2023
Clayton, Dominique. "The Best Black Art Shows in Los Angeles Right Now," Cultured, January 30
2022
Hall, Michael Anthony. "Viewing Pleasure: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," V Magazine, November 25
Conner, Allison Noelle. "Opacity and the Spill, The Photographs of Clifford Prince King, Shikeith, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya," CARLA Magazine, November
ArtNet News. "10 Must-See Gallery Shows in Los Angeles This Month, From Vintage Cindy Sherman Photographs to Sand-Inflected Abstractions," ArtNet, October 4
Smith-Perez, Adam. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya on portraiture, queer space, and zinemaking.," Art21, October 4
Guilford, Lauren. "PICK OF THE WEEK: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," artillery, September 15
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "The Work Of Art: Arts Calendar September 1-7," LAWEEKLY, August 31
Heidenry, Rachel. "The 7 Must-See Exhibitions in California this Fall," Testudo, August 5
Zara, Janelle. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya Explores the Dark Room's Eroticism," Cultured, July 8
McKnight, Mark. "In Conversation with Mark McKnight & Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Hunter Fashion Magazine, Issue 39, Spring/Summer
Becker, Morgan. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya redefines the studio space, navigating "the space beyond the frame"," Document, May 13
Morris, Matt. "Vestigial Trends and Anticipated Futures: Chicago and the Return of the Expo Art Fair," Flash Art, April 13
Donelan, Charles. "Review | ‘This Basic Asymmetry’ at MCA Santa Barbara," Santa Barbara Independent, March 24
Cerbarano, Rica. "Tilda Swinton as a curator: revisiting Virginia Woolfs’ novel Orlando through the eyes of eleven artists," Vogue Magazine, March 1
Gluhaich, Marko. "California in a State of Creative Incubation," Frieze Magazine, February 14
Deslegn, April-Rose. Edited by Hillary Mitchell & Emily Capone. "FEB 4 EXHIBITION REVIEW: A TRAVÉS," Musée Magazine, February 2
2021
"Paul Mpagi Sepuya," pg 25-32. IMA Magazine Volume 36, Living with Photography, Autumn/Winter
Emelife, Aindrea. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya: mirrors, exposure and concealment," Wallpaper* Magazine, August 27
Steinhauer, Jillian. "3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now," The New York Times, August 18
Merola, Alex. "Out of Focus: What’s Left When You Subtract the Self From the Selfie?," Elephant, August 13
"Arles 2021 : Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography," The Eye of Photography, July 9
Andrews, Brian and Miller, Ryan Peter. "Episode 763: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Bad At Sports Podcast. March 15
Orozco, Jonathan. "Interview with Paul Mpagi Sepuya," WhiteHot Magazine, January 01
Davis, Ben. "Artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya Is Doing a Solidarity Print Fundraiser to Help Save a Beloved LGBTQ+ Nightclub in Los Angeles," January 12
2020
Stachura, Julia. "A Space of Negotiation: Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s Photographic Portraits as a Reflection on the Image of Blackness and Nudity," View
Sargent, Antwaun. "Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists," D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers, 2020.
