Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

A Josephine Baker show at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. When it was announced for 2024, I was excited. Now I have seen it, I'm less happy and even a bit disappointed. Josephine Baker. Icon in Motion is…

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The Thickness of Things

The Thickness of Things

It's been a while since I laid my eyes on Philip Guston's paintings at the Tate. But I made notes. Plus, it was very memorable. After running through a few rooms of abstract paintings, I was stopp…

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Two Villas

Two Villas

Lin May Saeed in Georg Kolbe Museum The first villa is the Georg Kolbe Museum, a 1928 modernist villa in Westend. I visited it on a Thursday afternoon in November when the sun hesitantly appeared in the s…

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Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Arte is streaming the Agatha Christie film Appointment with Death of 1988 with Peter Ustinov. Ustinov is my favourite Poirot so I watched it once more. Especially the endings are always so jolly with Ust…

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From and With Winds

From and With Winds

Me caught in a field of cotton by Akane Kimbara A friend lend me his Un Art de la rencontre by Lee Ufan. Going to the opening last Thursday night at Hamburger Bahnhof, I was so impressed and also found it…

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The End of the Century

The End of the Century

Me contemplating the seals at Gropius, between an Andy Warhol (ceiling), and a Dan Flavin (floor). Photo by Jennifer Danos  There is a video recording of me walking through Joseph Beuys' The End of…

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Manifesto DESERTION

Manifesto DESERTION

Alban Hajdinaj, Evergreen, 2022 Last Friday, I attended the first Berlin Punk Symposium. I came in when Marie Arleth Skov was talking about the Dutch counter-movement Provo. Their "propaganda" p…

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A Secret Invitation

A Secret Invitation

I made it back to Kewenig on Saturday afternoon. Berlin Art Week seemed to be somewhere else, which was a relief. It is best to be alone when you see Kimsooja's installation.  It is very simple: str…

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