Berlin // Jan. 24, 2018
As part of the Vorspiel programming for the 2018 transmediale festival, Import Projects, the nonprofit independent project space known for its innovative programming dissecting cultural…[read on]
Jan. 17, 2018
Vkunst Frankfurt is calling for submissions for its 2018 showcase on the latest trends in video art. Under the title ‘My New Ego’, the curators Christoph von Löw and Andreas Greulich will examine artistic output…[read on]
Article by Nat Marcus in Berlin // Jan. 16, 2018
Beg I first attended ‘Altbau’, an installation by Alvaro Urbano currently on view at ChertLüdde, because of a violet hue in a photo selected for the vernissage’s Facebook event. The work could’ve been a print or a painting,…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Dec. 8, 2017
[{“CIBELLE”(CAVALLI}BASTOS )] greets me warmly and walks me through the bricolage of eccentric clothing, mismatched shoes, and phone monitors strewn across the gallery at Import Projects;…[read on]
Berlin // Nov. 18, 2017
For their 2018 Studio Fellowship, ‘Decolonizing 68’, District invites artists and collectives to engage with the 1960s student movement in Germany from de-colonial and feminist perspectives. With a focus on…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Nov. 9, 2017
We are fascinated by infinity because we are not infinite. The loop, unlike us, never finishes, and neither does our fascination with the self-contained circuits of our world, from the hyper-saturation of…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Nov. 5, 2017
Do you remember the smell of your grandmother’s soap? The liquid kind she made you lather between your hands before the meal, standing on your tiptoes to reach the countertop faucet. Its scent, the prelude to…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Nov. 03, 2017
Tradition at Bayreuth, a festival conceived by German opera visionary Richard Wagner and utilized in 1882 to premiere his final work, ‘Parsifal’, forbids the audience from applauding at the end of the first act. After being denied…[read on]
Video by MONA productions, filmed by Peter Cairns in Berlin // Oct. 30, 2017
The Manchester Art Gallery is currently exhibiting the first solo show of artist Waqas Khan’s oeuvre. His methodology employs an incalculable…[read on]
Article by Jack Radley in Berlin // Oct. 17, 2017
William F. Buckley once said, “History is the polemics of the victor,” but in Geoffrey Farmer’s account, it’s hard to discern who has won. Farmer, who represented Canada in this year’s Venice Biennale…[read on]
Scottish, Berlin-based artist Douglas Gordon gained critical acclaim in the art world with his 1996 Turner Prize win and his piece ’24 Hour Psycho’, a rear-projected…[read on]
Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Mar. 3, 2017
Art Collector Julia Stoschek recently re-opened her exhibition space in the former Czech Cultural Center on Leipzigerstraße in Berlin. Her second exhibition ‘Jaguars and Electric Eels’ is a…[read on]