Is there an artistic movement going at this moment? Mapping out artistic movements (what and who influenced what and whom) has always been a practice of looking back at art history and situating artists amongst each other and picking overarching … Continue reading dystopian moving image

Yay, this marks my first blog from the N.Y.C. My first choice museum to visit was the New Museum to hit their Triennial. I also ended up going to Nathaniel Mellors Progressive Rocks. It. Was. Absurd. So weird, however, not too eccentric to … Continue reading 21st century fabulist

What to think of a contemporary art exhibition that is surely photogenic but also provokes the simple question: “what the heck are you trying to say?” Continue reading partly cool partly far-fetched

Stedelijk BASE, I’ve written already a couple of times about Stedelijk’s reorganization of its permanent collection. Some critics really have it out for it and hate it. I actually appreciate the initiative to present a lot (700!) of art to … Continue reading female = feminist?

Dineo Seshee Bopape’s “Lerole: footnotes (The struggle of memory against forgetting)” in Witte de With, Rotterdam. This installation is the last one for Para / Fictions in which ten artists rotate in a year-long exploration of the correspondence of literature … Continue reading revealing revolt

Turner prize is nothing like your great uncle complaining about the demand for political correctness and not being able to say whatever he wants. No, it wants to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art which includes mirroring … Continue reading turner prize = role model

An online exhibition feels like a logical next step for museums. What the difference is between an online exhibition, an online slideshow, and your Instagram feed is anyone’s guess but in one particular case, it worked extremely well. A little hidden … Continue reading rooting for transnational exchange