Article by Sofia Bergmann // Oct. 06, 2018
Since his first solo showing of this exact video, Love Is the Message, The Message is Death on Trump’s election night in November 2016 at the Hirshhorn Museum Washington DC, Jafa’s piece…[read on]
Article by Isabelle Hore-Thorburn // Sept. 14, 2018
Simon Fujiwara’s first solo show at Esther Schipper takes viewers on motion ride simulator through the annals of YouTube. Composed of ultra-verité videos from the ‘real world,’ the work asks the…[read on]
Article by William Kherbek // July 19, 2018
Visitors ascend into James Turrell’s Ganzfeld via a pyramidal staircase that combines an almost mystical quality with the visual trappings of the iPhone sublime: everything is clean, rounded and aspirational…[read on]
Article by Emily McDermott // June 25, 2018
Spread across eight venues, the first edition of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Katerina Gregos, mixes the political with the natural…[read on]
Article by Samuel Staples // May 21, 2018
Author Jörn Schafaff will give a talk tomorrow night to discuss ‘Set, Scenario, Situation,’ the first comprehensive art historical analysis of artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s collected works…[read on]
Walking into Heiner Franzen’s bright and spacious studio is like entering into a huge version of one of his drawing room installations. Rather than finding…[read on]
Article by Louisa Stark in Berlin // Apr. 19, 2018
Assemblage is Cathy Wilkes’ medium of choice. She creates installations that show scenes from everyday life, using a combination of made sculptures and found objects. Based in Glasgow, the Belfast-born artist draws upon…[read on]
Article by Louisa Stark in Berlin // Apr. 7, 2018
Chiharu Shiota’s installation ‘Beyond Time’ overruns the 18th century Chapel at Yorkshire Sculpture Park like an enormous spider’s web web or Duchamp’s ‘mile of string.’ It comprises of 2,000 balls of white wool…[read on]
Article by Emily McDermott in Berlin // Mar. 23, 2018
In one of Nicole Wermers’ most recognized series of work, ‘Untitled Chairs’, fur coats obscure the backs of cushioned metal-frame chairs. In another series, ‘Abwaschskulptur (Dishwashing Sculpture)’, decorative…[read on]
Mar. 16, 2018
Art Spin Berlin is a community-based interactive bike tour of creative venues, art performances and site-specific installations throughout various Berlin neighborhoods. The aim of the tour is to bridge the gap between…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty // Mar. 15, 2018
Sonja Alhäuser’s art practice takes the saying “a feast for the eyes” to a whole new level. She often constructs huge sculptural buffets for her viewers; giant butter-ball cherubs and fountains that overflow with rich red…[read on]
Article by April Dell in Berlin // Mar. 13, 2018
Khaled Hafez’s huge canvases are abstract playgrounds where ancient gods, glossy magazine bodies and comic superheroes meld together and take part in a rewritten narrative. In his multimedia practice, Hafez…[read on]