Life after the Miracle
“In 1990 We Spoke about Freedom, Now We Speak about Money.” Dan Perjovschi’s pertinent words on the condition of contemporary…
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Helen Marten
Maurizio Cattelan: I liked that blue woolen sweater you wore yesterday. Helen Marten: Thanks. I borrowed it. It’s actually really…
Henrik Olesen
In an infamous scenario fit for a William Burroughs’ novel, the English mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing (1912-1954) was…
Edward Kienholz
Recently, the art of Edward Kienholz returned to the fore of discussion in Los Angeles as part of the Getty…
Elad Lassry
Untitled (Presence 2005) by Elad Lassry, featuring six members of the New York City Ballet, confirms the artist’s deep interest…
Asia at a Glance II
Flash Art Asia delves into the Asian contemporary art phenomenon that has exploded on the international art scene. Returning with…
Takashi Murakami
Massimiliano Gioni: Let’s start with the title of the exhibition: “Murakami – Ego.” Takashi Murakami: “Murakami – Ego” is a…
The Collectors Show: Chimera
“The Collectors Show: Chimera” at the Singapore Art Museum, comprising 28 contemporary works by 18 Asian artists from private collections,…
George Henry Longly
Wendy Vogel: You included a Diptyque candle in the exhibition “Glaze” that you curated at Bischoff/Weiss, appropriating this understated “signifier…
Jeremy Shaw
Klaus Biesenbach: Your visual arts career is your second successful profession. Why did you decide to not pursue your promising…
Hallyu
Lately, the main buzzword around the South Korean cultural scene is “hallyu,” the so-called Korean wave. Pop music, soap operas,…
Ohad Meromi
In “The Sadness of Post-Workerism,” an essay by the anthropologist and activist David Graeber that Ohad Meromi shared with me,…
A Space in Between
Sara VanDerBeek: I came here excited having recently seen your exhibition “Available Light” (2012). It was so simple and luminous,…
Gede Mahendra Yasa
Lucy Rees: Your work consistently touches on the philosophical and epistemological aspects of painting. Can you talk about the title…
Liu Wei
Reality: this nominal territory we all inhabit but which no one can own or control. Simply defined, “reality” is the…
We Are Beautiful
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 284 May-June 2012 Looking at society today, the fundamental question of whether human…