Zhankun Dai, Crashing Exercises at Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai
Crashing Exercises by Zhankun Dai, at Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, 29 May – 26 July 2025. You don’t walk into Crashing Exercises, you breach it. A fractured fuselage leans like a wounded threshold at the gallery’s entrance, and already the air feels charged with a hush that is anything but peac
The Saturation of Vision: Apathy in the Age of Scrolling
It’s no longer a matter of visibility. The images are already here. Everywhere. At every moment.We don’t need to seek them out, they find us. They pass through us, slip into the gaps of our attention, strike the retina, overlap, are forgotten. Art, video art, design, politics, advertising, pain,
Fakewhale in Dialogue with Matteo Cantarella
On the occasion of this conversation with Matteo Cantarella, founder of the eponymous gallery in Copenhagen, we delve into the path that led him to open his exhibition space, the curatorial vision that shapes his programming, and the challenges of today’s contemporary art landscape. This dialogue
Wade Guyton and Beatrix Ruf in Conversation with Matteo Giovanelli Following the opening of Michael Ringier’s Collection at the Langen Foundation, Düsseldorf
On April 13th, The Langen Foundation (Düsseldorf, GER) opened an extraordinary exhibition celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Swiss Ringier Collection. The show unfolds within Tadao Andō’s iconic minimalist structure, showcasing around 500 works from Michael Ringier’s personal collect
Fakewhale in Dialogue with Pfeifer & Kreutzer
Since 2014, Pfeifer & Kreutzer have built a distinctive and nuanced artistic universe, one where each mechanical gesture, sonic vibration, or subtle interaction with materiality becomes a reflection on the fragile relationship between humanity and technology. At Fakewhale, we had the opportunity
Fakewhale in Dialogue with Chris Dorland
We’ve been following Chris Dorland’s work for some time now, captivated by his ability to fuse digital languages, analog remnants, and a near-prophetic take on the post-human condition. His paintings seem to erupt from a collision between material substance and the residue of corrupted systems,
FW Spotlight: Top Submissions of May 2025
Every so often, we find ourselves longing for a refuge, not a place, but an idea. A nest that keeps the noise of the world at bay, a system that won’t collapse under the weight of time, a light that no longer confuses the moths. But what happens when that refuge is made of circuits, […]
Language as Urban Short Circuit — Fakewhale in Conversation with Skygolpe: Exploring the Public Billboards of BLACKOUT
With a gesture that is both radical and deeply philosophical, Skygolpe’s latest work takes over the urban landscape of Milan with BLACKOUT, a project that probes our relationship with artificial intelligence, language, and contemporary identity. Through cryptic statements spread across massive bil
Fakewhale Meets Domenico Romeo: On Modularity, Meaning, and Multiform Practice
We’ve been closely following the work of Domenico Romeo with great interest. As an artist, designer, and art director, he has spent years moving fluidly across visual art, fashion, sculpture, and symbolic writing, developing a personal language that is both ever-evolving and deeply coherent. His m
FAKEWHALE in conversation with Jan Robert Leegte
On the occasion of the upcoming exclusive Fakewhale-curated release Walled Garden, launching June 5 2025 at 6:00 PM CEST / 12:00 PM EDT, Fakewhale sat down with Dutch artist Jan Robert Leegte to discuss the conceptual framework behind a project that brings the NFT medium into an unexpected, highly c
