Blog post by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 05, 2015.
Last Thursday I received a cryptic phone call inviting me to Daniel Marzona Gallery that evening for the opening of an art show, that would take the shape of a seance. Nobody knew much more than that. When I arrived at the gallery that evening for the event, titled Revenant: Don’t Expect…[read on…]
Article by April Dell in Berlin // Nov. 3, 2015
London Art Fair is the UK’s largest contemporary art fair, encompassing over 100 selected participating galleries showcasing leading Modern British and contemporary artists from across…[read on…]
Article by April Dell in Berlin // Oct. 27, 2015
Three Berlin-based artists have been shortlisted for the Prix International d’Art Contemporain (PIAC), a contemporary art prize awarded…[read on…]
Article by April Dell in Berlin // Oct. 13, 2015
The Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt opened its annual exhibition of participating artists at Kunstquartier Bethanien on Friday with 25 Karat – Goldrausch, celebrating a…[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, Oct. 08, 2015.
Aurora is a free and public contemporary art exhibition centered in the 68-acre Dallas Arts District, which was inaugurated in 2010. The expansive and immersive exhibition presents interactive light, video, performance, and sound artworks in exciting and unexpected public spaces…[read on…]
Blog post by April Dell – in Berlin; Friday, Sep. 25, 2015.
The retrospective exhibition Black Mountain: an Interdisciplinary experiment 1933-1957 at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin is in its last days, closing this weekend with a symposium featuring talks by a host of academics, curators, researchers, and artists…[read on…]
Blog post by April Dell – in Berlin; Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015.
Abjection in the information age is rooted in a distrust of communication and information dissemination, a fear of infinite possibilities, alienation in a digital world, and a mourning for authenticity. Abjects is the latest exhibition at Import Projects, a group show featuring Eloise Bonneviot, Emily Jones, Paul Kneale, Yuri Pattison, and Andrew Norman Wilson…[read on…]
Blog post by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Monday, Sep. 21, 2015.
Berlin Art Week partnered with Talking Galleries this year to produce two lectures on the contemporary role of galleries in the art world. The first panel on Friday, September 18, was titled “The Added Value of Working Alongside a Gallery” and was moderated by the director of the Tate Modern, …[read on…]
Blog post by Gabi Gershuny – in Berlin; Sunday, Sep. 20, 2015.
I am prepared to wager that approximately half of the people reading this article have, on at least one defiant occasion, reached out guiltily, crossed that invisible and inviting red tape, and touched an artwork in a gallery. But have you ever licked one?…[read on…]
Article by Gabi Gershuny in Berlin // Sep. 19, 2015
For a week now, the four shortlisted projects for the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2015 – by artists…[read on…]
Blog post by April Dell – in Berlin; Saturday, Sep. 19, 2015.
Back for the second time, and in the new ambitious location of Arena Berlin, POSITIONS art fair opened yesterday showcasing 78 gallery exhibitors, representing 233 artists from 37 different countries. White walled booths filled the giant cantilever hanger featuring…[read on…]
Blog post by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Friday, Sep. 18, 2015.
A funny thing happened to me the day I went to Hito Steyerl’s opening at KOW Gallery on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Around midday I was walking past Museum Island, where there was a large number of work crews and trucks, as if a film was being shot. Along my way I found …[read on…]