The opening image of Graciela Iturbide’s retrospective ‘Eyes to Fly With’ at C/O Berlin is a poetic visualization of the title itself. It features a self-portrait of the artist…[read on]
Gore, slapstick, political commentary and impromptu dance all find their way into Indonesian director Joko Anwar’s new feature film, ‘Ghost in the Cell’ (Hantu Dalam Penjara). Anwar’s 12th film, but by no means…[read on]
Unlike many future-oriented AI art exhibitions, ‘Glitch in a Garden of Whispers’ approaches the topic through the exploration of something much older—the art of translation. Mirroring the functions of artificial intelligence…[read on]
Béla Pablo Janssen’s ‘Theater der Sonnenzuwendung’ is, on just about every level, an invitation—not only to see, but to inhabit. Filling out both floors as well as the stairwells of Aachen’s Neuer Aachener Kunstverein…[read on]
Colomboscope, a multi-arts festival in Sri Lanka’s capital, recently presented its ninth edition, ‘Rhythm Alliances,’ and a Berlin–Colombo axis was evident. Festival Advisor and…[read on]
Downstairs, in the darkened basement of Capitain Petzel, a frantic monologue rattles from a disembodied mouth. “The brain!” Mouth yells, “…flickering a way like mad…quick grab on…[read on]
Many years ago, I attended an academic lecture about Critical Race Theory in Germany. One of the speakers made a compelling point: most of the terminology from the field is…[read on]
Remnants of archival photographs, poetry and letters from loved ones reverberate with nostalgia, forming a series of collages in Jamila Barakat’s solo exhibition, ‘Hoffnung أمل.’ A…[read on]
Dominique McDougal and Carro Sharkey’s three-part performance, ‘Did4luv’—a tragicomic dance solo performed by each of the dancers—debuted this month at Sophiensaele’s Tanztage…[read on]
‘A Story of South Asian Art’ is an exhibition that centers on Mrinalini Mukherjee but encompasses works by other representatives of contextual modernism; the thread that…[read on]
I first came in contact with David Horvitz’s practice through his 2021 book ‘Nostalgia,’ which I have proceeded to wrap in newspaper and then unpack and place on my bedside table over…[read on]
A dense mound of soil has risen from the glossy floorboards of the Guggenheim Bilbao. Framed with clean lines, not a speck of dirt out of place, this site-specific installation—Delcy…[read on]
