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: stretched c…

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Bêh!

Bêh!

On Friday night I went to the opening of Kimsooja at Kewenig Gallery. It was very hot and I had a dog. Also, Kewenig is kind of in the middle of nowhere. When I arrived, there was a small paper on the c…

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An Isa Genzken

An Isa Genzken

When the pandemic started in 2020, I bought a Solidarity Poster from Südblock. There were many posters to choose from but the choice was easily made. I have always wanted an Isa Genzken. Her unconventio…

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Melancholy

Melancholy

The Etel Adnan show at KINDL made me feel melancholic. It was the first time I saw her work for real and I was surprised how it affected me. Her work seems so joyous, so full of sun and earth, with happy …

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L'oeuvre

L'oeuvre

A beautiful gift founds its way to my home: the fourth volume of Roman Signer's catalogue raisonné , 2002-2018. It is big and heavy as any catalogue raisonné should be. On its cover, a photo shows …

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Erik Satie for Dogs

Erik Satie for Dogs

I try to be a good host for my guests. This summer guest is Otto. Months before Otto arrived, I started to study a piano piece that I could play for him upon arrival. When I finally performed it, I still …

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Hans Sharoun's Atelier

Hans Sharoun's Atelier

Disclaimer: I didn't make it inside Hans Sharoun's atelier. But I was admiring it from the outside, looking up to the studio on the eight floor of an apartment block, built in the 1950s in  Char…

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M.B. halb Memorial Birthday Party

M.B. halb Memorial Birthday Party

Marcel Broodthaers was born and died on January 28 (1924-1976), and since a few years the Broodthaers scholar Michal B. Ron has been organising memorial birthday parties. In January, I published her Wha…

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