Cooper, Ashton. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Vielmetter Los Angeles," ArtForum, September
Miranda, Carolina. "Pandemic portraits: Ian Byers-Gamber captures the art world from his car," Los Angeles Times, August 5
Preston Zappas, Lindsay. "Art Insider June 23," KCRW, June 23
Brara, Noor and Katie White, "Artists and Galleries Are Selling Works to Support the Black Lives Matter Movement," ArtNet News, June 8
Di Liscia, Valentina. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya Offers Photographs to Advocacy Organization Donors," Hyperallergic, June 3
Sutton, Benjamin. "Twenty artists received Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grants, including Tschabalala Self and Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Artsy, May 12
Bakare, Lanre, "A new Mapplethorpe? The queer zine legend reinventing the nude," The Guardian, April 28
Alexander, Jonathan. "Come Together: Queer Art in a Time of Social Distancing," Los Angeles Review of Books, April 14
Kendall, Jonathan. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya's Latest Body of Work Marries Intimacy and Anonymity," Cultured, April 3
Green, Tyler. "Episode No. 426: Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Chiura Obata," Modern Art Notes Podcast, January 2
Buck, Louisa. "The Best Shows to See at Condo London 2020," The Art Newspaper, January 17
Gavin, Francesca. "Six Standout International Art Shows – in London," Financial Times, January 17
Douglas, Caroline. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Modern Art, London, Presented by Team Gallery, New York," Contemporary Art Society, January 17
McNay, Anna. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya - Interview," Studio International, January 20
Edalatpour, Jeffrey. "‘Orlando’ Celebrates Virginia Woolf’s Novel About Identity and Gender," SF Weekly, February 12
2019
Hockley, Rujeko; and Jane Panetta. "Whitney Biennial 2019," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY pg 69
Davis, Ben. "The 100 Works of Art That Defined the Decade, Ranked: Part 1," Artnet News, December 27
Weber, Jasmine. "In Richmond, Tracing the "Great Force" of American Racism," Hyperallergic, December 19
"Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Objektiv, Issue No. 20, November, cover, pp. 70-75
Abel-Hirsch, Hannah. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s Deconstructed Gaze," British Journal of Photography, October 25
Jordan, Patti. "Hauser & Wirth Gets Intimate with Personal Private Public," Arte Fuse, October 23
Wist, Audra. "The Pornography of Images," Autre, Volume 2, Issue 8, pp. 138-143
Bonilla-Edgington, Jennifer Rose. "Personal Private Public," The Brooklyn Rail, October 8
Allen, Brian T. "Time for a Riot: Camp Fashion at the Met, and a Real Riot at the Stonewall," National Review, August 31
Eckhardt, Stephanie. "The Problem With Robert Mapplethorpe," W, July 27
Lescaze, Zoë. "13 Artists Reflect on the Stonewall Riots," The New York Times Style Magazine, July 27
Schwabsky, Barry. "The Whitney Biennial’s Flimsy Promises," The Nation, July 22
Morlet, Madeliene. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Teeth Magazine Issue 8, July
Weitzman, Jordan. "Episode 32: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Magic Hour, July 8
Jackson, Danielle. "What the Whitney Biennial Tells Us About the Future of Photography—and the Artists Who Will Shape It," arnet, July 3
Irvin, Rebecca. "Deconstructed bodies: The photography of Paul Mpagi Sepuya," It's Nice That, June 21
"Confessions on the Dance Floor: Reveries From The Gay Bar," Artforum, Summer
Howe, David Everitt. "The Conditions," Art in America, May
Loos, Ted. "Inspired by Virginia Woolf, Curated by Tilda Swinton," New York Times, May 22
Henderson, Jane. "Q&A: Intimate portraits by Paul Mpagi Sepuya revise notion of 'dark rooms'," St. Louis Today, May 22
Goldstein, Caroline and Eileen Kinsella. "A Buyer’s Guide to the Whitney Biennial: What You Need to Know About the Exhibition’s Brightest Rising Stars," artnet, May 22
Moffitt, Evan. "The 2019 Whitney Biennial Is Unafraid to Be Beautiful," Frieze, May 20
King, Chris. "New CAM shows fulfill every challenge of contemporary art," St. Louis American, May 20
Aletti, Vince. "Previews: Paul Mpagi Sepuya at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis," Artforum, May
Gilbert, Alan. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s "The Conditions," Art-Agenda, April 5
Scott, Andrea K. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya Mines the Queer History of the Portrait Studio," New Yorker, March 29
Schwendener, Martha. "New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now," New York Times, March 28
