2023
Hallett, Vicky. "The fantastical art of Wangechi Mutu: from plant people to a 31-foot snake," NPR, May 8
Liberty, Megan N. "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined," The Brooklyn Rail, May
Hopkins, Zoë. "Wangechi Mutu's New Museum Show Weaves Dazzling Web of Interconnectedness," Artsy, March 24
Plagens, Peter. "‘Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined’ Review: Between Nature and Artifice," The Wall Street Journal, March 22
Bundick, Ariella. "Wangechi Mutu thrills with furiously exuberant work at the New Museum," The Financial Times, March 15
Apollo Staff. "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined," Apollo, March 11
Greenberger, Alex. "Wangechi Mutu’s Excellent New Museum Survey Transports Viewers to Other Worlds," ARTnews, March 10
Hoffman, A.R. "Mutu Astonishes at the New Museum," The NY Sun, March 8
Solomon, Tessa. "5 Shows to See That Explore the Complexities of Womanhood," ArtNews, March 8
Bishara, Hakim, Valentina Di Liscia and Daniel Larkin. "What to See in New York This March," Hyperallergic, March 8
Farah, Khadika M. "Wangechi Mutu Stages a Family Reunion," Cultured, March 2
Smith, Roberta. "Wangechi Mutu: An Imagined World Made Possible," NY Times, March 2
Akers, Torey. "Putting down roots: Wangechi Mutu takes over New Museum," The Art Newspaper, February 27
Mousse Magazine Staff. ""It’s Time" at Vielmetter, Los Angeles," Mousse Magazine, February 18
Nys Dambrot, Shana. "A Pair of Exhibitions Renovate Portraiture and Perfection at Vielmetter Los Angeles," LA Weekly, February 9
D'Souza, Aruna. "An Artist With Roots in Nairobi and New York Imagines a New Destiny," The New York Times, February 8
Clayton, Dominique. "The Best Black Art Shows in Los Angeles Right Now," Cultured, January 30
2022
Goodman, Lanie. "A Stroll Through the World’s Best Sculpture Parks," Cultured Magazine, June 17
Ngozi Nwangwa, Shirley. "Wangechi Mutu Brings Her Sculptures to Storm King," NY Times, June 2
Angeleti, Gabriella. "Storm King Art Center celebrates sculptor Wangechi Mutu in 2022 season," The Art Newspaper, March 15
2021
"The Best Public Art of 2021," Artsy, Decemeber 12
Schoonmaker, Trevor. "Nasher Museum Installs First Commissioned Sculpture, MamaRay by Wangechi Mutu," Nasher Museum of Art At Duke University, November 18
Russo, Jillian. "Wandamba yalungka.../Winds change direction...," The Brooklyn Rail, September
Abrams, Amah-Rose. "The Mythical Power of Wangechi Mutu," Sotheby's, June 28
Wilson, Emily. "Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening? at Legion of Honor Museum," Whitehot Magazine, July 2021
Ebert, Grace. "A Visit to Wangechi Mutu’s Nairobi Studio Explores Her Profound Ties to Nature and the Feminine," Colossal, July 23
Adiele, Faith. "Wangechi Mutu’s Sly and Imposing Takeover of a San Francisco Museum," Hyperallergic, July 21
Cardwell, Erica N. "'Born in Flames' Trailblazes a Collective Feminist Future," Frieze, July 15
Chen, Jess. "Art Seen: Wangechi Mutu," The Brooklyn Rail, July/August
Ascher, Storm. "Artist Wangechi Mutu Is Speaking. Are You Listening?, Cultured Magazine, June 16
Taylor, Robert. "Ancient Pompeii meets Wangechi Mutu — only at the SF Legion of Honor," The Mercury News, June 7
Curiel, Jonathan. "Wangechi Mutu Subverts Western Tropes," SF Weekly, May 15
Loos, Ted. "Museum Shows With Stories to Tell," New York Times, May 21
Kane, Peter-Astrid. "Decolonizing Rodin: America’s racial reckoning comes to a San Francisco art museum," The Guardian, May 8
"Wangechi Mutu’s alternative mythologies," The Economist, May 7
Zack, Jessica. "Wangechi Mutu’s Legion of Honor exhibition creates a new mythology," The San Francisco Chronicle, May 6
Gereben, Janos. "Legion of Honor reopens with two original exhibitions," The San Francisco Examiner, May 5
Gómez-Upegui, Salomé. "10 Women Artists with Major Museum Shows in 2021," Artsy, March 8
Mutu, Wangechi. "Wangechi Mutu Hates Horror and Loves Silence," Frieze, February 18
Orley, Heidi Hirschl. "The Feminist Challenge of Wangechi Mutu," Museum of Modern Art Magazine, February 11
Loos, Ted. "The Light-Filled "Dream Studio" of Kenyan-American Artist Wangechi Mutu," Wall Street Journal, February 4
2020
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. "Wangechi Mutu asks the Legion of Honor, 'Are you listening?'" The Art Newspaper, October 9
Libbey, Peter. "Met Museum Acquires Two Sculptures by Wangechi Mutu," The New York Times, July 28
Durón, Maximiliano. "2020 Prospect New Orleans Triennial to Consider America’s ‘Unprecedented’ Political Moment," ArtNews, March 2
Suarez, Cyndi. "The Liberatory Force of the Imagination," Non Profit Quarterly, January 17
Baer, Ulrich. "Kehinde Wiley, Wangechi Mutu, and Kara Walker Upstage the Monuments Debate," Hyperallergic, January 15
2019
Quinn, Annalisa. "Artist Wangechi Mutu: ‘I wanted them to sit upright and unafraid’," Financial Times, December 4
Murray, Cori. "Wangechi Mutu Makes Her-story For The First Time In The Met's 117-Year History," Essence, November 6
