There is not much we can do to control processes of weathering. Landscapes and humans are subject to and defenseless against it. It cannot be mimicked, it can only happen…[read on]
The title of Ligia Lewis’ exhibition at Gropius Bau sounds like a drawn-out roar: ‘I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…’ Equally defiant and weary, performative and paradoxical,…[read on]
The ghost is inherently a contradictory notion: a form of present absence. The ways in which the absent become present, and those present can be the most absent of all…[read on]
Christelle Oyiri’s ‘Dead God Flow’ is hardly a temple for quiet contemplation. Rather, its visitors are plunged directly into the DJ-turned-artist’s natural habitat: the nightclub…[read on]
On the heels of Halloween and the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), we’re launching our newest featured topic, Ghosts. While the supernatural or paranormal seems…[read on]
Diane Arbus is known for her striking portraits that capture those on the fringes of society. Her retrospective, ‘Diane Arbus: Konstellationen’ at Gropius Bau offers the largest…[read on]
Bruce McLean’s artistic career effectively began with a grand act of noncompliance. In 1972, at just 27, the Glaswegian artist was offered a solo exhibition at the Tate…[read on]
Somewhere in northern Italy, a purple, faux fur-lined box stands waiting for activation. Inside this fuzzy makeshift room, entered through a circular hole next to a pile of discarded shoes…[read on]
Strange, weird, odd, eerie, freaky, creepy. My understanding of these words is clouded by as much alienation as they intend to describe. As the “real” becomes a question of belief…[read on]
Etched on the glass facade of Galerie Molitor, the breathy white slashes of thousands of tally marks introduce ‘The Contractor,’ an exhibition by Jesse Darling. The tallies are hectic…[read on]
In her first large-scale solo show in Germany, Issy Wood proudly features a small portrait of a pretzel and a few Mercedes she dubs “mid-life crisis cars.” The Schinkel Pavillon hosts 22 works…[read on]
0rphan Drift is a collective of artists based in the UK, which has taken many forms over the years, intervening across media, genres and forms of research…[read on]
