Occidenterie by Marek Wolfryd, at General Expenses, Mexico City, 03/02/2025-22/03/2025. Exhibition Text: We are all familiar with chinoiserie: those artifacts, especially popular in decorative arts, on which the West poured all of their thirst for Eastern exotism, imitating and reinterpreting Chines

We at Fakewhale followed the buzz around Anne Imhof’s much-anticipated return to New York, where her new major U.S. production, DOOM: House of Hope, took over the Park Avenue Armory. The German artist, who won the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale with Faust, is no stranger to controversy (t

Fakewhale had the pleasure of speaking with Jacopo Benassi, a multifaceted artist who moves fluidly between photography, performance, publishing, and contemporary art, constantly challenging the boundaries between these disciplines. His work is a radical act: from his exclusive use of flash, which g

Post-Post-Industrial by Thomas McLucas and William McLucas, curated by the artists, at 17-18 Lower Dock Walk, London, 21/06/2024 – 30/06/2024. Exhibition Text: Once the largest gasworks in the world, covering over 500 acres of land, Beckton played a major role in the development of London. Thr

This Is Not For You by Joschua Yesni Arnaut, with collaborator Severine Henriette Meier (Per Yngve Ohlin), curated by Max Pauer, at 1822-Forum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 16.01.2024 – 30.03.2024. Exhibition Text: Memory can either be characterized as a deliberate attempt to recall the past or

David von Bahr’s painting is a dynamic fusion of instinct and control, where raw gestures meet structured frameworks. Working on a large scale, he creates immersive pieces that engage the viewer physically, echoing modernist traditions while remaining deeply contemporary. We at Fakewhale spoke wit

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