Haigney, Sophie. "Wangechi Mutu’s Works to Grace the Met Facade Until June," New York Times, November 11
Collins, Ann C. "Wangechi Mutu: The NewOnes, will free Us," The Brooklyn Rail, October
Cascone, Sarah. "‘I Didn’t Want Her to Carry the Weight’: How Wangechi Mutu’s African-Inspired Caryatids on the Met’s Facade Break Free of Tradition," artnet, September 30
Trujillo, Maria. "Liberating art history: Wangechi Mutu takes over the Metropolitan’s empty niches," ArtCritique, October 1
Aldridge, Taylor Renee. "‘We Ourselves Are Our Prize’: Lasting Works in the Whitney Biennial Evoke Toni Morrison and Ancestry Through the Ages," ARTnews, September 19
Valentine, Victoria L. "2019 Whitney Biennial: The Museum as a Site of Protest," CultureType, September 22
Morris, Kadish. "In Pictures: Wangechi Mutu’s Empowering Sculptures of African Women at The Met," Frieze, September 13
Sayej, Nadja. "'The works represent a new era': behind the Met's bold new sculptures," Guardian, September 16
Small, Zachary. "Wangechi Mutu Adorns the Met Museum’s Façade With Images of African Queendom," Hyperallergic, September 9
Cotter, Holland. "At 19 Art Shows, From Los Angeles to Manhattan, All Eyes Are on Inclusion," New York Times, September 9
Chisholm, N. Jamiyla. "Wangechi Mutu's Sculptures Transform Iconic Steps at The Met," ColorLines, September 6
Belcove, Julie. "African-American Artists Will Deliver a Tidal Wave of Compelling Work This Fall," Robb Report, September 7
"Wangechi Mutu’s Female Figures Grace the Met’s Façade," New Yorker, September 9
MacSweeney, Eve. "How Kenyan-Born Artist Wangechi Mutu Is Taking Over the Met," W, August 27
Catlin, Roger. "Women’s Voices Ring With a Resounding Roar in this New Show," Smithsonian Magazine, July 17
Budick, Ariella. "Whitney Biennial: an anthology of young America," Financial Times, June 4
Loos, Ted. "Why These 4 Whitney Biennial Artists Are Making Waves," Galerie Magazine, May 10
Goodman, Jonathan. "Highlights from the 2019 Whitney Biennial," Art Fuse, May 30
Moffitt, Evan. "The 2019 Whitney Biennial Is Unafraid to Be Beautiful," Frieze, May 20
Valentine, Victoria L. "Artists Wangechi Mutu and Kara Walker Land Major Museum Commissions," Culture Type, April 14
Freeman, Nate. "Wangechi Mutu will make works for the Metropolitan Museum’s façade for one in a trio of contemporary commissions,"Artsy, March 22
Libbey, Peter. "The Met Will Use its Facade and Great Hall to Showcase Contemporary Art," New York Times, March 21
Pellerin, Amanda. "Wangechi Mutu-Keep Moving, Keep Making Art," TL Magazine, January 12
2018
Halperin, Julia and Charlotte Burns"Yes, Basquiat Is an Art-Market Superstar. But the Work of Other African American Artists Remains Vastly Undervalued," Artnet News, September 20
"'Road to Justice' at MAXXI," Blouin Art Info (web), July 31
Valentine, Victoria L., "Baltimore Museum of Art Swaps Works by Warhol, Kline, Noland, and Rauschenberg for Acquisitions by Whitten, Sherald, Mutu, and Yiadom-Boakye," Culture Type (web), June 28
Spivack, Emily, "Why this artist is inspired by a chest of drawers," The New York Times Style Magazine (web), June 20
Brownell Mitic, Ginanne, "In Nairobi, An Art Scene in Transition," The New York Times, June 12
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, "’Multiply, Identify, Her’ International Center of Photography Museum (ICP)," ArtForum (web), June 2
"‘Inside my Studio’ with Wangechi Mutu," Cultured Mag (web), June 1
Mertha, Amelia, "Postcolonial assemblages," Honi Soit (web) May 23
Yuelys, Joanna, "ICA Exhibition Highlights Social Division, Installation as Catalyst," The Heights (web), February 11
Wa Gacheru, Margaretta, "Wangechi Mutu, Artist Who's Feted Abroad but Unknown in Kenya," Business Daily (web), January 25
2017
Uszerowicz, Monica, "Performa 17 is Inspired by the Anarchic, Restlessly Inventive Spirit of Dada," Hyperallergic (web), October 19
Travers, Andrew, "Anderson Ranch National Artist Award honoree Wangechi Mutu discusses her work," The Aspen Times (web), July 19
McKenzie, Abby, "Wangechi Mutu," Art Asia Pacific (web), June
Fateman, Johanna, "Wangechi Mutu," Artforum, April
Gordon, Sean, "Wangechi Mutu Explores Afrofuturism and The New Humanism with Ndoro Na Miti," Paste (web), February 12
D’Souza, Aruna, "Wangechi Mutu," 4Columns (web), February 24
Scobie, Ilka, "Wangechi Mutu at Gladstone Gallery," The Brooklyn Rail (web), March 1
Smith, Roberta, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: Wangechi Mutu," The New York Times, March 10
2016
Bourland, Ian, "500 Words," Artforum, July 12
Cervenak, Sarah Jane, "Like Blood or Blossom: Wangechi Mutu’s Resistant Harvests," Feminist Studioes 42, no. 2
Sargent, Antwaun, "A Century of Pulp Fiction Offers a Window into Balck Identity," The Creators Project (web), October 28
2015
Valentine, Victoria L., 2015 Venice Biennale to Include More than 25 Black Artists, Culture Type, March 5
