“Various Others,” Munich’s Gallery-Share Initiative
A pole, jutting horizontally out of a wall, inscribed with the word HIT, is recognizably the handle of a shopping…
Andreas Schlaegel
Isa Melsheimer “Der unerfreuliche Zustand der Textur” KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art / Berlin
This solo exhibition by Isa Melsheimer is also KINDL’s first show under new artistic director Kathrin Becker, who joined the…
Jenna Sutela “NO NO NSE NSE” Kunsthall Trondheim / Norway
It’s no small feat that the recently appointed director of the Kunsthall Trondheim, Stefanie Hessler, lured one of the most…
Keren Cytter Galerie Nagel Draxler / Cologne
After an unsuccessful attempt at seducing her neighbor, a young woman, who is the main protagonist in Keren Cytter’s new…
Oslo Biennial 2019
The Venice Biennale opened in the same week as the first edition of the OsloBiennalen. But while the former will…
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…
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…
MOMENTUM10 10th Nordic Biennial of Contemporay Art / Norway
The tenth installment of this Scandinavian biennial, held in the small paper-milling town of Moss, Norway, can certainly be seen…
Global National Haus am Lützowplatz / Berlin
Some things are over in no time at all, and some things linger, even if one would like them to…
Decolonizing Appearance CAMP Center for Art on Migration Politics / Copenhagen
The term “immersion” was probably the most overused word in the art world last year, often connected to concepts of…
Neue Berliner Funky
The art world’s recent infatuation with German painting has distracted attention from the emergence of a group of artists contributing…
Matti Braun
Matti Braun thinks big. And he’s looking at you. His interest lies in the cultural and artistic relationships that transgress…
Isa Genzken
The art student was shocked. The carefully prepared presentation collapsed under a surprisingly simple if not quite obvious question the…
Summer’s White Nights
It may sound odd, but if you’re new to Oslo and its small but exquisite art scene, then Berlin is…
Pictures, Before and After
When a symposium on the work of Douglas Crimp was announced, of course I wanted to go, very much so.…
Vanessa Safavi
Andreas Schlaegel: Your works appear to communicate exceptionally well in images. Vanessa Safavi: I suppose so, but it also has…