John Knight The Intermission / Athens
After the global financial crisis in 2008, the G20 Summit — the annual meeting of leaders from countries with the…
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Andra Ursuta Ramiken Crucible / New York
While Ramiken Crucible’s space is undergoing renovation, Andra Ursuta has taken the opportunity to exhibit new work in an empty…
Buck Ellison Balice Hertling / Paris
While gender stereotypes, particularly masculinity, are lately being called into question, the young photographer Buck Ellison explores advertising’s gift for…
Janiva Ellis 47 Canal / New York
A body is torn away from itself and reformed around a hard fist. Light bounces off the eye of the…
Chillida Leku Museum / San Sebastián
The spirit of Eduardo Chillida reverberates throughout Chillida Leku — “the place of Chillida” in the Basque language. Here, Chillida’s…
“STURTEVANT: MEMES”Freedman Fitzpatrick / Los Angeles
“STURTEVANT: MEMES” at Freedman Fitzpatrick is the artist’s first solo exhibition to be mounted in Los Angeles since her death…
Oslo Biennial 2019
The Venice Biennale opened in the same week as the first edition of the OsloBiennalen. But while the former will…
Zhao Zhao Mizuma Art Gallery / Singapore
Entering the gallery I encounter a huge canvas, so large that it occupies an entire wall — tall enough to…
Singapore Utopia Chan + Hori Contemporary / Singapore
A gang of avant-gardists wants to have a utopian impact on Singapore society. They hope to shape the present world…
The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100 GARAGE Museum of Contemporary Art / Moscow
Is it the elephant in the room or a non-issue that the Garage Museum is funded by fossil-fuel, given that…
Mia Habib TBA Festival / Portland
A swarm of people gathers in Pioneer Square, the amphitheater-shaped plaza that is Portland’s downtown hub. These thirty or forty…
Alex Ayed B7L9 / Tunis
From the garden behind the gallery, Alex Ayed summons a flock of pigeons that obediently shuffles its way into the…
Alexander Calder Centro Botín / Santander
Each “Calder Story” at Centro Botín is an untold one. More than eighty mobiles, maquettes, and architectural projects are on…
Sara Cwynar Blitz / Valletta
“My mission is to spark joy in the world through tidying,” says a smiling Marie Kondo — the pop-culture tidying guru…
Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts Kestnergesellschaft / Hannover
“A community for all the arts … a cultural center for the new age.” This sounds like another Bauhaus centennial…
Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival XXII Triennale / Milan
Put it this way: what we define as contemporary is mainly connoted by fragility. If we look at projects like…