McGroarty, Patrick, Africans Turn to Local Art: Five Artists to Watch, The Wall Street Journal, March 13
Muoz-Alonso, Lorena, 12 Must-Read Tips for a Successful Career in the Art World, Artnet News, April 6
Said-Moorhouse, Lauren, Why Africa is the buzz at this years Venice Biennale, CNN.com, May 13
Valentine, Victoria L., Commencement 2015: African American Artists Bestow Wisdom on Graduates, Culture Type, May 27
Valentine, Victoria L., ARTnews Publishes Special Report on Women in the Art World, Black Artists Respond, Culture Type, May 31
Stupart, Linda, Its not all a pretty picture at the Venice Biennale, channel24, May 24
Sangweni, Yolanda, Campaign, with a Little Help from Solange, Essence, June 5
Mutu, Wangechi, Wangechi Mutu Responds, ArtNews, June
Scher, Rob, This New Arts Endeavor Hopes to Change the Way We Engage With Africa, Bedford + Bowery, June 5
Forgenie, Cacy, RECAP: Wangechi Mutus Africas Out! Benefit, Flavorpill, June 8
Mutu, Wangechi, Five Artists, Five Book Reviews, The New York Times, June 25
Indrisek, Scott, 5 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York: Tom of Finland, Hello Walls, and More, ArtInfo (web), July 9
Sargent, Antwaun, Africas Out! Lets Celebrate, W Magazine, June 8
2014
Scheffler, Daniel, Brooklyn Inspires African Artists, The New York Times, October 14
Tschida, Anne, "Fantastic Journey: Wangechi Mutu at Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami," The Miami Herald, May 23
Ballard, Thea, Deep Explorer: Wangechi Mutu Dives into Aquatic Mythology, Modern Painters, October
Frank, Priscilla, 40 Contemporary African Artists Take on Danes Divine Comedy, The Huffington Post, October 20
Young, Allison, Critics Pick: Wangechi Mutu, ArtForum, November 20
Waxman, Lori, Seductive hells, Chicago Tribune, November 26
Wallace, Arminta, In A Dance Class, You Are Often Made To Feel You Must Apologise For Your Body, Irish Times, August 12
Instagrams Of The Art World: Wangechi Mutu And Flotus, Lena Dunhams Toilet, And More, Blouin Artinfo,Blogs.Artinfo.Com, August 8
Mongezeleli Joja, Athi, The female form through Wangechi Mutus lens, Mail & Guardian, November 14
Lebel, Estelle, Femmes Extrmes, Recherches Fministes, Vol. 27 No. 1
Spettel, Elizabeth, Les Artistes Femmes: Des Esthtiques De La Limite Dpasse?,Feminist Research,July 2014
Vitiello, Chris, Acklands More Love, Nashers Mutu Receive National Honors, Indyweek.Com, June 25
Gaskins, Nettrice, Black Futurism: The Creative Destruction And Reconstruction Of Race In Contemporary Art,Blog.Art21.Org, June 24
Tschida, Anne, An Intense Fantastic Journey , Miami Herald, May 25
Thornton, Sarah, 33 Artists In 3 Acts Norton Books, Pp. 58-63, November
Tschida, Anne, Fantastic Journey, The Miami Herald, May 23
Willis, Deborah, Wangechi Mutu By Deborah Willis: Exploration Of The Female Body And Identity, Afrikadaa Magazine,Www.Africadaa.Com, May
Conway, Megan, Performas 10th Anniversary Gala Honors the Art Worlds Renaissance Women, The Wall Street Journal, October 29
Papenburg, Bettina, Grotesque Sensations: Carnivalising The Sensorium In The Art Of Wangechi Mutu,Www.Acadamia.Edu,May
Barsamian, Edward, Vogue, Diane Von Furstenberg, Liya Kebede, John Mergrue, Wangechi Mutu, And Claire Danes Host A Born Free Africa Carnival, Vogue Magazine,
Www.Vogue.Com, May 12
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos, Art Mirrors Life In Wangechi Mutus Moca Show, Miami New Times,
Www.Miaminewtimes.Com, May 1
Bhoomki Believer: Wangechi Mutu,
Www.Bhoomki.Com, May 6
Neilson, Laura, Why Feminism Still Matters According to a Badass Artist, Refinery29, November 19
Landers, Elizabeth, Designers Unite To End Hiv Transmission
Www.Cnn.Com April 23
Kim, Eun Kyung, Top Fashion Moms Design Collection To Fight Infant Aids
Www.Today.Com, April 23
Van Meter, Jonathan, The Fashion Industryteams Up With Born Free In The Fight Against Aids
Www.Vogue.Com,April 23, 2014
Cascone, Sarah, Wangechi Mutu-Designed Clothing Line For Victoria Beckham Helps Fight African Aids Crisis News.Artnet.Com, April 23
Conmiff, Kelly, The Surreal Thing Time Magazine, April 14
Toure, Katia, The Afro-Futurism: Retro Hip Trend Or Engaged Art?
Www.Lesinrocks.Com, March 23
The Fantastic, Feminine, And Futuristic Work Of Wangechi Mutu
Www.Artobserver.Com, March 20
Baum, Kell, Acquiring Modern Art Princeton Alumni Weekly, March 19
Sumba, O., Wangechi Mutu Comes To Frankfurt
Www.Oksh-Ev.De March 19
Bourdin, Lara, The End Of Eating Everything
Www.Zammagazine.Com, March 17
Willis, Deborah, Wangechi Mutu Bomb Magazine, Bombmagazine.Org, February 28
Cooper, Ashton, Boatright, Kristen, Video: Mickalene Thomas On Wangechi Mutu And Her Fantastic Journey Article:
Www.Blouinartinfo.Com, Video:
Www.Bcove.Me/K15l61w2, February 27
Ehsan, Pari, Whimsical & A Ball,
Www.Paridust.Com, February 28
Naves, Mario, Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey At The Brooklyn Museum Mnaves.Wordpress.Com, January 31 Stone, Paul Wangechi Mutu; I See The World As Being Somewhat Female.