Mellin, Haley. "Sheree Hovsepian and Paul Mpagi Sepuya Take Over Venice Beach," Garage, March 25
Manatakis, Lexi and Ashleigh Kane. "Art shows to leave the house for this month," Dazed, March 15
"9 Art Events in New York: Isaac Julien, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gretchen Bender, Arakawa, and More," ArtNews, March 4
Velasco, David. "Project: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Artforum, March
"Photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya's Blurred Lines," Garage, February 20
Cavaluzzo, Alexander and Daniel Avery. "THE 12 BEST ART EXHIBITS TO SEE IN 2019," Newsweek, February 13
Malone, Callan. "The LALA List," LALA Magazine, Winter 2019, p. 51
"In the Studio with Paul Mpagi Sepuya," SIXTY Hotels (blog), January 9
Selvin, Claire. "Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Now Represents Paul Mpagi Sepuya,' ARTnews, January 8
Pahules, Anastasia. "Artists on Art: Paul Mpagi Sepuya on Lorna Simpson," LACMA Unframed (blog), January
2018
Cooper, Ashton. "Critics' Picks: Positioner at Matthew Marks," Artforum, October
Christon, Jimmy. "'Tipping Points' exhibit reflects changing political world," The Miscellany News, October 24
Haris, Gareth. "Can an increase in two-artist booths spur sales at Paris's Fiac?" Art Newspaper, October 17
Lubow, Arthur. "What’s New in Photography? Humanism, MoMA Says," New York Times, March 9
Allegretto, Dan. "We All Wear the Mask: New Photography at the Museum of Modern Art," Art in America, April 2
Jones, Gregory Eddi. "Picture, Paper, Friend, and Flesh: An Interview with Paul Mpagi Sepuya," In the In-Between, March 12
Onyewuenyi, Ikechukwu Casmir. "Paul Sepuay at team (bungalow," Carla, February 14
Oldweiler, Cory. "MoMA’s new photography exhibit focuses on identity in 2018," AM New York, March 18
Woodward, Richard B. "MoMA’s Human Focus," Wall Street Journal, March 14
Wheeler, André-Naquian. "moma’s 'new photography' series asks what it means to be human," i-d, March 27
Aubry, Lisa. "MoMA to Display UCLA Alum's Work Exploring Identity, Portraiture," Daily Bruin, March 14
Norman, Lee Ann. "Intimate Moves In A Dark Room: Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Document," New City Art, April 19
Goldberg, Ariel. "In the Room," Art in America, April 1
"Image of the Day," Elephant, September 12
Wheeler, André. "In the Studio, in the Nude: An Artist Capturing Queer Masculinity," AnOther, October 12
Eckardt, Stephanie. "The 7 Photographers Proving that the Self-Portriat is 2018’s Most Exciting Genre," W Magazine, April 6
Campbell, Andy. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Aperture, Fall
"Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Unseen, Issue 5, Fall
Quinton, Jared. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya at DOCUMENT," Artforum, March
Norman, Lee Ann. "Intimate Moves In A Dark Room, Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Document," Newcity Art, April 19
Goldberg, Ariel. "The Room," Art In America Magazine, April 1
Allegretto, Dan. "We All Wear The Mask : New Photography at the Museum of Modern Art," Art In America Magazine, April 2
Wheeler, André-Naquian. "MoMA’s ‘New Photography’ Series Asks What It Means to be Human," i-D Magazine, March 27
Indrisek, Scott. "At MoMA, Photography Doesn’t Have to Reinvent Itself to be Radical," Artsy, March 20
"Five Questions with Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Cultured Magazine, March 20
Woodward, Richard B. "MoMA’s Human Focus," The Wall Street Journal, March 14
Jones, Gregory Eddi. "Picture, Paper, Friend and Flesh: An Interview with Paul Mpagi Sepuya," The In-Between, March
Schwabsky, Barry. "Without Warning: Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’" The Nation, January 26
Lubow, Arthur. "What’s New in Photography? Humanism, MoMA Says," The New York Times, March 9
2017
"Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Figures, Grounds and Studies" The Eye of Photography, February 20
Eckardt, Stephanie. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya's Photo Studio is Sexier Than Yours," February 25
Dykstra, Jean. "PAUL MPAGI SEPUYA: FIGURES, GROUNDS AND STUDIES AT YANCEY RICHARDSON GALLERY," Photograh Magazine, February
Sargent, Antwuan. "Picture Yourself in the Queer Photographic Space of Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Creators, March 23
Bradley, Rizvana. "Aesthetic Inhumanisms : Toward an Eroritcs of Otherworlding," The New Museum
Onyewuenyi, Ikechukwu Casmir. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya at team (bungalow)," Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, issue 15
Pieterson, Mark. "The sinuous nature of desire + alternative ways of seeing with Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s photographic explorations of queer presence," AQNB, October 31
