Territories. Vladislav Markov
It takes at least three people to make a society. Three, then, are also enough to make a secession. The…
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The Object, the Ego, and the Self. Bogdan Ablozhnyy
In Bogdan Ablozhnyy’s The Case of Paranoia (2025), a mannequin’s hand is placed against the wall at waist height. It…
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…
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…
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…
Symbol of Service
“Anyone can make a case for the outside.” [1] An entry in fourteen small windows, flanked by two glass revolving…
Balancing Surrogates. In Conversation with Ivan Cheng
When Ivan Cheng and I first spoke over lunch in Venice this spring, our conversation disappeared almost immediately into a…
The Sound of Broken Eggshells. Luzie Meyer
In June 2025, I enter the former canteen of the Sophiensæle in Berlin and hear sounds moving through the room.…
Mercurial New York. In Conversation with Rose Salane
Rose Salane’s newly commissioned film Mercurial New York (2026), debuting at the 61st Venice Biennale, “In Minor Keys,” curated by…
A Refusal to Explain. In Conversation Anne Holtrop
Transparency is supposed to be a virtue — in politics, in institutions, in architecture. Glass buildings promise openness; democratic language…
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…
The Tint of Los Alamos
When you tell a local in New Mexico that you are headed to Los Alamos, they will remind you not…
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…
Taking Flight. Lotus L. Kang
“A trembling dissolution filled the birds — The substance of their being was undone, And they were lost like shade…
Singing, Dancing, and Building with Kappa
Anarchitecture The term “anarchitecture” has been used independently by several figures,[1] but here, I adopt it in my own way.…
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…