Www.Myfirstshoot.Com, January 12
Caruth, Nicole J., Wangechi Mutu On Failure Art 21 Magazine, Blog.Art21.Org, January 10
Hower, Wendy, A Wangechi Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Www.Nasher.Duke.Edu Nasher Museum, January
Bodin, Claudia, Abscheulich schne Krper, Art Magazin, January
Willis, Deborah, Excerpt from BOMBs Oral History Project: Wangechi Mutu, BOMB, Winter
2013
Open Now! Go See: Wangechi Mutus Wild World @ the Brooklyn Museum, Dog Star, December 29
Bhatia, Pooja, African Beauty, Now, OZY, December 12
Kelley, Kevin J., Mutus art pieces deck the walls of Brooklyn Museum, Daily Nation, December 8
Nsehe, Mfonobong, The 20 Young Power Women In Africa 2013, Forbes, December 4
Wolff, Rachel, The New Collage, ARTnews, December
Budick, Ariella, Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey, Brooklyn Museum, New York review, Financial Times, November 26
Byrne, Brendan C., Cyborg Humanism: Wangechi Mutu at Brooklyn Museum, Rhizome.org, November 15
Agustsson, Sola, Wangechi Mutus Fantastic Journey at The Brooklyn Museum, Whitewall, November 13
Kaitano, Chiwoniso, The Afrofuturism of Wangechi Mutu, The Guardian, November 13
Rosenberg, Karen, The Future Is African, The New York Times, November 8
Mutu, Wangechi, The Women, Art in America, November
The Lookout: Wangechi Mutu at the Brooklyn Museum, Art in America online, October 31
Plagens, Peter, Passion and Talent in Large Doses: Exhibitions of Wangechi Mutu, Thomas Eggerer, and Karl Wirsum, The Wall Street Journal, October 26
The Reckoning : Women Artist Of The New Millenium Prestel Publishing, Pp.55-58
The Age Of Collage: Contemporary Collage In Modern Art, Gestalten Publishing Pp. 15-17
Barsh, Joanna, Wangechi Lives Into Her Strengths Centered Leadership, Pp.55-59 Centered Leadership
Russell, Heather, "Interview with Artist Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey," artnet, October 18
Hansen-Bundy, Benjy, "A Fantastic Journey Into the Mind of Collage Artist Wangechi Mutu," Mother Jones, October 12
Moon, Grace, "Wangechi Mutu's Fantastical Journey, Dripped, Dipped and Left to Bled," Velvet Park, October 16
Cotter, Holland, "A Window, Not a Mirror: A Survey of Wangechi Mutu at Brooklyn Museum," The New York Times, October 11
Cooper, Ashton, "Wangechi Mutu's First New York Survey Opens at the Brooklyn Museum," ArtInfo, October 11
Giancana, Norell, "Wangechi Mutu's Fantastic Journey Opens at the Brooklyn Museum," BET online, October 11
Karefa-Johnson, Gabriella, "Wangechi Mutu's 'Fantastic Journey' Opens at the Brooklyn Museum," Vogue.com, October 11
Pearson, Erica, "Celebrated around the world, Kenyan-born Brooklyn resident Wangechi Mutu gets Brooklyn Museum retrospective," New York Daily News, October 6
Wolff, Rachel, Shell Probably Cut Up This Magazine Too, New York Magazine, August 25
Meier, Allison, The Grotesque Beauty of Wangechi Mutu, Hyperallergic, August 5
Lee, Denise, " 'Migrating Identities' showcases multicultural artists, examines cultural rifts," The Daily Californian, July 11
Papenburg Ph.D, Bettina, "Carnal Aesthetics: Transgressive Imagery and Feminist Politics," IB Taurus, London, UK
Forrest, Nicholas, "Wangechi Mutu's Diverse Work at Sydney's MCA," ArtInfo, July 8
Bierach, Barbara, Schock und Schnheit, Kunstmarkt, July 5, 6, 7
Wolf, Rachel, 50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectable Artists, Art + Auction, June
Greenberg, Blue, Mutus Woman both Gorgeous and Monstrous, The Herald Sun, April 5
Menconi, David, Wangechi Mutu takes Nasher on A Fantastic Journey, newsobserver.com, March 23
Anderson-Barranger, Hannah, Artist Mutu Premieres Show at Nasher, The Duke Chronicle, March 21
Vitiello, Chris, Horror, Beauty, and Transcendence, (print title), In Her First Major U.S. Exhibition, Wangechi Mutu Thinks Big, (on-line title), Indy Week, March 20
Bellamy, Cliff, Nasher to open touring exhibit of multi-media artist Wangechi Mutu, The Herald Sun, March 18
Buck, Louisa, Feature Artist Interview: Mutable Montage, The Art Newspaper, Number 244, March
Haskell, Angela, Artist Mutu's work opens at Drexel, The Philadelphia Tribune, February 27
Gandy, Mira, A Conversation with Kenyan Artist Wangechi Mutu on Art, Power and Returning Home, New York Beacon, February 21-27
Schad, Ed, Wangechi Mutu at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Art Review, January/February
Arceneaux, Edgar, Wangechi Mutu and Her Post Human Kenyan Mutants, KCET Artbound, January 9
Lax, Thomas J, Preview: Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey at the Nasher Museum of Art, Artforum, January
Bodies Bright and Greater: Mixed Media Collages by Wangechi Mutu, Harpers Magazine, January
2012
Mohseni, Yasmine, 5 L.A. Gallery Shows You Should Go See Right Now, ArtInfo, December 20
From struggling student to international art guru, The Daily Nation Kenya, December 8
Pagel, David, "Past, present collide in Wangechi Mutu's 'Nitarudi Ninarudi'", The Los Angeles Times, November 29
Yablonsky, Linda, "Women In Art 2012: Wangechi Mutu", Elle Magazine, December
Richardson, Jared, "Attack of the Boogeywoman: Visualizing Black Women's Grotesquerie in Afrofuturism", Art Papers, November/December
Fiduccia, Joanna, Heavy Painting, Spike Quarterly, Issue 33, Autumn