Pofalla, Boris. "Zeigen und Verbergen," Monopol Magazine, October
Cunningham, Vinson. "How Radical Can A Portrait Be?," The New Yorker, May 5
Schwabsky, Barry. "Playing with Mirrors: Two artists push the limits of what cameras can do," The Nation, May 2
Dafoe, Taylor. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Yancey Richardson Gallery," Modern Painters, March
Bourland, Ian. "Critic's Pick: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Artforum, March 3
Griffith, Phillip. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Figures, Grounds and Studies," The Brooklyn Rail, March 1
Small, Zachary. "The Solitude and Sensuality of an Artist’s Studio," Hyperallergic, February 17
Rachel, T. Cole. "Paul Sepuya on finding your form," The Creative Independent, February 9
Yau, John. "Three Photographers and What They Show Us About Everyday Life: Deana Lawson, Judy Linn, Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Hyperallergic, February 12
"Goings On About Town: Deana Lawson, Judy Linn and Paul Mpagi Sepuya," The New Yorker, February 1
2016
Als, Hilton. "James Baldwin / Jim Brown and the Children," The Artists Institute
Garcia, Lindsay. "The Autonomous Limbs of Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Tiger Strikes Asteroid
Malick, Courtney. "From the Singular to the Indexical in Contemporary Portraiture," San Francisco Art Quarterly
Reznik, Eugene. "Enter the Private World of Photographers’ Studios," American Photo Magazine, August 13
2015
Malick, Courtney. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya In Conversation with Courtney Malick," SFAQ, December 3
"Goings On About Town: A Room of One’s Own," The New Yorker, August 8
"Goings On About Town: Spain & 42 St.," The New Yorker, January 6
2014
Russeth, Andrew. "To Bushwick! Shows to See Right Now…," Artnet News, October 30
Scheffler, Daniel. "Brooklyn Inspires African Artists," The New York Times, October 14
"Goings on About Town: The Thing Itself," The New Yorker, August 19
ArtReview Magazine : "The Expanded Photograph," by David Everett Howe, May 2014
2013
Fialho, Alex. "Nuggets of Queerness: Year 3 of the Fire Island Artist Residency," ARTFCITY, August 29
Koestenbaum, Wayne. "My 1980s and Other Essays," Eric’s Stubble, 2013
Benderson, Bruce. "Petits Portraits Entre Amis," Têtu Magazine, March
2012
Akel, Joseph. "500 Words: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," Artforum, May 15
2011
Lopes, Fabiola. "Review: Portraits, at I-20 Gallery," Flash Art International Magazine, October
Bronson, AA and Lauren Haynes. "Evidence of Accumulation," The Studio Museum in Harlem
2010
"Goings On About Town: 50 Artists Photograph the Future," The New Yorker, June 10
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review – 50 Artists Photograph the Future," The New York Times, May 28
Cotter, Holland. "In Books and Fine Arts, Filling the Down Time of New Year’s," The New York Times, December 31
2009
Cotter, Holland. "All the Books You’ll Never Catch on a Kindle," The New York Times, October 2
Forteza, Pepo Moreno. "Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Natural Light Portrait," Revista Metal Magazine, April 15
Ryzik, Melena. "At a Clinic, Artists Reflecting on Home," The New York Times, May 10
Blagojevic, Bosko. "Paul Sepuya’s ‘Alexandria’ at envoy," ArtCat, February 10
Gartenfeld, Alex. "Jack Pierson interviews Paul Sepuya," Interview Magazine, January 30
Courtney, Kenneth. "Alexandria," This.Hearts.On.Fire, January 5
2008
Bronson, AA. "Queer Zines" Printed Matter, NY
Limnander, Armand. "Fine Print: Beloved Object and Amorous Subject, Revisited,"The New York Times Style Magazine, April 4
Il Terzo Occhio : "La fotografia americana," by Umberto Mancini January 28
2007
Packam, Monte. "Clean Sheets: Paul Mpagi Sepuya," SLEEK Magazine, Autumn
Trebay, Guy. "Gay Art: A Movement, or at Least a Moment", The New York Times , May 6
2006
van Benekom, Jop and Gert Jonkers. "BUTT BOOK," BUTT Magazine
Polly, John. "Art Zines Rule! Part One," LOGO New Now Next Blog, September 20
Tierney, Paul. "Zine Scene," V Man Magazine, September
Klein, Darren. "Thing: New Penis Art from America,"
Weskott, Aljoscha. "Designing Men- Shoot," de:bug, July
"Weniger ist mehr: Paul Sepuya besticht mit eindrucksvollen Portraits," GAB-Frankfrut Magazin, April
White, David. "He SHOOTs, He Scores," Instinct Magazine, March
Frame, Allen. "Slide Slam" Teaching Photo Magazine, February
"Boys," BUTT Magazine : issue 15
2005
Boston, Nick. "Canadian Professor in New York gets hyper-realistic portrait taken by young photographer," BUTT Magazine, issue 14
"Paul Mpagi Sepuya," EYEMAZING Magazine, issue 08