Steve McQueen “Sunshine State” Pirelli HangarBicocca / Milan
It could be that film is the medium of death, even more so than the photograph, whose stasis in a…
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“Role Play” Osservatorio Fondazione Prada / Milan
The staging of “Role Play,” a group exhibition on view at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada, seems to echo the neuronal system…
Lene Berg “Fra Far” Bergen Kunsthall
Lene Berg’s “Fra Far,” on view at Bergen Kunsthall, is about a murder, and it is not a spoiler to…
Stanislava Kovalcikova “am I dead yet” Peres Projects / Berlin
Depression feels like an irrepressible yet lethargic urge to continuously ask yourself, “Am I dead yet?” while laying on your…
Tina Braegger “Wer wagt mit mir ein Tänzchen, der wird sich verrenken” Neuer Essener Kunstverein / Essen
Imagine a group of dancing bears. Their mighty limbs positioned in similar poses on each frame, their jaws locked in…
Ellen Berkenblit “Other Shapes at Night” Vielmetter / Los Angeles
I didn’t know just what to do So I whispered “I love you” And he said that he loved me…
"The Puppet Show" Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
In “The Puppet Show,” curator Mohamed Almusibli assembles seven positions by artists working across (and between) performance, sculpture, drawing, and…
"TECHNO" Museion / Bolzano
There is a macroscopic connection between the idea behind “TECHNO” and its exhibition design. I am talking about the digital…
Sands Murray-Wassink "I am not American (I love Adrian, I miss Carolee, I follow Hannah)" Auto Italia / London
In what ways is a mind a body? The one inextricably feeds the other, yes, but there are many minds…
Black Quantum Futurism “CPT Reversal” REDCAT / Los Angeles
There has never been a more opportune time to think about concepts of the “future” than our present moment —…
Rachel Rose "Enclosure" Gladstone Gallery / New York
With “Enclosure,” her latest exhibition at Gladstone Gallery, New York, Rachel Rose takes us back to a moment in time…
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley "She Keeps Me Damn Alive" Arebyte Gallery / London
If much of the art world has forgotten that art can (and ought to) be difficult, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley certainly has…
Simon Fujiwara “Once Upon a Who” Esther Schipper / Berlin
Simon Fujiwara’s “Who the Bær” character would surely indulge Marshall McLuhan’s “gadget lover,” caressing them feverishly, in the same way…
“CACOTOPIA 06” Annka Kultys Gallery / London
Originating from the Greek, kakos (“bad” or “evil”) and topos (“place”), a cacotopia is a dystopian world characterized by social…
İpek Duben “The Skin, Body, And I” SALT / Beyoğlu
“The Skin, Body, and I” is a comprehensive overview of the Istanbul period of İpek Duben’s oeuvre, covering an impressive…
"Memeplex™" Seventeen Gallery / London
Engineered by Germany-based art collective Omsk Social Club and UK-based artist Joey Holder, “Memeplex™” — a twelve-artist group exhibition at…