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…
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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…
Superscript Walker Art Center / Minneapolis
A number of very young women came up to me over the course of Superscript, the two-day conference on the…
National Pavilions / 56th Venice Biennale
The state of the world is mapped out in every direction in Venice. The national pavilions that dot the perimeter…
There is a Light that Never Goes Out / Amman
Like many Palestinians, artist Emily Jacir has a conflicted relationship with the notion of “site.” Much of her practice examines…
All the World’s Futures / 56th Venice Biennale
If there is a hint of irony to be found in Okwui Enwezor’s curatorial approach for the international exhibition of…
Fondazione Prada / Milan
“The 1990s were Barcelona’s decade, the 2000s Berlin’s. This decade is Milan’s.” With these words Dario Franceschini, Minister of Culture,…