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Art criticism is losing its footing amid obsessive demands for distribution and relevance. This is a problem for art too.
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Full of Voices
‘We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us,’ say Julia Rodrigues and Francesca Astesani, the curators behind Charlottenborg’s anniversary exhibition.
OMG R U 4 Real?
At Accelerator in Stockholm, Lisa Tan dissects a contemporary neurotic with great accuracy.
Pissing on Putin
Pussy Riot delivers a frantic and riveting exhibition at Louisiana, but it runs the risks of becoming a short-term fix.
Luxury, Calm, and Queer Voluptuousness
The 12th Gothenburg Biennial is splendidly self-absorbed.
The Intimist
Alice Neel’s paintings brim with immense curiosity and feeling for the lives of her fellow humans.
Freedom for Whom?
The Danish government’s bill to counteract Quran burnings sacrifices art’s autonomy, ambiguity, and freedom.
The Godmother of Modernism
A retrospective in Marseille wrests Algerian artist Baya free from the European tradition and offers an explicitly postcolonial and feminist reading of her work.
The Most Expensive Fine Arts Degree in the Nordics
With the introduction of tuition fees for international students, Norway has become one of the most heavily guarded towers in Fortress Europe.
Conversations With Friends
Art is artistic again: sometimes enchanting, sometimes plain commercial. But with formal criteria long left behind, how do we tell the difference?
Arctic Rift
Intense, delicate, and carnal, Jessie Kleemann is everywhere. Two parallel exhibitions show that her emphasis on physicality is both her work’s greatest strength and its weakest link.
The Urinal Is Open
Børre Sæthre’s monuments to cruising culture turn more-or-less secret spots for casual sexual encounters into public spectacles.
