Editor in Chief, Despina Stokou, has been in charge of Bpigs since it first launched in 2010. Here she discusses her experiences, observations, and outlook on being an artist, the art market, and life in general.
Never- Ever send an angry mail..not even from your iphone. Can only translate the punchline -- conclusion of an email "dispute" between an applicant for an internship job at Flash Art Magazine in Italy and Giancarlo Politi- director. A girl from...read more
We seem to be moving towards winter backwards in the calendar and Berliners always react unexpectedly to extended sunshine. First the article of Kai Müller in Tagesspiegel informing extensively about how the so called Seven (powerful galleries)...read more
The Godfather part III He is very big in Italy... Is he, ha.. I thought it was just a friend of John’s.. He is huge in Italy... Here in Berlin he is a nobody. That is what I love about berlin, you can be anybody anywhere, here we are all the same...read more
I think it is ok if I just go ahead and say it: Saying you are an artist (in Berlin) is kind of the equivalent of saying you are Greek right now. Try it out. The minute your conversation with somebody at an opening gets interesting tell them “I am...read more
The other project space- VeneKlasenWerner I have been hearing the name VenerklaseWerner whispered around Berlin in awe for quite some time now, mostly in relation to some amazing after party or exclusive dinner, as things go in the arts. The...read more
from my article on http://www.berlinartlink.com/2011/06/23/spritz-kitsch-and-whiskey-sour/ LIST OF SMS EXCHANGED DURING THE OPENING DAYS OF THE VENICE BIENNALE Interview magazine party is scula grande, sestiere di san polo 2454. Text me if you...read more
Last week @ frieze d/e discussion about Leben in der Blase (living in the bubble) in Monbijou Park as part of based in berlin - about the growing (and growingly indifferent) expatriate scene in Berlin, I ran into Santiago Taccetti , Argentinian...read more
According to a poster I saw on the street there were three Turner Prize winners having a solo show opening this gallery weekend: the coo-coo lady in Bortolozzi, the painting genius in Johnen and one more who now escapes me. It also escapes me who...read more