Bynoe, Holly, "Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Glassell School of Art presents There is no archive in which nothing gets lost", ARC Magazine, September 1
The Subjective Object, GRASSI Museum fr Vlkerkunde zu Leipzig, K. Verlag Press, August
This Undreamt Descent: Wangechi Mutu in the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Deutsche Bank, July 13
Bidouzo-Coudray, Joyce, Wangechi Mutu The Catatonic Bliss of Violent Incidences, Another Africa, June 12
Rankin, Kelly. 28 Days: Reimagining Black History Month, The University of Toronto News, February 6
Pohl, John. The Beauty of Body Language, Montreal Gazette, February 4
Salehi, Ashkan. 28 Days: Reimagining Black History Month, The Strand, February 2
Schechter, Fran, For 28 Days Only: Top Artists Fuel Black History Show, Now Toronto, February 1
Arbus, Miriam, Artists Rethink Black History Month in 28 Days, The Newspaper: University of Toronto's Independent Weekly, January 26
Goldberg, RoseLee, Shirin Neshat and Wangechi Mutu, Flash Art 282, January
2011
Elliot, Bobby, The Bearden Project: A Family Affair, The Huffington Post, December 7
Saro-Wiwa, Zina, Interview with Wangechi Mutu, Kilimanjaro Magazine, Autumn/Winter
Hampton, Dream, It Was All a Dream, Life + Times, September 19
Kunitz, Daniel, Wangechi Mutu, Modern Painters, September
Cotter, Holland, Under Threat: The Shock of the Old, New York Times, April 17
Spence, Rachel, The Power of Instinct, The Financial Times, April 15
Herndon, Lara Kristin, Wangechi Mutu, ArtPapers, March/April
Hirsch, Faye, Sharon Stone In Abuja, Art in America, March
Jones, Kellie, EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art, Duke University Press
Enwezor, Okwui, Cut & Paste: Interview with Wangechi Mutu, Arise Magazine, Issue 11
Wainaina, Binyavanga, One Day I Will Write About This Place, Minneapolis, MN: Gray Wolf Press, Cover image
Tate, Greg and LaTasha Diggs, Coon Bidness: The Critical Ass Issue, pp. 22-23, 82
2010
Kantilal Patel, Alpesh, Wangechi Mutu, Gladstone Gallery, ArtForum Critics Pick, November 17
Stern, Melissa, Hunt, Bury, Flee: Drawings By Wangechi Mutu, CityArts, Nov. 20
Wehr, Anne, Wangechi Mutu, Hunt Bury Flee, Time Out New York, November 18-24
Rosenberg, Karen, Wangechi Mutu, Hunt, Bury and Flee, The New York Times, November 12
Yablonsky, Linda, Artifacts | Moths and Mercenaries, T Magazine, November 4
Rohr-Bongard, Schreckensschoene Schnippelei, Manager Magazin, August
This You Call Civilization? Art Gallery of Ontario, The Art Street Journal, August
Smith, Roberta, Art? Life? Must We Choose? New York Times, July 2
Hove, Jan Van, Droombeelden Uit Afrika, De Standard, July
Nutt, Harry, Mischwesen, Frankfurter Rundschau, June 1
Clarke, Bill, Wangechi Mutu: Art Gallery of Ontario, Modern Painters, Summer Woeller, Marcus, Sex und Gewalt (Vorsicht, Falle!), TAZ, May 12
Arts and Culture: Wangechi Mutu, BBC World News Service, May 7
Cash, Stephanie, Wangechi Mutu: Terrible Beauty, Art in America, May
Bodin, Claudia, Monstrse Brute und Zwitter, Art: Das Kunstmagazin, May
Kuhn, Nicola, Gefhrlich schne Gttinnen, Der Tagesspiegel, April 29
Nys Dambrot, Shana, Daily Dose Pick, Flavorwire, April 28
Karcher, Eva, Wangechi Mutu, Vogue.de, April 28
Dembo, Wendy, My Dirty Little Heaven, coolhunting.com, April 28
Prospect.1 New Orleans Shows Public Art as a Form of Civic Engagement, artdaily.org, April 12
Reed, Aimee, Interview with Wangechi Mutu, Daily Serving, April 12
Rylance, David, Bold New Bodies for a Brave New World: David Altmejds The Index and Wangechi Mutus This you call civilization?, Transductions, April 4
Wiensowski, Ingeborg, Grausamer Glamour: Schoen und erschreckend wirken die Collagen von
Wangechi Mutu. Erstmals sind sie in Berlin zu sehen, Kultur Spiegel, April
Evans, Matthew, We Categorize What Were Afraid Of, Deutsche Guggenheim Magazine, Issue 11, Spring
Sandals, Leah, Questions and Artists: Wangechi Mutus Beauty Riff Collages, National Post, February 25
The Short List, Portland Tribune, February 25
Goldstein, Andrew, Wangechi Mutu Wins Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year Award, Art Info, February 23
Row, D.K., Beauty Amid the Upheaval, The Oregonian, February 22
Crow, Kelly, Wangechi Mutu is Deutsche Banks Artist of the Year 2010, Wall Street Journal, February 22
Milroy, Sarah, Amid the Games, Artists Dissect the Body, The Globe and Mail, February 19
Laurence, Robin, Shows Dissect the Body and Human Fears, The Georgia Straight, February 11-18
Griffin, Kevin, Visceral Bodies Shows Off Our Fleshy Architecture, The Vancouver Sun, February 15
Family Skeletons on Display, The Globe and Mail, February 8
Ampofo, Akosua Adomako, and Signe Arnfred, African Feminist Politics of Knowledge, Sweden: The Nordic Africa Institute, Cover image
Artpace Alumi Update, Artpace 10.1, San Antonio, TX
Barson, Tanya, and Peter Gorschlter, Afro Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic, London: Tate Publishing, Cover image
Evans, Matthew, Wangechi Mutu: Between Beauty and Horror, ArtMag Issue 57
Face to Face, Vogue Italia May Issue 717, p. 24
Taguchi Art Collection, New Global Art. Japan: Kentaro Oshita
Han, Heng-Gil, Network and Fluid, pp. 85, 117
Patton, Sharon, Close Up: Enwezor, The International Review of African American Art
Present, Frankfurt, Germany: Deusche Bank Artworks
