The Persistent Present. Yalda Afsah
The history of cinema is, as Mary Ann Doane meticulously outlines in her book The Emergence of Cinematic Time[1] (2002),…
Consider the Sauce Art. In Conversation with Ewa Poniatowska
A few years ago, I stayed in Ewa Poniatowska’s bedroom in Stoke Newington. If London is like a polluted river,…
Bernhard Leitner “SOUNDSPACESCULPTURE” Secession / Vienna
Vienna’s street grid is voiced by its traffic lights. To help blind and visually impaired pedestrians orient themselves and cross…
Shirana Shahbazi, “All at Once. An Interplay with Li Tavor” Kunstmuseum Luzern
In Shirana Shahbazi’s show, “All at Once. An Interplay with Li Tavor” (2026) at the Kunstmuseum Luzern, her 16mm film…
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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…
A Mirror, Darkly. In Conversation with Michaël Borremans
Seeing a painter’s studio always feels intimate. It’s impossible to keep your eyes from darting around. Soaking up the surround. Trying to piece…
Everything it is it has*. Thea Djordjadze
*A line from Anne Carson’s poem “The Glass Essay,”in which the Canadian poet and essayist moves through the psychologically resonant…
Can’t Get You Out of My Head. In Conversation with Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff is already on holiday on an island off Italy’s coast when I interview him. When he picks up…
Taking Flight. Lotus L. Kang
“A trembling dissolution filled the birds — The substance of their being was undone, And they were lost like shade…
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…
After You. Roni Horn
I. It is easy to start with the eyes. My first encounter with the work of Roni Horn involved an…
LIKE A DUET. In Conversation with Anne Imhof
Anne Imhof: I have immense respect and admiration for you as an artist, and I am very lucky to call you my friend! The first…
Symbol of Service
“Anyone can make a case for the outside.” [1] An entry in fourteen small windows, flanked by two glass revolving…
Xochi-Calli: The Architecture of the Inchoate. Carlos H. Matos
Xochi-Calli is a multisensory, immersive work by Mexican architect-sculptor Carlos H. Matos, set within the woodlands of the Lacasapark Art…
The Architecture of Entrapment. In Conversation with Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 188, May–June 1995. Diller + Scofidio is a New York-based collaborative studio involved in cross-disciplinary work…
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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Consider the Sauce Art. In Conversation with Ewa Poniatowska
Shirana Shahbazi, “All at Once. An Interplay with Li Tavor” Kunstmuseum Luzern
The Persistent Present. Yalda Afsah
Familiar Grounds. Mimmo Haraditiohadi
Territories. Vladislav Markov
Felix Gonzalez-Torres “Sweet Revenge” Museo Reina Sofía/ Madrid
Everything it is it has*. Thea Djordjadze
Nina Porter “Sample Question” Kunstverein in Hamburg