What We Do for Money Manifesta 11 / Zurich
Manifesta 11, the latest edition of the roving European biennial, seeks to explore what makes its current host city, Zurich,…
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The Present in Drag / 9th Berlin Biennale
“People are going apeshit over this!” Or so an artist participating in this year’s Berlin Biennale told me, via e-mail.…
Waiting for the Barbarians EVA International / Limerick
Ireland’s biennial has been in existence since 1977. This year’s iteration includes more than fifty-seven international artists and is curated…
Glasgow International 2016
Glasgow, a Macintoshian architectural pearl in the Scottish Lowlands, is a city stippled by its histories of trade and manufacturing…
Marrakech Biennale 2016
The Marrakech Biennale’s executive president Amine Kabbaj seemed deeply emotional as he dedicated this 6th edition to Leila Alaoui, the…
Native Global Land Fondation Louis Vuitton / Paris
France has always been a country of asylum for Chinese artists. After the First World War, it was where painters…
Condo / London
In London, the third weekend of January marked the inaugural edition of Condo — a new collaborative exhibition initiative led…
Aïshti Foundation / Beirut
The opening of the Aïshti Foundation in Lebanon in the last week of October was a major event in the…
High-Altitude Euphoria / Bogotá
“Colombia is having a moment,” says MoMA’s Director of Adult and Academic Programs Pablo Helguera, echoing the upbeat mood at…
Toronto International Film Festival 2015
Nose down, night buses carry them through Toronto, zero dark whomever with a press pass. Across the street from a…
Burning Los Bar / Wonder Valley
It took about fifteen minutes from the hurling of the first Molotov cocktail for Los Bar to reduce completely into…
Hard Labor and High Culture / 56th Venice Biennale
After the occupation of the Guggenheim’s local branch during the opening week of the Biennale, the Gulf Labor Artist Coalition…
Norwegian Immersion Momentum 8 / Moss
It may sound like a rather quirky idea to begin the latest edition of the Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary…
Displacements and Contradictions Biennial of the Americas / Denver
Speaking about the Americas in the context of contemporary art is complex and problematic when geography does not necessitate a…
Memory of a Free Festival Newman / Lithuania
Newman is a festival in a forest, in a town without a train station. It’s the first but hopefully not…
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art / Moscow
Moscow’s cultural avant-garde may not be in the hands of the contemporary art system. For many, this could be difficult…