Spotlight: Artist of the Year 2010: Wangechi Mutu, ArtNews
2009
Smith, Roberta, Dress Codes: Beyond a Simple Fashion Statement, New York Times, October 8
Cotter, Holland, The Week Ahead: April 26 - May 2, New York Times, April 24
Sweeney, Eve, A Fertile Mind, Vogue, pp. 190, 248, April, Photographed by Annie Leibovitz
Bernoni, Giorgia, Un Corpo Mutante e Ambiguo, Inside Art (Italy), March
Mirov, Ben, ART: Pretty Ugly: Wangechi Mutu, A Shady Promise, Brooklyn Rail, February
Wei, Lilly, New Orleans Report: Deliverance: The Biennial, Art In America, February
Halpern, Ashlea, Out of Africa, TimeOut New York, pg 41 Issue 694 January 15-2
Ligon, Glenn, Civic Engagement: To Miss New Orleans, Art Forum, January
Stern, Steven, Looking Back: Prospect.1 New Orleans, Frieze, Issue 120, January
2008
Mueller, Kurt, Houston: Damaged Romanticism at the Blaffer Gallery, Art Lies, No. 60, Winter
Gawlik, Goschka, Horror Beauties mit Zerschnittenen Seelen, Art Magazine, November 19
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, ARTnews, Los Angeles: Wangechi Mutu, pg 176 Vol 107/Number 10, Novermber
Studio, Studio Magazine, Museum of Harlem, Upcoming Exhibitions, pg 13, Fall/Winter
Austin, Tom, Dollar Signs, Moral Symbols: A MAM Exhibition Incites Plenty of Value Judgments, The Miami Herald, December 7
Finch, Charlie, Lighter than Eros, Artnet, November 12
Ellwood, Mark, Our Man In: New Orleans, GQ Magazine, November 7
Robinson, Walter, Bleeding-Heart Biennale, Art Net Magazine, November 7
Britt, Douglas, Blaffer Exhibit Finds Beauty in the Bleak, The Houston Chronicle, November 5
Dewan, Shaila, New Orleans Rising, by Hammer and Art, New York Times, October 29
Browne, Alix, Cuff Love, New York Times, October 3
Watson, Simon, Wangechi Mutu: Mass in the Time of War, Whitewall, Spring
Pagel, Daniel, Boldly Linking all the Pieces: Wangechi Mutu at Vielmetter, Los Angeles Times, April 11
Miles, Christopher, Art Around Town, Los Angeles Weekly, April 10
Dembo, Wendy, Wangechi Mutu, Cool Hunting, April 7
Garcia, Kathryn, Culver City, Opening Night, For Your Art, April 2
Continuing and Recommended, ArtScene, April
Heartney, Eleanor, Make It New, Art in America, April
Wangechi Mutu: Little Touched, Beautiful Decay.com, April 1
Catherine Wagley, Destroying Prettiness: Wangechi Mutu and Kara Walker, Daily Serving, March 31
Goldman, Edward, ArtTalk: Art, Sex, and Videotape, KCRW, March 18
Shaw, Alex, More Flavor: Lecture, Wangechi Mutu, Flavorpill, March 13
Turner, Elisa, Wilfredo Lam Meets Miami, Art Circuits: Miami Visual Art Guide, Spring
Enright, Robert, Resonant Surgeries: The Collaged World of Wangechi Mutu, Border Crossings Magazine, Issue No. 105, February
Yablonsky, Linda, Poll Positions, Artforum.com, February 6
Feature: Paper Cuts, Artkrush, Issue 77, February 6
Martin, Courtney J., Pick: Wangechu Mutu at Victoia Miro Gallery, London, Artforum, January 18
Martin, Courtney J., Wangechi Mutu: Yo.n.l, Artkrush, Issue 75, January 9
Cox, Lorraine Morales, Transformed Bodies, Colonial Wounds & Ethnographic Tropes: Wangechi Mutu in 2008
Violence, N. Paradoxa International Feminist Art Journal, Ed. Katy Deepwell, Volume 21
2007
Volzke, Daniel, Ab dem 22. November: Wangechi Mutu zeigt opulente Collagen in London, Monopol, December
Steinberg, Claudia, Aufbruchstimmung an der Lower East Side, Kunstzitung, December
Macmillan, Kyle, Exhibit shows a world of fine artists, Denver Post, November 1
Eshun, Ekow, The Art of Darkness, Vogue, November
Row, DK, In praise of bolder women, The Oregonian, October 29
Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice, The Big Bend Sentinel, September 20
Mullins, Charlotte, Painting People, Figure Painting Today, pg 110
Voelz Chandler, Mary, Inside the Box: New Museum building squares up space for art, education, community, Rocky Mountain News, August 23
Dimling Cochran, Rebecca, Pick: Wangechi Mutu at ACA Gallery, Atlanta, Artforum, June 7
Heartney, Eleanor, Worldwide Women, Art in America, June/July
Aldarondo, Cecilia, Ghada Amer + Wangechi Mutu, Art Papers, May/June
Kruger, Barbara, Wangechi Mutu, Interview Magazine, April
Nolan, Joe, Wangechi Mutu: Sleeping Heads Lie, Number Independent Arts Journal, No 58, Spring
Koenig, Wendy, Wangechi Mutu: Memphis, Art Papers, March/April
Abbie, Mary, Feminism Revisited: Art by two African-born women revitalizes feminist issues in a handsome Franklin Art Show, Star Tribune, March
Brooks, Amra, Fair Report: Art LA, artinfo, February 10
Cotter, Holland, Feminist Art Finally Takes Center Stage, The New York Times, January 29
Ellis, Patricia, Catching up with Charles (Saatchi), FlashArt, January/February
Oguibe, Olu, Looking Back: the most significant shows of 2006, frieze, January, issue 104
Spaulding, David, New York, Interrupted, Artforum, January
2006
Mullins, Charlotte, Painting People: the state of the art, Thames and Hudson, London
Cameron, Dan, New York, Interrupted, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
Jongbloed, Marjorie, Entangled: Approaching Contemporary African Artists, Marjorie Jongbloed and VolkswagenStiftung, Hannover
Wangechi Mutu- The Art Universe, Vanity Fair, December, pg 352
Koeppel, Fredric, Gorgeous surfaces in a nightmare of sensuality, corruption, violence, The Memphis Commercial Appeal, November 10
