Archives as Footnotes. Ian Waelder
I first encountered Ian Waelder’s work at Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover, in “thereafter” (2025). What struck me was how insistently…
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Whitney Biennial 2026, Whitney Museum of American Art/ New York
Living in the United States in the spring of 2026 is akin to living in the center of a hurricane…
Berlin: After the Myth
On a balmy evening in late April, after Lina Lapelytė’s performers had finished performing, Sam Bardaouil said Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof…
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…
Slowly, Then All at Once. Sarah Brahim
I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me. — Virginia Woolf, The Waves[1] Last Christmas,…
Taking Flight. Lotus L. Kang
“A trembling dissolution filled the birds — The substance of their being was undone, And they were lost like shade…
In the Waste of Others. Florentina Holzinger
It’s the first official pre-opening day of the 61st Venice Biennale and we, a group of eager art tourists, are…
Brook Hsu “The Barcelona Pavilion” Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler/ Berlin
Brook Hsu’s “The Barcelona Pavilion” at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler begins with a paradox: a building conceived as an emblem of permanence that…
The Great Escape from Girlhood: Visual Essay by Bella Newman
I texted photographer Bella Newman, “I think we get lost in the girlhood of it all.” She texted back, “You hit the…
wet flicks of sound. Jenna Sutela
Like an owner that begins to resemble their dog, we humans have grown closer to our technologically saturated environments. What…
“Body Fragment” The Power Station/ Dallas
On the radio recently, I heard news of an Israeli bombing of an apartment building in Beirut that killed everyone…
“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…