Jan. 29, 2019
Conflicts are part of planets, phantasies, languages and lifestyles. They manifest in our bodies, through our emotions, in our direct social surroundings, in our city, in politics. How can they be zones of…[read on]
Article by Isabelle Hore-Thorburn // Sept. 28, 2018
‘Bitter Things: Narratives and Memories of Transnational Families’ at Archive Kabinett examines the significance of things and objects for families separated by the global care chain…[read on]
by Louisa Stark // May 12, 2018
A very particular culture and aesthetic surrounds the figure young woman or teenage girl that, nowadays, is both created by and viewed through the framework of social media. Michelle Rawlings, a…[read on]
Article by Samuel Staples // Apr. 26, 2018
“Where do we belong? And where are we rooted?” These are some of the questions Cuban-American multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta (1948–85) considers in ‘Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta,’…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in St. Louis // Apr. 24, 2018
Mona Hatoum’s most recent exhibition, ‘Terra Infirma’, destabilizes universal notions of home, displacement, and global conflicts. After its premiere at The Menil Collection in Houston, the artist’s first American survey show…[read on]
by Louisa Stark in Berlin // Mar. 25, 2018
At a glance Natalie Frank’s most recent work seems to follow in the tradition of Edgar Degas, both in her choice of subject matter and its subversion. The New York based artist’s 2017 exhibition at Rhona Hoffman Gallery was a…[read on]
Article by Jess Harrison // Mar. 21, 2018
Multimedia artist Stephanie Sarley became a viral sensation with her ‘Fruit Fingering’ series, in which she films herself stroking and prodding pieces of juicy and flesh-like fruit. Over the course of a few weeks in 2015–16,…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Feb. 5, 2018
Berlin-based Icelandic artist Anna Rún Tryggvadottir’s most recent exhibition, ‘Garður/Garden’ at the Reykjavík Art Museum, envisioned an altered state of nature as materials coalesced in a durational performance…[read on]
Article by Claudia Grigg Edo // July 05, 2017
On June 23rd Orlan opened her first-ever solo exhibition in Berlin with a special performance, revolving around her ‘Petition Contre la Mort’ (Petition Against Death). The infamous feminist icon and…[read on]
Article by Romily Alice In London // Jan. 20, 2017
Erin Riley’s work is a perpetual fusing of the virtual and the real. Marrying modern concepts with traditional technique, Riley weaves our online lives into large-scale tapestries, asking questions about the value of labour…[read on]
Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Jan. 18, 2017
For his first solo and debut show in Berlin, ‘In Me Everything is Already Flowing’ is the first of a series of performances taking place by French-born, London based artist Paul Maheke. With heavy influence from philosopher…[read on]
Interview by Marc Girardot in Berlin // Mar. 11, 2016
In Senegal, when President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of school friends, including rappers…[read on…]