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

The architecture of the MACBA blew me out of the water. I admired the painstakingly white facade with glistening windows while skateboarders will whirl and whiz past me. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, a modernistic building designed by Richard Meier* (he deserves an asteriks because he has been accused … Continue reading GFA

Last weekend marked the opening of the exhibition Roots of “The Dinner Party”: History in the Making. Next to Judy Chicago’s infamous installation, it displays infrequently shown test plates, research documents, ephemera, notebooks, and preparatory drawings from 1971 through 1979. … Continue reading you can’t sit with us

It seems to be that De Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has embraced an active role in educating its audience and broadening their spectrum. As I have written before, one can notice that they present a range of exhibitions in which … Continue reading where are you from?

I didn’t have the highest expectations when I entered the door to the Thomas Ruff exhibition. I actually only knew his portraits which look like passport photos. Doesn’t sound breathtaking, mind-blowing or blood-tingling right? Should have known that I should have had high expectations because I’m at the Whitechapel Gallery.  Photography has become such a common thing for everyone with a phone. A picture is a picture. Every slightly interesting thing that happens in a day is captured. And that’s it. You don’t think about it anymore. Ruff takes an image, manipulates it and thereby explores all kind of things … Continue reading exploring the possibilities of photography