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…
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…
Gil Yefman Tel Aviv Museum of Art / Israel
How can a young Israeli relate to the memory of the Holocaust without the risk of falling into the twofold…