Maart, Brenton, Distant Relatives: Artists of the African Diaspora, Mail and Gardian, Western Cape South Africa, Vol. 22 #43, pg 2, Nov 3-9
New Prints Review, Art on Paper, November/December
Carver, Jon, Still Points of the Turning World, Art Papers, November/December, pg 69
Martin, Courtney, Site San Fe 6th International Biennial: Still Points of the Turning World, Contemporary, Issue 86, pg 64
Blumenstein, Ellen, L.A. Confidential, Monopol, November/December
Korotkin, Lindsay, Reviews, Tema Celeste, November/December, pg 78
Berkovitch, Ellen, SITE Santa Fes 6th International Biennial, artUS, November
Colpitt, Frances, A Slow-Motion Biennial, Art in America, October, pp 69-75
Murray, DC, Wangechi Mutu at SFMOMA, Art in America, October, pg 205
Wright, Karen, Saatchi Exhibits Totemic Art, Surrealist Penis, bloomberg.com, October 6
Muchnic, Suzanne, The Art Explosion, Los Angeles Times, October 1
Rimanelli, David, Scene & Herd: A Night at the Opera, Artforum.com, September 26
Blum, Kelly, and Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, ed. Art is Passion, Blanton Museum of Art: America Art Since 1900,
The Articulate, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
Auricchio, Laura, Wangechi Mutu, Art Papers, September/October
Murinik, Tracy, Afro-Alien Exquisite Corpses, Art South Africa, Spring, pp 26-29
Klopper, Sandra, Distant Relatives/Relative Distance, Art South Africa, Spring, pp 64-65
Black, Ezrha Jean, Labyrinths of SITE: Ottmann scales down numbers and theme, but stays big on art, artillery, vol 1 no 1, September
Vogel, Carol, Where Bel Canto Meets Paintbrush, New York Times, August 15
Morris, Tom, "Still Points of the Turning World", ArtReview, July, issue 1, p 37
Roberts, Angela, "Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism", ArtReview, July, issue 1, p 139
Walker, Hollis, "Colonial apparitions", Pasatiempo, July 7-13
Fischer, Zane, "Art Without Excuses", Santa Fe Reporter, July 5-11
Wangechi Mutu, The New Yorker, June 26
Wangechi Mutu, The New Yorker, June 12
Smith, Roberta, Wangechi Mutu: An Alien Eye and Other Killah Anthems, New York Times, June 9
Kazanjian, Dodie, Fierce Creatures, Vogue, June
Perryer, Sophie, Distant Relatives/Relative Distance (catalogue no.21), June
Berwick, Carly, Jungle-Punk Princesses Populate Wangechi Mutus Solo NYC Debut, Bloomberg.com, May 31
Wilson, Michael, House Red, Artforum.com Diary, May 25
Pollack, Barbara, Wangechi Mutu: An Alien Eye and Other Killah Anthems, Time Out New York, Issue 556, May 25-31
Miller, Paul, A Gathering of the Tribes #11, Time Out New York, Issue 556, pg 70, May 25-31
Taylor, Catharine P, Charles Saatchi messes with USA Today, adweek.blogs.com, May 12
Alberge, Dalva, Hang it allthey want to sneak Saatchis junk into our academy, The Times (UK), May 11
Lewis, Caroline, Saatchis USA Today at the Royal Academy of Arts London, 24hourmuseum.org, May 10
Reynolds, Nigel, Saatchi is ready for another sensation at the RA, The Daily Telegraph, April 5
Goodyear, Sarah, Wangechi Mutu: An Artist Comes into Her Own, Bklyn, Spring, page 20
Wangechi Mutu at SFMoma, ArtInfo.com, March
Mullins, Charlotte, Painting People, Thames & Hudson
Helfand, Glen, Voluptuous Horror Wangechi Mutu harnesses the power of violence and beauty,
San Francisco Bay Guardian.com,vol. 10 no. 14, January 4-10
Helfand, Glen, Wangechi Mutu, Artforum.com, January 3
Cotter, Holland, Feminist Art Finally Takes Center Stage, New York Times, January
1111 Journal of Literature and Art, Volume III
Thomas, Liz, Wangechi Mutu, The F-Word Zine, Number 2, page 2
For Committed Civic Engagement, The Cooper Union, pg 16
Oliveira, Filipa, Wangechi Mutu, Arte Contemporanea, pg 66
Schmidt, Jason, Artists: photographs by Jason Schmidt, pg 90
Cotter, Holland. ART; Feminist Art Finally Takes Center Stage, The New York Times, Section E, pg1, January
2005
Paul, Jonathan S., Places, Everyone, The New York Times Style Magazine, Winter
Oliveira, Filipa, Wangechi Mutu, W-Art Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue no. 8, pages 66-69
Future Greats 2005, ArtReview, Volume IX, December, page 99
Fricke, Kirsten, Sex Sells, Beautiful Decay, December
Smith, Roberta, Where Issues of Black Identity Meet the Concerns of Every Artist, The New York Times, November 18
Egon Schiele: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections, Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art, New York, (catalog illustration, page 388)
Adjaye, David, Top Ten, Artforum, November
Trellis, Emma, Mutable Mutu, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, October
Weinberg, Michelle, Out of Africa: Female Forms that Tell a Tale of Torture, Miami New Times, Sept. 15
Turner, Elisa, Going Solo: Wangechi Mutu Finds Inspiration In Her Native Africa, The Miami Herald, Sept.11
Hatcher, David, Poco a Go-Go, X-tra, Volume 8, Number 1, Fall Issue
Arty Hour, The Herald, August 12
Luis, Carlos M., Wangechi Mutu y su Amazing Grace, Artes & Letras, August 7
Amazing Grace, Miami Monthly, August
Fricke, Kirsten, Wangechi Mutu, Beautiful/Decay, Issue L, August
Ellis, Patricia, Wangechi Mutu - The Triumph of Painting, The Saatchi Gallery essay
Bravo, Gabriel C., Wangechi Mutu Art Exhibit, MiamiPoetryReview.com, July 22
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos, Mutus Mojo, The Miami New Times, July 21
