Maurizio Cattelan
After an almost three-year break, during which he curated, along with Gioni and Subotnick, the 4th Berlin Biennial (a real…
Spotlight
Still Moving Image
The brick and rusted metal building of the Devi Art Foundation stands like a giant oversized sculpture in the largely…
The Revolution Continues
“The Revolution Continues,” as title, countenances the past within the present, and the echo of such an imperfect past (tense)…
Italics
We know all too well that controversy is a favorite sport of Italians. Unfortunately, we do not engage in the…
Los penetrados
“To screw it in someone’s ass” is a metaphor that suggests subjection and power. This is the clearest way in…
Katarzyna Kobro and Lygia Clark
The exhibition “Katarzyna Kobro/ Lygia Clark” activated the new building of one of the oldest museums of modern art, Muzeum…
Robin Rhode with Leif Ove Andsnes
Pictures At an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky’s 1874 composition inspired by the paintings of Viktor Hartmann, was the ground on which…
Pop Life: Art in a Material World
With his September 2008 auction at Sotheby’s, Damien Hirst cut out dealers and other art world middlemen, and went straight…
Abstract America
“Abstract” and “New” are two adjectives in this exhibition’s title that became sources of controversy by English critics, who accused…
Camouflage
Sometimes the unexpected has to be looked for between the lines; something comes your way and nothing is anymore what…
Your History is Not Our History
At the entrance of “Your History is Not Our History, New York in the 1980s,” I was pleasantly surprised by…
Maurizio Cattelan
Legs dangling over the top of the Menil Collection’s Renzo Piano façade, backlit by the sky, Maurizio Cattelan’s mechanical drummer…
Dexter Dalwood
In a 2010 interview with critic David Coggins, Dexter Dalwood points out that “History, just like art history, is a…
Marcel Broodthaers
Elusive and recondite, Marcel Broodthaers was a poet for 20 years before he turned his efforts toward art production. His…
Scene Shifts
To make a thematic show is a difficult task. The risk of becoming didactic and obvious is around the corner.…
Move: Choreographing You
On entering “Move: Choreographing You” at the Hayward Gallery, it’s best to leave preconceived ideas of normal gallery behavior at…