Océane Bruel & Dylan Ray Arnold at Lämpimästi: Swallowed Rooms.
There’s a peculiar sensation that arises only in certain moments: when you enter a room that doesn’t belong to you, but feels eerily familiar. A spoon left askew, light catching on a glossy surface, the muffled pulse of a pipe behind the wall. Georges Perec wrote that to live is to move from one
What Remains of the Gesture: Fables, Algorithms, and the Melancholy of the Mechanical. Ryan Gander at Basament, Roma
“We are what we repeatedly do,” Aristotle once said. But in a time when repetition is dictated more by algorithms than habits, what exactly are we becoming?” As we descend into Basement Roma, tucked beneath the streets of Rome, the mood quickly shifts from the ancient grandeur of the city abov
Art After the Click: From Presence to Post-Production
Unseen Art: The Birth of Mediation Art, in its most mythological conception, was born to be seen. And yet, for over a century now, what we consume, more frequently and more widely, is no longer the artwork itself, but its image. Photography, introduced in the 19th century as a documentary tool, soon
Liturgies of Black: Thierry De Cordier and the Discipline of Absence
The Discipline of Nothingness There are exhibitions that present artworks, and there are those that present thresholds. NADA, the monographic project by Belgian artist Thierry De Cordier at Fondazione Prada’s Cisterna in Milan, belongs entirely to the latter. It does not offer paintings to admire,
MMMAD Festival 2025: “Abracadabra”: of Magic and Technology
From April 24 to May 24, Madrid becomes a hub of artistic and technological marvels, hosting the sixth edition of MMMAD Festival under the theme “Abracadabra: of Magic and Technology.” In this month-long celebration, the city’s iconic spaces, streets, and cultural centers will be transformed
ZERO IN: The Image as a Necessary Accident:on Rita Ackermann + Harmony Korine at the Maria Leuff Foundation
Some images arrive with the clarity of a completed gesture; others crash into view like accidents. They hesitate, stutter, get dirty. They don’t reveal themselves; they happen. ZERO IN, the exhibition at the Maria Leuff Foundation that brings together Rita Ackermann’s painting with Harmony Korin
Beyond the Real: Art in the Age of Perpetual Reproduction
The Image Before the Experience The exhibition begins well before its official opening. The public already knows about it, comments on it, and forms opinions before even stepping into the gallery. Contemporary art happens on Instagram, not as a direct experience, but as a flow of images that precede
Tatjana Vall, Warm Silver Skies at BRITTA RETTBERG, Munich
Warm Silver Skies by Tatjana Vall at BRITTA RETTBERG, Munich, from February 14 to March 29, 2025. “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” – Aldous Huxley, Brave New World There is something deeply human, and ther
Curator Spotlight #4: Yuqian Sun
In this new chapter of the “Curator Spotlight” series curated by Giuseppe Moscatello and Linda Shen, the exploration into the intersection of digital artistic experimentation and the cultural dynamics of the contemporary Chinese art scene continues. The transformative capabilities of gen
What is LOWTECH?
Fakewhale emerges as a critical response to this transitional moment, where technology not only takes on an increasingly central role but asserts itself with a pervasive, almost intrusive presence, particularly within the realm of art. This technological infiltration is riddled with ambiguities: on
