Olfactory Fatigue
By Alice HattrickAdam Christensen, 'Smell of Intuition', 2015, installation view as part of 'I'm Here But You've Gone', Fiorucci Art Trust. Courtesy: the artist and Fiorucci Art Trust; photography:...
View ArticleFilm in Three Dimensions: Postcard from the 61st International Short Film...
By Dan KidnerStill from '5m 80' (2012) by Nicolas Deveaux, part of the themed section at the Oberhausen Short Film FestivalOn my way back from this year’s Oberhausen Short Film Festival – a week-long...
View ArticleFrom Kathmandu: art in a time of crisis
By Kurchi DasguptaArmy officers rescuing artworks from the National Academy of Fine Art, Kathmandu It is afternoon in Kathmandu and I sit at my laptop, grateful that my internet connection is holding...
View ArticlePostcard from Newcastle: Mikhail Karikis’s ‘The Endeavour’ at The Gallery,...
By Becca VoelckerMikhail Karikis, 'The Endeavour', 2015, split screen installation. Courtesy: Tyneside CinemaIs that a smeuse? Am I only seeing it now that I know its name? I’m reading Robert...
View Article‘Short Film Series’ by Guy Sherwin
By Juliet JacquesGuy Sherwin, Portrait with Parents, 1974, 16mm film still. All images courtesy: Guy Sherwin and LUX, LondonFollowing its inception in 1966, the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative,...
View ArticlePostcard from Moscow: A New Garage
By Valentin DiaconovThe new home of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, designed by OMA/Rem Koolhaas. Photo: Yuri PalminOn the day of the opening of the new Rem Koolhaas-designed Garage...
View ArticlePostcard from Moss: Momentum, The 8th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art
By Valentina SansoneBrody Condon's performance streamed live at the opening of Momentum 8. Photo by Vegard Kelven.The 8th edition of Momentum, the Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, takes place in...
View ArticlePostcard from Lismore Castle: ‘The Persistence of Objects’
By Charlie FoxLismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland‘Outlandish’ would be the best word for the whole trip. First, let’s note that nothing beats the Gothic thrill supplied by receiving an invitation...
View ArticlePostcard from Palermo
By Mike WatsonCarlo and Fabio Ingrassia, Frammenti di Una Triologia (Fragments of a Trilogy, 2015), pastel on Schoeller paperHaving been selected host city for Manifesta in 2018, Palermo’s art scene is...
View ArticlePostcard from Madrid
By Jill GlessingGruppe Arbeiterfotografie, Stadtplannung für wen? (Town Planning for Whom?), 1978, installation view in the open-air exhibition of the BINA (Initiative of the citizens of the north of...
View ArticleAn Interview with Larry Bell
By Amy SherlockLarry Bell, '2D-3D: Glass & Vapor', 2015, London. Courtesy: the artist and White CubeSince the early 1960s, the American artist Larry Bell has produced a remarkably coherent body of...
View ArticleMaggie Nelson’s ‘The Argonauts’
By Stephanie DeGooyerA.L. Steiner, Untitled (from 'Puppies & Babies'), 2012, colour pigment print. All images courtesy: the artist, 3001 Gallery, and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, Deborah Schamoni,...
View ArticleMaggie Nelson’s ‘The Argonauts’
By Stephanie DeGooyerA.L. Steiner, Untitled (from 'Puppies & Babies'), 2012, colour pigment print. All images courtesy: the artist, 3001 Gallery, and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, Deborah Schamoni,...
View ArticleMaggie Nelson’s ‘The Argonauts’
By Stephanie DeGooyerA.L. Steiner, Untitled (from 'Puppies & Babies'), 2012, colour pigment print. All images courtesy: the artist and Koenig & Clinton, New YorkIn her new memoir The Argonauts...
View ArticleMaggie Nelson’s ‘The Argonauts’
By Stephanie DeGooyerA.L. Steiner, Untitled (Rachel on bed with Pocket and Goose), 2011, colour pigment print. All images courtesy: the artist and Koenig & Clinton, New YorkIn her new memoir The...
View ArticlePostcard from Nizhny Novgorod
By Noemi SmolikMain Trade Fair Building, Nizhny Novgorod, built 1890.When the invitation arrived this spring to attend a symposium in Nizhny Novgorod, I immediately said yes. I had always wanted to see...
View ArticlePostcard from Melbourne
By Eleanor Ivory WeberKate Meakin, a crust of bread, 2015, steel, tape, rabbit fur. Courtesy: the artist; photograph: Christo CrockerLocals revel in sardonically reminding outsiders who mention the...
View ArticlePostcard from Warsaw Gallery Weekend
By Krzysztof KosciuczukWork by Emil Cieslar at Pola Magnetyczne gallery, WarsawThe 2015 edition of Warsaw Gallery Weekend (WGW), which took place the final weekend in September, was a mixed bag of...
View ArticlePostcard from the Ultima Festival, Oslo
By Andrew MellorMatmos performing Robert Ashley’s 'Perfect Lives' at Ultima Festival, Oslo. Photo: Henrik BeckHold on to your hats: the fierce, uncompromising, never-look-back brigade that personifies...
View ArticlePostcard from Graz: Steirischer Herbst Festival
By Declan LongSpin-Off festival centre, designed by orrizontale for the Steirischer Herbst festival, Graz. Photo: JJ KucekIt was mid-morning on the first day of ‘Steirischer Herbst’ – Austria’s autumn...
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