Is this The End? Notes from Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
I’ve always suspected there was a clear philosophical through line, linked by the vicissitudes of the absurd, from Kierkegaard to…
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"Eclipse": 7th Athens Biennale
Seeing science as a mystical process — a process that has to do not only with deductive reasoning, but with…
ART X Lagos Shines a Spotlight on Growing Market for NFTs in Africa
The NFT (non-fungible token) craze that has taken hold of the globe is similarly making its way through Africa. At…
“Sensing Nature / Quand la nature ressent” 17th MOMENTA Biennale de l’image Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal
“In our time of environmental disaster and urgent demands for social justice, we need to acknowledge our senses and talk…
“Rites of Passage”: The 4th Oxygen Biennial, Tbilisi
A Soviet-era electrical plant by the Kura River in Tbilisi has turned into the backstage of a liminal dramaturgy. It…
Future: (Is) Now What? A Citywide Roundup of Art Basel 2021
It can be hard to organize one’s thoughts while trying to digest such a vast range of artworks across multiple…
“The Same Sea”: The First Helsinki Biennial
The biennial is a “hegemonic machine”1 (Oliver Marchart) intended to “mediate the local, national, and transnational”2 while being linked to…
Berlin Gallery Weekend 2021: Stalked by Melancholia and Lamentation
“January 21, a country announces its first case of a virus.” “January 23, a city is sealed off to prevent…
The 2021 Verbier Art Summit: A Contemporary Success Lays Bare the Problems of the Future
Were 2021 to be any other year, unburdened by the prohibitive restrictions of travel that keep much of the world…
A Persistent Act: V’20 / Vienna
V’20, the 2020 edition of the Vienna International Film Festival, or “Viennale,” opened as planned, persisting on the notion that…
Angst, Distance, Uncertainty and Buoyance / Gallery Weekend Berlin & Berlin Art Week 2020
In other years, the carnivalesque quality of Berlin Art Week, as well as Gallery Weekend Berlin, was among its defining…
“Various Others,” Munich’s Gallery-Share Initiative
A pole, jutting horizontally out of a wall, inscribed with the word HIT, is recognizably the handle of a shopping…
Biennale Gherdëina 7 / Val Gardena, Dolomites
One could easily miss Henrik Håkansson’s installation A Tree Mirrored (Pinus Cembra) (2020), camouflaged as it is amid the surrounding…
A Resilient Cape: South Africa’s Thriving Art Scene Tackles COVID-19 and Lockdown
Just over one month ago the city of Cape Town was roaring with art and promise. Foreigners flocked from around…
Marrakech: A New Gateway to Africa / 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Marrakech
There’s nothing quite like the kiss of a pristine sunny afternoon in Marrakech. Long known as one of Morocco’s hippest…
"I Love You, Urgently” 21,39 Jeddah Arts / 7th Edition"
As world leaders gather to address the deteriorating state of the earth and what to do next, artists are similarly…