Aki Sasamoto “Sounding Lines” Para Site / Hong Kong
To enter Aki Sasamoto’s exhibition “Sounding Lines” at Para Site, you need a half-minute journey to the 22nd floor. You…
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Roni Horn Hauser & Wirth / Menorca
To get to Illa del Rey, on the northeastern side of Menorca, a short boat ride is necessary. This brief…
Mohamed Bourouissa “Signal” Palais de Tokyo / Paris
At the 1920 Dada Festival in Paris, André Breton wore a sign made by Francis Picabia, a drawing of a…
Paul Pfeiffer “Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom” MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art / Los Angeles
First and foremost, Paul Pfeiffer’s retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, “Prologue to the Story of the…
“A Cosmic Movie Camera” Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement / Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Examining last century’s art through a post-formalist lens reveals two key aspects: the gradual blurring of the line between viewer…
Jasmine Gregory “Si je ne peux pas l’avoir, toi non plus” CAPC – Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux
The CAPC – Musée d’art Contemporain is contained in a cavernous converted nineteenth-century warehouse in Bordeaux. It is a fitting…
Dora Budor “Again” Nottingham Contemporary
Croatian-born Dora Budor’s inaugural institutional exhibition in the UK, titled “Again,” takes place at Nottingham Contemporary, one of many organizations…
“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…
"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…
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…
Rirkrit Tiravanija “A LOT OF PEOPLE” MoMA PS1, New York
The energy at the opening celebration of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s solo exhibition at MoMA PS1 was electric. On that cold and…
Eleanor Antin and My Barbarian MCASD – Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), is the economically titled exhibition “Eleanor Antin and…
Nan Goldin “This Will Not End Well” Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
“My whole life is based on memories. I remember everything that’s ever been said to me,” Nan Goldin remarks in…
Mary Ellen Mark “Encounters” C/O / Berlin
Were someone to grab me by the collar and demand a definition of good documentary photography, I might offer the…
“Nonmemory” Hauser & Wirth / Los Angeles
At Hauser & Wirth, seven works by the late Mike Kelley, mostly sculptures isolated from their conceptual contexts, sit with…
Kayode Ojo “EDEN” 52 Walker, New York
Kayode Ojo’s signature glitter finds its largest stage yet at 52 Walker, where one wall of the sprawling 3,385-square-foot space…