Oct. 23, 2000, p.4

2000

Josh Tyrangiel, "People: People." Time, September 18, 2000, p. 98

2000

Deborah Jowitt, "New Storytelling", The Village Voice, March 29, 2000

1999

Bruce Hainley, "Bruce Hainley"( lists cultural events of the 1990s that defined the decade) Artforum (December 1999), p. 130

1999

Deborah Jowitt, "Of Marvels", The Village Voice, March 31, 1999

1999

Gia Kourlas, "Total recall," Time Out NY, March 11-18, 1999

1999

"Grammy grinch torments 'SNL' star" New York Post, PAGE SIX, Dec 15, 1999

1999

"The Topic is Rich, The Vignettes Heartless"

Jennifer Dunning · The New York Times, March 13, 1999

1998

"THE BOMB, Michael Portnoy's More Than Soy"

Tom Murrin · PAPER (July 1998), p.104

1998

"Random Notes"

Matt Hendrickson · Rolling Stone, April 16, 1998, p.17

"Why, You Own The Title?"

Sparrow · New York Press, April 8-14, p.82

1998

C. Carr, "Rad Like Who? The Soy Bomber Blasts Off" Village Voice, March 24, 1998, p.61

1998

Julia Chaplin, "All too real," New York Post, March 5, 1998, p. 49

1998

"Hello My Name is Soy Bomb"

Dennis Dermody · Details, May 1998, p.43

1998

Rob Brunner, "Bombs Away," Entertainment Weekly, March 13, 1998, p. 14

1998

"A Real Show at the Grammys"

Theodore Gideonse · Newsweek, March 9, 1998, p.47

1997

Amy Talkington, "Steve Buscemi Remakes Lou Reed's 'Vicious'," RayGun, August 1997, p.48

1997

"All Kindsa Rites"

Deborah Jowitt · Village Voice, February 4, 1997, p.88