Pills for the Heart. Leftovers from a conversation with GuNa, resident at NON Berlin

Pills for the Heart. Leftovers from a conversation with GuNa, resident at NON Berlin

These are thoughts that came up during my visit to GuNa’s exhibition My black brown at NON Berlin on Saturday November 26, from 3:30 till 6pm in the afternoon.  Talking with Nayeon and GuNa. Photo: …

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The Importance of Being Artist

The Importance of Being Artist

Are you sometimes wondering during your museum visit if you've spotted an important artist? Somehow you can just feel you've seen one by the way they walk through the exhibition space. It's …

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Warning: This Is Self-Promotion. The Shape in the Air. An Art Philosophy for the 21st Century

Warning: This Is Self-Promotion. The Shape in the Air. An Art Philosophy for the 21st Century

A week ago I presented my newest publication in collaboration with the electronic duo Ducks! at Bar Babette in Berlin. It's titled  The Shape in the Air. An Art Philosophy for the 21st Century and p…

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Art Trivia of Insignificant Importance: Furniture and "Accessoires"

Art Trivia of Insignificant Importance: Furniture and "Accessoires"

Who would have thought that German language can cheer one up. It has a bad reputation, but German is actually a funny language. I attended a dinner party and a friend and I were talking about Laur…

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Four Reflections on Current Hamburger Bahnhof Shows

Four Reflections on Current Hamburger Bahnhof Shows

In the Rieckhallen of Hamburger Bahnhof there is an exhibition of musical scores by visual artists. You might know the Rieckhallen as that eternally long hall that takes two hours to walk and then two …

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Casual Smart Cultural Dining at the Swiss and Belgian Embassy

Casual Smart Cultural Dining at the Swiss and Belgian Embassy

Antwerpse handjes Two weeks in a row I was dining at an embassy. Not bad at all, I wouldn’t mind getting used to this. The first dinner was a cultural get-together at the Swiss Embassy, which is in…

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