Article by Berlin Art Link in Berlin // Apr. 20, 2018
This May, the annual Pictoplasma Festival returns for its 14th International Conference and Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art, featuring a convergence of international artists, illustrators, filmmakers…[read on]
Berlin // Apr. 16, 2018
Often fusing her body with nature, the Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta confronted themes of feminism, violence, life, death, identity, place and belonging through a wide-ranging artistic practice. Mendieta…[read on]
Article by April Dell in Berlin // Mar. 13, 2018
Khaled Hafez’s huge canvases are abstract playgrounds where ancient gods, glossy magazine bodies and comic superheroes meld together and take part in a rewritten narrative. In his multimedia practice, Hafez…[read on]
Article by Karina Griffith in Berlin // Mar. 7, 2018
One of the highlights of the Panorama program at this year’s Berlinale Film Festival was Leilah Weinraub’s ‘Shakedown’ is an intimate portrayal of south central Los Angeles’s Black queer erotic…[read on]
Swiss artist Olaf Breuning spent 16 years developing his practice in New York City before moving Upstate to find a measure of solitude in his work environment. Functioning…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Dec. 15, 2017
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, or ‘Joe’ as he’s known to most fans, grew up in a hospital. The child of two Thai doctors, Weerasethakul spent most of his time surrounded by the colors, odors, and rituals of this…[read on]
Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Mar. 21, 2017
On the 11th March 2017, Neukolln’s Agora Rollberg opened its doors to screen British filmmaker, Cecile Emeke’s feature film ‘Strolling’ as part of Berlin Feminist Film Week. First making its appearance on…[read on]
Article by April Dell in Berlin // Feb. 03, 2017
For a brief week in October last year, visitors to SomoS Art House in Kreuzberg were treated to a twelve minute glimpse into a playful and sensual dreamscape free from inhibitions and the spatial…[read on]
Franziska Pierwoss and Siska, two artists working both independently and in collaboration, met in Lebanon in 2007 when German-born Pierwoss visited the country…[read on]
Article by Britannie Seaton in Berlin // Sep. 27, 2016
For the 10th edition of the International Festival for Films on Art, DOKU.ARTS presents ‘Essaydox’, a selection of documentary films with a focus on the essay genre…[read on]
Article by Brit Seaton in Berlin // Sep. 22, 2016
In ‘Welt am Draht,’ 38 major works from 20 international artists have been selected from the Julia Stoschek Collection, with remarkable significance in the endeavour to understand our personal, social and environmental relationships with digitalisation…[read on]
Article by Alice Bardos in Berlin // Aug. 12, 2016
I’d done research into his sculptures and surreal post-internet pieces before I’d met him, but going off of the intellectual and nostalgic facets of his work—in tandem with with my quickly made presumptions towards…[read on]