“Terminal Piece” mumok, Vienna
At mumok in Vienna, “Terminal Piece” does not begin as much as it is already underway. One’s sense is not of entry but of…
Taking Flight. Lotus L. Kang
“A trembling dissolution filled the birds — The substance of their being was undone, And they were lost like shade…
Isabel Nolan, “Dreamshook” 61st Venice Biennale, “In Minor Keys”
In 2017, artist Isabel Nolan coined the term “dreamshook” in order “to describe when the wanderings of a sleeping or…
“In Minor Keys” 61st Venice Biennale
Merde. This is the first thought that takes shape in my head once I’ve acclimatized to the mammoth undertaking that I’ve just agreed to. Koyo…
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Shell Game. In Conversation with Luc Tuymans
Luc Tuymans is smoking a cigarette outside of his studio when I arrive. It’s October 12, 2025 – a Sunday – in Antwerp, and…
ORDINARY MIRACLES. A Conversation with Rene Matić
One of the earliest works by Rene Matić is a video that documents their back torso being inscribed with the…
Hysteric Literature. A Conversation with Olivia Kan-Sperling
The questions of literary modernism have always been deeply entwined with those of psychoanalysis: both are concerned with the dissolution…
On Language and Kitsch. Tasneem Sarkez
It feels appropriate to approach Tasneem Sarkez’s work through the seed of language. The word, as a manifold concept, laces…
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These Ghosts. Clémentine Bruno
There is, at the heart of Clémentine Bruno’s practice, a question that refuses simplicity: How does one make space for presence…
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Afterglow. Siyi Li
Artist Siyi Li prefers to go by only his first name in this text. “Like a pop star,” he muses.…
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Eros is a verb. Coco Klockner
In the myth of Eros, the god of love and desire emerged from Chaos in the beginning of life itself…
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The Conditions that Shape. Sophie Friedman-Pappas
On the Greek island of Tinos, centuries-old dovecotes — white stone towers originally used to harvest pigeon droppings as fertilizer…
In Plain Sight
At its junction with the 10 and the 5 freeways on the southern edge of Boyle Heights, the 101 freeway…
Jester House: Fire and Chaos
Architecture continues to reject its true sentiment. It attempts to act as a savior through the use of modernity, as can be seen in…
Blank Spaces. Sung Tieu
Sung Tieu’s installations often appear austere; cold, manufactured surfaces reject the gaze, and the work assumes an almost passive-aggressive bureaucratic…
Let It Work If It Works. In Conversation with Rose Wylie
David Kohn: We’re here in your studio where you’ve been working for almost sixty years. The paintings are all gone…
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Taking Flight. Lotus L. Kang
In the Waste of Others. Florentina Holzinger
Brook Hsu “The Barcelona Pavilion” Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler/ Berlin
The Great Escape from Girlhood: Visual Essay by Bella Newman
wet flicks of sound. Jenna Sutela
“Body Fragment” The Power Station/ Dallas
“In Minor Keys” 61st Venice Biennale