Iranian security forces have killed at least 41 people — most of them women — for protesting the oppression and subjugation of women in the name of #MahsaAmini Iranian security forces have killed at least 41 people — most…read more
Solidarity with Ruangrupa, the artists/activists of documenta fifteen, and their allies and friends in the lumbung community. "For months we have continuously faced smearing attacks, humiliations, vandalism, and threats in major media…read more
It has now become painful to watch. Steyerl, who initially had tried to put the whole documenta pre- opening controversy in a historical context has now removed her work from the show. There is a whole world of memes here, of Hito looking...read more
You know what? I am not even going to with the news. THIS WEEK We loved Yuki Kihara's participation at this year’s 59th Venice Biennale, Paradise Camp at the New Zealand pavilion -- now we have the chance to see her work in Berlin too!! TOMORROW...read more
People's Justice by Taring Padi documenta 15 opened last week with all the journalists going on Antisemitismus hunt. First reports were of a lively, uplifting, relaxing experience that "succesfully rejects the western art market" (whatever we...read more
How did I not know the documenta founders were members of Nazi organizations? I mean, the German Pavillion in Venice (rebuilt by Ernst Haiger's design in 1938) has been deconstructed and reconstructed and poked and probed over the years through...read more
As I said, never dull in 2022. So what the f*** is happening with documenta? I have been staring at this text for over a minute now and still can't figure out what it says. Crisis PR mode is even more impenetrable than regular art PRs. Documenta...read more
Never a dull day in 2022; if it is not a worldwide pandemic, it will be the threat of nuclear apocalypse, gas prices, or, you know, the good old abuse of power in the workplace. That is not new; we are new at talking about it. Do you remember...read more
After Gallery Weekend Berlin is Before the Gallery Weekend Berlin. There are a lot of labor issues we gloss over in the art world, in the name of … well, admit it, the minute I said “labor,” you felt your art world pizzaz deflate. It is like...read more
Let's start from the end, shall we? No better way to end your Gallery Weekend ahm week than Miss Read Book Festival 2022 LIVE. IN. BERLIN. AGAIN. 300+ publishers, art periodicals and artists/authors on show and, in conjunction, the Conceptual...read more
Among cultural bans, Covid, and a very prominent national pavilion standing empty, the Venice Biennale is opening this week! Conceived by the first Italian (!) curator Cecilia Alemani who made sure, comme il faut, an overwhelming majority of the...read more
What can art do in times of war you say? Build street barricades! Also, I think I found a use for Schmerlings-Venet's rusty nudels. Victoria Pidust @victoriapidust and Volo Bevza @volobevza found themselves stuck in Ukraine after they went for a...read more
BERLIN! THIS IS THE TIME TO STEP UP. The more unofficial help Ukraine can get, the better, so this doesn't end up into a governments pissing war and we all go down in flames. Three ways to help. 1. Drive supplies to the Polish borders: If you have...read more
So… after two years of Covid; isolation, fear, loss and collective trauma we moved right to Putin is a bad bad boy but hey Ukrainians are white let's not kill them all, world war three vibes? Good Good. Berlin you are beautiful protesting for...read more
I don't know how I missed making fun of this title earlier, (embarrassing even if you set the whole Kunsthalle public funds fiasco aside) I am losing my edge. “Diversity United” is both a tautology and an antithesis. The kind of cringy nonsense...read more
OPENING WED FEB 2ND, 18H GALERIE IM TURM: LERATO SHADI, MAROPENG with DJ-set by Robert Machiri The title Maropeng comes from the Setswana saying »Maropeng go a boelwa go sa boelweng ke teng«. In Setswana, Maropeng means »returning to the place of...read more
Be kind to yourself every day and twice in January or is this not the saying?! Would you rather find storage space for your works or would you rather give them off to an oblique art foundation based in the Cayman islands? Hm. For me, it is a toss...read more
January usually feels like the longest month of the year. With a holiday hangover, another round of questionable family memories under our belly, presents we wanted but do not quite need, and the inherent uncertainty of new beginnings ( even if...read more
SHOP SHOP SHOP A newsletter with Gift Suggestions, you say? Yes please! Do not Panic, test frequently and support your local artists. Every gallery who respects themselves has a web shop by now and a lot of artists sell from their Instas too (...read more
Are Mother shows the new Women shows?! Can't believe I missed this trend. I saw this work yesterday ( thanks to Camille Henrot and her Milkyway series) and it has stayed with me. It's called my dog is cuter than your ugly Baby" from Elina...read more
Here is a short version of a long story on reducing an artworks carbon footprint while still making (most) of the deadlines. From Andreas Greiner: " In July 2021 I decided to re-produce the AI-Video-Work 'Abschied' (Harz) for an exhibition in...read more
Well, well well… last time I heard about Mike Ruiz he was operating a project space out of his Kreuzberg living room, back when Aids3d was a thing and now he has opened a space in NY with partly embezzled moneys? Allegedly. Ha. Isn't he an artist...read more
Get your phone down to Tempelhofer Feld starting tomorrow Nov 4th to experience Nancy's Baker Cahill "Legacy"- presented by @synthesis.gallery, originally commissioned by SXSW, and generously supported by the US Embassy in Berlin and is authorized...read more
°THE FUTURE IS AFRICA° STARTS THIS WEEK 27 OCT – 4 NOV AT BABYLON MITTE. African Film Festival for Children and Youth with a program of 27 short and feature films that tell their stories mostly from the perspective of children and young people...read more
@karolinadrei @krystyna_3t @a.t.machine STARTING WED OCT 20TH 18-21H @DISTRICT_BERLIN: KAUFHAUS DER WORKING CLASS DAUGHTERS , a performative installation with artists/organisers: Karolina Dreit, Kristina Dreit, and Anna Trzpis-McLean working class...read more