Amazing Grace: First Solo Show for Kenyan-born Artist, Coral Gables Gazette, July 21
Sheets, Hilarie M., Using Art to Build Pride, The New York Times, June 1
Kapferer, Roland, Africa Remix, Frieze, June/July/August Issue 92, page 156
Heartney, Eleanor, Return to the Real, Art in America, June/July, pages 85-89
Korotkin, Joyce B., Fight or Flight, Tema Celeste, May/June, pages 76-77
de La Forterie, Maud, Africa Remix Continental, Art Actuel, Issue #38, May/June, pages 47-50
Post-Black, Post-Soul, or Hip-Hop Iconography: Defining the new Aesthetics, The International
Review of African American Art, Volume 20 #2
Lo, Melissa, Wangechi Mutu, Flash Art, May/June Issue, Vol. XXXVIII, NO. 242, page 146
Chevalier, Jari, Greater New York Show at P.S.1, The New York Art World.com, April
Brielmaier, Isolde, Wangechi Mutu: Re-Imagining The World, Parkett, No. 74, pp. 6-13
Where to buy - Wangechi Mutu, The Week, March 25
Andersson, Ruben, Mixed Bag of African avant-garde, The London Globe, March 20
Rosenberg, Karen, Artists on the Verge of a Breakthrough, New York Magazine, March 3
Continued and Recommended, ArtScene, Vol.24, no.7, March
Painted Ladies, SouthBank, March
Myers, Holly, Artists at play in the world, Los Angeles Times, February 25
Brownell, Ginanne, "Front and Center: In London, it's the year of African art", Newsweek,
www.msnbc.com, February 17
Harrison, Sara, Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Art Monthly, February
Pollack, Barbara, Panic Room, Time Out New York, January 13-19, pages 55-56
Biro, Matthew, "Reviews - Midwest", Art Papers, pg. 51, January/February Issue
2004
Graham-Dixon, Andrew, All stuck and scribbled, The Sunday Telegraph, December 19, page 112
Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing, BBC News UK edition, December 13
Cripps, Charlotte, Work at the cutting edge, The Independent Review, December 2, page 18
A-Z London, The Art Newspaper, No.153, December
Ciuraru, Carmela, Cutting Remarks, Cover Page and Feature, ArtNews, November
Leitzes, Cary Estes, Body Politic, and Kunitz, Daniel, US Editors Letter, ArtReview, cover and feature, pages 61-63, September
Cotter, Holland, Black comes in Many Shadings, The New York Times, Friday, August 13, page E29
Kelly, Kevin, Reward for Creative Touch, Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, August 11
Johnson, Kenneth, Shes Come Undone, The New York Times, July 9
Ribas, Joao, Shes come Undone, Time Out, July 8, page 55
Kerr, Merrily, Extreme Makeovers, Art on Paper, July/August, page 28-29
Schwendener, Martha, "She's Come Undone", ArtForum.com critics pick, June
Saltz, Jerry, Borough Hall, Village Voice, May 3
Smith, Roberta, "Emerging Talent and Plenty of It", The New York Times, March 12
Martin, Courtney, Looking Both Ways, Flash Art, January/February
Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential", Artnet.com, January 24
Daily, Meghan, "Peter Norton - Collecting with a Conscience", Guggenheim Magazine, Winter, pg 30
2003
Williamson, Sue, Looking Both Ways, Artthrob, December
Cotter, Holland, Redefining the African Diaspora, New York Times, November 21
Pagel, David, Harrowing, hallucinatory visions - Wangechi Mutu at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles Times, October 24
Martin, Courtney, Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Flash Art, October
Fleey, Peter, Black President, Frieze Magazine, October, page 118
Sirmans, Franklin, Portfolio, Grand Street, Fall
Koirala, Snigdha, Black President, BOMB, Fall, page 17
Cotter, Holland, King of Music, New York Times, July 18
Cotter, Holland, Off The Record, New York Times, May 16
Cotter, Holland, Wangechi Mutu, New York Times, March 14
McKanic, Arlene, Mutus Disturbing Creatures at JCAL, Q.guide, March 13
Ashford, Doug, Off The Record, Time Out Magazine, May 8-15
Croal, Aida Mashaka, Africana, March
Oneacre, Alison, Hallowed Walls, Womens Wear Daily, February 3
2002
Murray, Soraya, Africaine, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter, p. 88-93
Banai, Nuit, Body of Evidence, One World, August/September, p. 124-125
Hazlewood, Carl E., Hot Shows From the Edge: Summer in the City, NYArts, September
Barliant, Claire, Africaine, Art on Paper, July/August
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, The New York Times, July 5
Cotter, Holland, From the Ferment of Liberation Comes a Revolution in African Art, New York Times, Feb. 17
Budick, Arielle, Identity, a Concept Explored in 2 Harlem Shows, Newsday, February 1
Cunningham, Bill, Old and New, New York Times, January 27
2001
African art exhibit, Daily News, November 25
Sonkin, Rebecca, Good Rap, Art News, April, p. 41
2000
Brockington, Horace, After Representation, The International Review of African American Art, p. 47
Ziolkowski, Thad, The Magic City, Artforum, October
The Magic City, The New Yorker, August 14, p. 14
Johnson, Ken, The Magic City, The New York Times, August 11
Johnson, Ken, The Magic City, The New York Times, August 4
1999
Sirmans, Franklin, Surely it Cannot Burn so Long, Time Out Magazine, November 25December 2
Oguibe, Olu and Enwezor, Okwui, Reading the Contemporary: African Art from Theory to the Marketplace, The MIT Press, p. 10
1998
Sadao, Amy, Transgressive Imaginations, essay and interview on Wangechi Mutu and Rina Banerjee