Q&As

SNAP Bring it on Bitches! Nadja Sayej makes Art Criticism Conversational

by Katharina Galla // July 26, 2011

Nadja Sayej has a mission that suits Berlin’s fancy. The extravagant personality comes from Toronto, Canada where she first studied visual arts, but quit painting in order…[read on]

Javier Peres: Interviewed by Zefrey Throwell

by Zefrey Throwell // July 11, 2011

Javier Peres holds nothing back in this one. From his humble roots in San Francisco to his meteoric rise in Los Angeles, then to Athens and now with his two spaces in Berlin,…[read on]

Between Intimacy and Form: Conversations and Connections with Melissa Steckbauer

Melissa Steckbauer; photo: Chloé Richard

by Elizabeth Feder // June 28, 2011

We started by rummaging. There were boxes of bubble-wrapped paintings, binders thick with inspirational images, photographs and fragments, and two new canvases…[read on]

Requiem für einen Untoten

by Marta Jecu // June 2, 2011

I think that the German Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennial is incorporating the gap between on one hand representativity and identity (signifiers that are meant to express…[read on]

Interview with Helga Wretman: Every Year of Our Life Has a New Update

by Corinna Kirsch // May 30, 2011

Curator and writer Corinna Kirsch sat down with one of Berlin’s busiest and most intriguing dance and performance artists, Helga Wretman — also Germany’s tiniest stunt-…[read on]

ArtStars* 55 – Gilbert and George

by artstarstv.com // May 19, 2011

When UK divas Gilbert and George heard that ArtStars* was coming to Arndt Gallery in Berlin – they left the place running. We chased them down the street on the way…[read on]

Strange Action Series: Vincent & Flo, Flo & Vincent

Vincent & Flo, Performance at Basso

by Isabel Lewis // Apr. 23, 2011

I encountered the performance work of Florentia Holzinger and Vincent Riebeek at Creature Feature, a monthly performance series held at Basso. Framed as a…[read on]

Last Week I will Have a 1:8 Conversation with Wil Murray: A Conversation with Wil Murray

Wil Murray, photo: Mike Milosh

by Elvia Pyburn-Wilk // Apr. 15, 2011

Wil Murray is a Canadian painter currently living in Berlin. I recently met with him at his studio in the the cavernous former DDR radio station, to discuss his upcoming exhibition,…[read on]

Cultural Nomad: An Interview with Almagul Menlibayeva

Video by BAL Productions // Mar. 22, 2011

Last week, we sat down with Almagul Menlibayeva (presented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art) during the 5th Annual Art Dubai fair. Menlibayeva is a Kazakhstan-born artist…[read on]

A Conversation on Curating with Carson Chan

by Clare Ros // Mar. 3, 2011

Challenging conventions is not an unfamiliar territory for Carson Chan, a curator of PROGRAM. With a background in architectural design and theory, he comes out…[read on]

Crunching Numbers and Conventions: An Interview with Nicky Broekhuysen

by Clare Ros // Feb. 26, 2011

Nicky Broekhuysen crunches numbers and societal conventions. Using the language of binary code, she meticulously stamps out new patterns and formations of 1 and 0 to signify the set…[read on]

Zefrey Throwell’s Entropy Symphony hits Berlin

by Clare Ros // Dec. 6, 2010

I recently sat down with the artist Zefrey Throwell, and partners in performance and curators Per Schumman (Entwurf-Direkt, in Hamburg) and Malte Zacharias…[read on]