“Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / New York
Visibility is a double-edged sword or, as French philosopher Michel Foucault once categorized it, “a trap.”1 The term’s duality is…
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"Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living" Mori Art Museum / Tokyo
To mark their twentieth anniversary, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo presents “Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living,” co-curated by…
Gina Fischli: Ugly Feelings
Gina Fischli’s work revels in unattractive feelings that commercial and art institutions consider invalid or just too small to matter:…
Rusted Deja Blue. A Conversation with Duval Timothy
Grace Wales Bonner: I just came back from Germany; I was there with Adidas. The show in Paris was really…
Meredith Monk "Calling” Haus der Kunst / Munich; Oude Kerk / Amsterdam
At Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, songs by Meredith Monk lure viewers into the church nave. Large LED screens, suspended from…
Diane Severin Nguyen: Re-Enactment, Acting, Action
I spent a couple of weeks living with Diane Severin Nguyen in an Airbnb in Shanghai. She mostly took me…
Stella Zhong: Real Enigma
Across Neverland terrains, we catch a fade. Words break off its surface with the slimmest shiver, its occurrence a blink.…
Barbara Kruger: Speak Louder
On first receiving the commission to write a profile on Barbara Kruger, my mind flashed to her piece Untitled (Your…
Sophie Jung: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
On top of a gorgeous hangover, Sophie Jung had no clean clothes, so she rocked up looking like shit, quite…