Nan Goldin “This Will Not End Well” Neue Nationalgalerie / Berlin
Nan Goldin’s retrospective, “This Will Not End Well,” is a monumental and deeply moving journey through the acclaimed photographer’s life…
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“Irving Penn: Centennial” MOP Foundation / A Coruña
Arriving in the maritime city of A Coruña, Galicia, feels like stepping into a land that embraces with open arms…
Dominique White “Deadweight” Collezione Maramotti / Reggio Emilia
Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? Sirs, in that grey vault. The sea. The…
“YOU ARE HERE: Central Asia” Fondazione Elpis / Milan
You are here. Position pinned. If we pause for a moment, are we able to locate the Central Asian republics…
Kai Althoff “di costole” nervi delle volpi / Genoa
In Kai Althoff’s exhibition “di costole” at Nervi Delle Volpi, a new space in Genoa organized by Berlin’s Galerie Neu,…
Diego Marcon “La Gola” Kunsthalle Wien
If someone asked me to imagine what Diego Marcon’s studio might look like, I’d likely picture a puppeteer’s workshop. Lining…
“Poetics of encryption” Kunsthal Charlottenborg / Copenhagen
From smartphones to computers, from social media algorithms to artificial intelligence and virtual assistants, our daily lives are governed by…
Wynnie Mynerva “My Weaponised Body” Gathering / London
Silvia Federici once wrote that “the body is a factory.” For the body to not work — can’t or won’t…
Lotus L. Kang “Azaleas” Commonwealth and Council / Los Angeles
Kim Sowol’s 1925 poem Azaleas is written from a feminine perspective, where the speaker, anticipating her lover’s leaving, plans to…
Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) “milk and honey” Cristin Tierney Gallery / New York
Having climbed the stairs to Sara Siestreem’s solo show “milk and honey” at Cristin Tieren Gallery, viewers will be made…
Oisín Byrne “smell the book” Mount Stuart
In the text accompanying Oisín Byrne’s exhibition “Smell the Book,” writer Daisy Lafarge asks, “How does language make you feel?”1…
Kenji Ide “Some Other Times” Władysław Broniewski Museum of Literature / Warsaw
The exhibition “Some Other Times” by Japanese artist Kenji Ide was organized by the Polish gallery Wschód as part of…
SoiL Thornton “candidate screening methods” Progetto / Lecce
SoiL Thornton’s practice embodies Glissantian opacity, engaging in a play of misunderstanding and ambiguity. It’s open to the indefinable yet…
Rebecca Horn Haus der Kunst / Munich
I wrote a draft of this review while returning from Munich on September 6th. Just a few hours later, on…
Nick Goss “Isle of Thanet” Perrotin / Paris
What is immediately striking about Nick Goss’s work is the subversion of the perspective, which shifts from piece to…
David L. Johnson “From the Street I Can See the Moon” The Shop at Sadie Coles HQ / London
The Judas Cradle, a medieval torture device, consisted of a pyramidal “chair” upon which victims were positioned so that their…