Diaries

The Bpigs Diaries offer a peek under the art market hood; what are the power dynamics, access and gatekeeping, and the current tension holders. Let's discuss!

2012

WDIM Spezial: DOCUMENTA

STOP whatever you are doing and plan your trip to Kassel!!! (in that case: Spoiler Alert for following photos) KARLSAUE - (pronounced karls - a-u-e ) Song Dong Anri Sala Pierre Huyghe Sam Durant time bank (eflux/Julieta Aranda &Anton Vidokle)...read more

What Did I Miss 28.05-03.06

Construction/ Building @ Galerie Open, The World is Not Fair: Die Grosse Welt Ausstellung @ Tempelhof Field, Picasso Grid @ Autocenter, The Future Archive @ n.b.k. "this bitch REALLY loves the camera" THURSDAY 31.05 Kanon 1-12, Henrik Vestergaard...read more

What Did I Miss 21.05-27.05

mobile pics from the events we visited WEDNESDAY 23.05 Turkish Art New and Superb @ Tanas THURSDAY 24.05 Haroon Mirza @ Schering Stiftung Slawomir Elsner @ Künstlerhaus Bethanien FRIDAY 25.05 Larry Clark @ C/O SATURDAY 26.05 Book Days @ C/Oread more

Speed Portfolio III feedback

“It reminds me of school time, with the difference that we wrote the books that we are talking about.” One of the artists, the Italian guy, told me this when I asked him how it is going. (Davide from IOCOSE) The idea of the speed portfolio viewing...read more

Andreas Blank, "Shadows of Words Spoken" @ Christian Ehrentraut Review

In preparation for a work included in his solo exhibition, “Shadows of Words Spoken” at Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, sculptor Andreas Blank was in an uncomfortable situation in an Italian quarry. There were only five pieces left of the good...read more

What Did I Miss 15-20.05

mobile pics from the events we visited THURSDAY 17.05 Krytyka Polityczna @ Berlin Biennale SATURDAY 19.05 Cosmophobia @ L'atelier - kunst(spiel)raum SUNDAY 20.05 Speed Portfolio Viewing @ L40 Eine Statue hat sich an mich erinnert ---A statue has...read more

What Did I Miss 07.05-13.05

mobile pics... MONDAY 07.05 Artistic Practice As Research talk @ ProQM WEDNESDAY 09.05 Post gig at the exhibition by residents Melissa Fisher & Teresa Adversa @ Sur la Montagne FRIDAY 11.05 Iain Hamilton Grant: Origins of Dynamics lecture @...read more

Book Hook: The Real Thing

Book Hook: The Real Thing One thing that I find especially appealing about books is that since they are produced in editions, it is possible and affordable to obtain and hold in one’s hand the original object. Why is it so important to be able to...read more

X O @ Grimmuseum - Review by Weronika Trojańska

"Two thirds of what we see is behind our eyes," says Chinese proverb. Does what we see really exist or is it just a creation of our imagination? It is common knowledge that what we perceive is pretty much what our eyes see and report to our brain...read more

What Did I Miss 30.04-06.05

mobile pics... THURSDAY 03.05 Aufbruch. Malerei und realer Raum @ Akademie der Künste FRIDAY 04.05 On Research: Lecture Performance by Hito Steyerl and Rabih Mroué @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt Sand Issue 5 Launch @ mindpirates SATURDAY 05.05 "...read more

Have you met... Rolando Anselmi from Delloro

Last February, Delloro opened its doors again after relocating in Kreuzberg with a concert by Martin Creed and his band that you probably attended or at least heard about. The Berlin-based gallery is the second project of Rolando Anselmi, an...read more

Fudge Fear

You don’t forget fear. How can you? You forget the name of someone the minute they utter it at an opening and you forget the name of a guy you met in Kingsize. You don’t forget fear. Is that a politically correct euphemism for f*ck fear, like we...read more

What Did I Miss Special 7. Berlin Biennale

mobile pics... WEDNESDAY 25.04 Berlin Biennale Press Conference @ Villa Elisabethread more

What Did I Miss 16.04-22.04

Berlin in Köln: Art Cologne Part 2; Kim Fowley in death tour concert- (with Snow Mercy) -Berlin in Berlin: Kleine Humbuld Gallerie, Schau Fenster and... Berlin in Köln when I was taking this picture he was saying (to me): "imagine I am sticking...read more

WDIM Spezial: ART COLOGNE

(my) Virtual Collectors Buy List @Art Cologne 2012/ meine Imaginäre Kaufliste auf der Art Cologne If collecting is a virus- I think I got it. In an all in all very satisfying fair- these are the works I would not want to leave/live without. Total...read more

Have you met... Joanna Warsza

In a little over a week, the long-expected and controversial 7th edition of Berlin Biennale will open its doors at KunstWerke , presumably adding more and more virtual pages of vivid criticism to the many that had already been written. Whenever I...read more

What Did I Miss 09.03-15.03

mobile pics... THURSDAY 12.03 Kirsten Palz - Sculpture as writing @ Grey Sheep x o @ Grimmuseum Post-Studio Tales @ District Berlin Status (1) @ Künstlerhaus Bethanien SATURDAY 14.03 Female Drum Fest @ Bei Royread more

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