2015 Prediction Nr. 2: Clubs And Critics Are The Next Big Things

2015 Prediction Nr. 2: Clubs And Critics Are The Next Big Things

Me at the dinner club, korean barbecue at Arirang, Charlottenburg This might be new to you but the latest trend in town is to be part of a club. I myself actually kind of set this trend in 2014 and i…

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2015 Prediction Nr. 1: The Boy’s Club Breathes Its Last

2015 Prediction Nr. 1: The Boy’s Club Breathes Its Last

I wish art were more like fashion, looking ahead instead of back. While fashion is now busy predicting the trends of 2015, the art world is still going on about the best of 2014. I can’t even remember wh…

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The Lavatorial Etiquette of Joachim Bandau and Jorge Pardo

The Lavatorial Etiquette of Joachim Bandau and Jorge Pardo

Gallery hopping has it s ups and down. Last Wednesday it got so down that I had to drink my first glühwein at the pre-Christmas market at Potsdamer Platz. Friday night my vitamin B+C supplements finally…

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Little Theories on Contemporary Art. Following Jennifer Danos' “The Way is Not in the Sky”

Little Theories on Contemporary Art. Following Jennifer Danos' “The Way is Not in the Sky”

Don't mistake the geyser for a hot tub. That I’m going to write this piece with the minimum use of punctuations is because at the moment I’m under the great influence of Gertrude Stein whose wri…

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My Gallery Weekend: Cold, Hot, and In Between

My Gallery Weekend: Cold, Hot, and In Between

What was hot at the latest Berlin Gallery Weekend? Let me tell you! First of all, of course, the parties! I got invited (okay, not exactly invited, but kind of) to the Monopol party on Friday night. On…

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Ming Wong. Part 2

Ming Wong. Part 2

The artist on his way back to Berlin in the comfortable seats of Deutscher Bahn,  reading The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares Yesterday - on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - Ming Wong came to the…

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To Live Life Between Roles. Ming Wong at Carlier⎢Gebauer, Berlin

To Live Life Between Roles. Ming Wong at Carlier⎢Gebauer, Berlin

Ming Wong, "Biji Diva!" (Part 1) 2011, two channel video installation Performance at "In Transit Festival", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, video still. courtesy : carlier | geb…

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Die Tödliche Doris. About Stars, Fans, and Splitting-Up

Die Tödliche Doris. About Stars, Fans, and Splitting-Up

It happens to most boys and girls bands: the big falling apart, with angry trashing and exaggerated big moves. You are young, twenty something, and a certain breaking point makes you call for a quit. The…

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