Manifesta 14 provides one of those rare instances where the exhibition space is as interesting as the exhibits they contain. The epicenter of this year’s biennial, held in Prishtina…[read on]
We often forget that the nation-state is a modern construct in political discourse. It’s only in times of war or crisis that its imaginary borderlines and principles show themselves to…[read on]
The ex-crematorium turned Kulturquartier presents an exhibition that begins on the sunlit grass outside then travels underground into the multiverse of Agnès Varda’s “third life,”…[read on]
Pieter Schoolwerth’s ‘Rigged’ at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler (KTZ) explores the ways in which we see the world and ourselves in an age of hyper-mediation…[read on]
Born in the Czech Republic and now based in Berlin, Hosnedlová conducted an extensive investigation of Ještěd Tower, a 94-meter-tall television transmitter…[read on]
Article by Ernela Vukaj // July 03, 2019
‘speed’ is Heike-Karin Föll’s first institutional solo show. Showing at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art until September 1st, the exhibition is an overview of the Berlin-based…[read on]
Article by Johanna Hardt // Feb. 22, 2019
Singular authority figures no longer dictate truth. Networks of our own peers haven taken their place. Facts and counterfacts look identical. Fake news becomes the defining characteristic of our current…[read on]
Article by Lee Escobedo // Sept. 06, 2018
‘Hyperobjects’ at Ballroom Marfa, organized by Laura Copelin and Timothy Morton, focuses on ecological occurrences that are beyond the human capacity for understanding…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce // Aug. 23, 2018
Onerous is the task of an artist to—amidst the current political turmoil and the creeping, post-truth skepticism—re-introduce the themes of art and love. Without hiding behind the pretense of obscure…[read on]
Article by Sofia Bergmann // July 11, 2018
The female body conforming to its surroundings and the conflicts of modern societal and technological evolution are themes explored through the exhibition of Valie Export’s archival collection at the Neuer Berliner…[read on]
Article by Dagmara Genda // June 22, 2018
Jeremy Shaw’s show at the Kunstverein in Hamburg premieres his ‘Quantification Trilogy’ (2014–18), a triad of videos that speculate about a controlled trajectory of evolution and documents…[read on]
Article by Ilyn Wong // June 20, 2018
In their exhibition ‘Mighty Good Men,’ the artists Andrew J Burford and Constantin Hartenstein critique masculinity as fractured and troublesome, yet always inescapably hegemonic…[read on]
