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An Interview with Tina Sauerländer

Interview by Nora Kovacs in Berlin // Jun. 25, 2015
In a world where women are constantly having to defend their position in the work place, curator and writer Tina Sauerländer provides a space in which women creatives can meet, discuss, collaborate, trust,…[read on]

Art & Feminism // 5 Feminist Art Collectives and Publications

Article by Celia Wickham in London // Jun. 24, 2015
Over the past few years there has been a noticeable and revolutionary surge in young women artists engaging in empowering DIY practices, as a means of reclaiming themselves and their position in…[read on]

Art & Feminism // An Interview with Fannie Sosa: On Twerking and the Commons

Interview by Alison Hugill // June 22, 2015
Argentinian and Black-Brazilian artist and researcher Fannie Sosa has been travelling the world, both online and off, with her deeply healing and politically-informed twerkshops. Sosa is well-versed in the history of…[read on]

Art & Feminism // The Female Body A They See It: ‘Them’ at Schinkel Pavillon

Article by Nora Kovacs // June 20, 2015
The latest exhibition at Schinkel Pavillon draws inspiration from the human body- particularly the female body- while evoking some sort of retrofuturistic vision in both artwork and layout. Curated by Nina Pohl and…[read on]

Art & Feminism // An Interview with Monira Al Qadiri

Interview by Göksu Kunak // June 14, 2015
Examining the absurdities around her, artist Monira Al Qadiri mingles Middle Eastern traditions and spaces with Western iconography in a hybrid manner, while going beyond the well-worn clichés of these binary…[read on]

Interview // Beatriz Morales: Unveiling the Hidden Truth

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Interview by Nora Kovacs – in Berlin; Saturday, Jun. 13, 2015.

Beatriz Morales puts a contemporary spin on artistic styles of the past with her colorful, emotive, and (sometimes) nuanced paintings. As a Mexican artist living and working in Berlin, her works are charged with a political and cultural energy that is unique to her background and the Mexican Embassy in Berlin recently invited her to do a solo exhibition, titled HIDDEN…[read on…]

Art & Feminism // Hasan Aksaygın: A Superhero Jhad at GSL Projekt

Article by Göksu Kunak // June 10, 2015
The eye is the organ of vision. According to some superstitious beliefs it is also a metaphor of jealousy. The eye is the gaze; the gaze of men, the museum, gallery visitor or, say, the orientalist. In the last…[read on]

Art & Feminism // 5 Berlin Artists Who Happen to Be Feminists

Article by Alison Hugill // June 05, 2015
For the month of June, Berlin Art Link is launching a series of feature articles, interviews, and studio visits on the theme of Art & Feminism. To kick off the series we offer this list, that begins as a dialogue with Elvia Wilk’s…[read on]

Exhibition // Reviving the Place: Kunsthaus Dahlem Pre-Opening by Neue Berliner Räume

Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Monday, Jun. 01, 2015.

From U-bahnhof Podbielskiallee it’s a 20-minute walk through green forested parks to arrive at Kunsthaus Dahlem. There are, of course, less scenic and more efficient ways to get there, but the walk felt fitting for an arrival at this Nazi-era building, tucked in the woods and weighted with history…[read on…]

Exhibition // Stains in the Cowshed: Menstruation Made Public at Neu West Berlin

Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, May 29, 2015.

In an abandoned DDR Plattenbau-cum-Party Palace, at the end of a hallway on the 7th floor, Berlin-based artist and curator Kandis Williams put together an exhibition on one of the most historically taboo, ritualized and regulated subjects: menstruation…[read on…]

Exhibition // More Than Legal: Paolo Cirio’s Overexposed

Berlin Art Link review of Paolo Cirio's exhibition Overexposed at Nome Gallery 2015

Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Wednesday, May. 27, 2015.

Italian New Media artist Paolo Cirio has found vibrant ways to point out that giving people the right to protect us also gives them the ability to hurt us and cause damage. With the greater involvement of information and communication technologies in political and public life, the methods of governance have to be adapted…[read on…]

Review // Discussing the Matter of Critique with Renzo Martens at KW Institute for Contemporary Art

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Article by Nora Kovacs – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 26, 2015.

Renzo Martens has been urging the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to “Enjoy Poverty” for quite a while now. The project title itself is inflammatory – how can anyone enjoy poverty? – but the ideas and intentions behind it have been clearly thought through, and it is precisely this paradox that has given the Dutch artist his fame…[read on…]