How does text function as part of visual language? What is the value of criticism? We're not cynics and we like to believe criticism is a practice in critical thinking that leads to a voicing of opinions, constructive suggestions, a few punches on the shoulder, and/or much needed recognition. See which exhibitions and events were worth dwelling on.
And action! First thing I did on the fair was a step back, fretting from the crazy whip lady, one of the many shows/actions to be set up and taken down in the course of 2 hours in the Upcoming Exhibitions section right by the entrance. Is she...read more
art berlin contemporary’s sixth edition opens today at Station Berlin! Following the success of last year’s art fair format, galleries across the world were invited to demonstrate their ability as producers for artists at this year’s fair. With...read more
Marino Auriti's "Il Palazzo Encyclopedico del Mondo, (ca.1950s), surrounded by photographs by J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere Spread between the Central Pavilion at the Giardini and part of the Arsenale, the exhibition curated by Masimiliano Gioni displays,...read more
It’s the Olympics of the art world and the jury is a bit stingy with the Gold Lion awards, so here are some more (unfortunately only symbolic) prizes for the national pavilions and collateral events of the 55th Venice Biennale. National Pavilions...read more
What a weird, beautiful, overwhelming day. Attending the Gallery Weekend preview for the press definitely gave me some material to discuss and/or brag about. Since I wasn't familiar with this kind of event (fresh Berlin transplant!), they already...read more
During his lecture, “What is the Museum of Contemporary Art?” co-curator of the 9th Shanghai Biennale Boris Groys brought up the following scenario: We are immersed in a virtual world surrounding life, and in order to get away, to escape the glow...read more
Fall has always been my favourite season with a reason, and this past week has only confirmed that. We had Boros' refurbishing, Johann König's festive secularization of St. Agnes, Preview, plenty of Berlin galleries proudly presenting their new...read more
The long-awaited art berlin contemporary kicked off yesterday morning at Station-Berlin revealing itself as one of the most exciting events of the season. Featuring the newest positions in the contemporary art scene, this time under no subject and...read more
After climbing the stairs to the top floor of an old industrial building, now Delloro Contemporary Art, one enters Wolfgang Stiller’s installation, Laboratory I, an installation that feels like a combination of the backstage office at the natural...read more
Cia Rinne believes that if you only speak one language you are limited in your thinking because you can only express things in one way. In her show, Sounds for Soloists, at Grimmuseum, Rinne showcases her ability to express herself through an...read more
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
"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
February in Madrid means the whole art scene bursting: the international Art Fair Arco opened for its 31st edition, and so did Art Madrid and the more alternative Flecha or Justmad . But all this excitement in the official art dates is not keeping...read more
Kadar Brock and Matt Jones both push their materials to their limits. Although they each treat their materials in different ways, they set up very specific conditions in which the physical and chemical properties of the paint and canvas determine...read more
Dash Snow’s work focuses on the lurid. Whether pulpy headline collage, wild night-life photography, or grainy super 8 film—it’s all pretty smutty. And while the short film, Familae Erase, and collection of 147 tiled Polaroids on view at the CFA...read more
Television commercials and portrait painting are brought side by side in Sebastian Biskup’s solo exhibition at 7Hours Haus 19. This unlikely pairing has been given a similar systematic treatment, and the result is a body of work that is...read more
The figure of Javier Perés doesn’t need to be introduced to those who know Berlin’s art scene. The founder of already almost legendary “Peres Projects”, which currently has two locations in Berlin (previously also in Los Angeles and Athens), and...read more
The white cube is packed and the boxes are ventilated; sisters Dina and Julia Boswank are working together for the first time for this exhibit at Satellit Berlin. Although they work in different mediums, Dina using video and sound and Julia...read more
The press photo for Andrea Dettmar’s debut Berlin exhibition at Scotty Enterprises depicts a man emerging from or being sucked into an Etruscan Tomb. Paired with the title of the show, hatch , the photograph demonstrates the most literal...read more
Twelve artists, one background: Turkey There is no conceptual or formal framework that connects all of the works in the exhibition Zwölf im Zwölften at Tanas; the premise of the show is purely biographical: all of the participating artists are...read more
Stedefreund is celebrating their 5 th anniversary and re-opening in a new Mitte location with Space Release , a series of exhibitions that the group has scheduled until February next year. For Space Release #1, twelve Stedefreund artists deal with...read more
After a previous experience at Kunstraum Kreuzlingen and a year of research compiling material, curators Daniela Petrini and Tanja Trampe have displayed seventeen different approaches around the topic luck and happiness in a second exhibition zum...read more
What is immediately striking about the show, Surrogate at Galerie Axel Obiger is the tension between the two bodies of work presented. Granted both artists are concerned with exploring photography’s potential as a medium (and photography’s...read more
ERBE BY STEPHANIE HANNA @ Donau x Ganghofer She isn't new to Berlin or to the space, but she's new to Pigs. The exhibition space Donau x Ganghofer is offering you the exhibition 'Erbe' from Stephanie Hanna. With the possibility to only view from...read more
Before there was text there was the image, a subjective representation of the surrounding reality. The text itself seems to be more complex. It consists of many layers including the semantic, the information, and the visual layer. In everyday life...read more
