Fakewhale in Dialogue with Michael Lowe
In our conversation with Michael Lowe, a collector whose passion for 1960s and ’70s conceptual and minimalist art has shaped one of the most distinctive archives of its kind, we explored the intersections between memory, material, and meaning.From his first encounter with Duchamp’s Boîte-en-val
Underneath the Paving Stone at Lunds konsthall, Lund
Underneath the Paving Stone by Lygia Clark, Anders Hergum, Valérie Jouve, Yuko Mohri, Kasra Seyed Alikhani, Anne Tallentire, and Carla Zaccagnini, curated by Karin Bähler Lavér, at Lunds konsthall, Lund, 20 September 2025 – 18 January 2026. We enter through fissures. Not metaphorical ones, real
Fakewhale in Dialogue with Caption, Seoul
The contemporary Korean art scene is undergoing a profound transformation, and Caption Seoul has emerged as one of its most distinctive, fluid, and radically hybrid spaces. Born from a simple need for experimentation, it has evolved into a platform that bridges emerging artistic practices, design, a
The Economy of Absence: Scarcity and Value in Contemporary Art
We live immersed in an unprecedented proliferation of images. Every day, millions of representations crowd our devices, dissolving the boundaries between seeing and consuming, between presence and reproduction. Never before in the history of visual culture has access to images been so immediate, so
Lilian Kreutzberger, RAUHFASER at Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo
RAUHFASER by Lilian Kreutzberger, curated by Benno Tempel, at Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, 1 September 2025 – 1 March 2026. Should we have crossed the threshold of the Kröller-Müller Museum as if stepping into a space more mental than physical? Leaving behind the weight of the everyday, we as
Jason Hirata, Vergeltung, at Kaiserwache, Freiburg
Vergeltung by Jason Hirata, curated by Ilja Zaharov, at Kaiserwache, Freiburg, 22/10/2025 – 30/11/2025. What does it mean to receive something simply for being present?Not for applauding, understanding, purchasing, or even attentively observing, but merely for showing up. Entering Vergeltung by Ja
The Illusion of Thinking: On the Comfort of Stereotypes
In the past two episodes of The Illusion of Thinking, we explored how art, much like artificial intelligence, learns to simulate depth and to fear failure. In both cases, what appears to be thought is often a refined form of aesthetic survival: a strategic adaptation to context rather than a genuine
Joan Jonas: The Mirror Was the First Screen
Beginnings in Reflection: The Birth of a Language In the 1960s, New York was a magnetic field of colliding languages: postmodern dance, performance, conceptual art, minimalism.It was in this context that Joan Jonas, born in 1936, began her artistic exploration, one of the first artists to understand
The Counterpower of Piracy: Malta, the Mediterranean, and the Politics of the Sea by Sofia Baldi Pighi
The sea surrounding the Maltese archipelago has long been both a route of danger and a corridor of opportunity. Piracy endured for almost three hundred years, enriching Malta while igniting countless diplomatic tensions. At its peak, Maltese corsairing employed around 4,000 people and operated a fle
The Art of Confusion: How Markets Transformed Exclusion into Value
For decades, the art world has thrived on a grand misunderstanding: mistaking incomprehensibility for depth. All it takes is an opaque language, a curatorial text heavy with empty words, and what would otherwise be trivial suddenly gains the weight of importance. Contemporary art has turned confusio
