“The Milk of Dreams”: A Posthuman Revolution at the 59th Venice Biennale
Cecilia Alemani has curated a posthuman biennial, or so the worldwide press reports. The New York curator used the term…
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster “Alienarium 5” Serpentine South Gallery / London
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster wants to know: “What if aliens were in love with us?” Influenced by her research into extraterrestrial life,…
Kahrkiv / Venice. April 2022
The following are excerpts from conversations that artist Pavlo Makov had with various people from February 24 — the day…
No Word Can Hold the Person. A Conversation with Rindon Johnson
Rindon Johnson’s work is as much about poetry as it is about presence. Poetry, in how the American artist uses…
Heidi Bucher "Metamorphoses I" Kunsthalle Bern
When the word skin is verbalized — to skin — the associations with this outer layer of the body start…
Artists at Risk: A Conversation with Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen
Artists at Risk (AR) is a non-profit organization at the intersection of human rights and the arts, with a mandate…
Barbara Kruger “THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.” LACMA / Los Angeles
One is a critic because one has never felt affirmed (Barbara Kruger never speaks in the third person). There is…
“Quiet as It’s Kept” Whitney Biennial 2022 Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
The eightieth iteration of the Whitney Biennial is subtitled “Quiet as It’s Kept,” an expression curator Adrienne Edwards remembers her…
Beyond the Limits of Empirical Knowledge: Marguerite Humeau's New Way of Thinking and Making
Some might consider Marguerite Humeau’s artistic trajectory unconventional. Coming to art via design, she first studied textile design in France,…
Tishan Hsu: Body Currents
As of late, “prescient” has become the preferred modifier for artist, Tishan Hsu. Indeed, as framed by the recent retrospective…
Stepping Towards Something Like an Experience: The Wu Tsang's Moby Dick
Hidden stories and marginal narratives have attracted Wu Tsang throughout her artistic career. The belief that history is nothing but…
Charles Ray Centre Pompidou and Pinault Collection – Bourse de Commerce / Paris
Plank Piece I and II (1973), a black-and-white photographic diptych showing the young Charles Ray’s body pinned against the wall…
Jackie Winsor MAMCO / Genève
When Michael Fried published his notorious essay “Art and Objecthood” (1967), he likely did not expect “theatricality” to become such…
Berenice Olmedo: The Myth of Autonomy
My first introduction to Berenice Olmedo’s work, which encompasses sculpture, performance, and installation, was a photo of the artist dressed…
When Your Smile Is So Wide and Your Heels Are So High: The Paintings of Louisa Gagliardi
My father recently told me how he often walks around the house opening doors and gazing into empty rooms. He…
Misaligned Identities: Raphaela Vogel
When I think back on 2018 there is always something that feels misaligned — a disconnect between myself and the…