Alexander Basil has created a cosmos. His instantly recognizable style and established color palette implicate the subject matter in a process of calm and sure scrutiny. Central to this cage…[read on]
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s groundbreaking career as an artist, activist, curator and educator unfolded over more than four decades, driven by restless imagination and a pursuit of justice…[read on]
Moyra Davey’s first major survey in Germany traces a multimedia artistic practice rooted in repetition and referential modes of creation. Currently on view at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein…[read on]
‘The Power of Small Things’ may be an anniversary exhibition—marking 15 years of Soy Capitán—but there is certainly little pomp. Quiet and understated, the show presents…[read on]
Eve Arnold’s retrospective ‘Capturing Compassion’ at F3 Galerie showcases the artist’s luminous career as one of the first women photographers to join the renowned Magnum…[read on]
Yearning is an existential reality, a natural consequence of being alive. In our very beings, at the deepest atomic level, we are anchored and driven by desire, longing and…[read on]
As I stand in the bright white foyer of carlier | gebauer, the archway to the gallery looms ahead like a yawning mouth. Crossing into Pakui Hardware’s ‘Thresholds’…[read on]
Mark Leckey’s solo show at the Julia Stoschek Foundation, ‘Enter Thru Medieval Wounds,’ feels haunted from the moment you enter (through a medieval wound, of sorts). The air…[read on]
This summer, a TikTok video caused a huge outcry online—at least in my corner of the internet. In the short video, a young German influencer expressed her desire to have grown up…[read on]
“Freedom Forever USA” read the postage stamps, applied like bandaids to affix vast sheets of paper together. The sheets make up a monumental collage by Kara Walker, presented…[read on]
Having emerged from the challenging times of the past few years, we now seem to be hurtling towards a new wave of global fascism. Queer and feminist movements are…[read on]
Ghosts drift through our screens, books and memes, from Netflix’s Addams Family reboot ‘Wednesday’ to ‘Nosferatu’ via ‘Caspar.’ While dominant in popular culture,…[read on]
