Lions in the Arctic
This year’s instalment of the Nuuk Nordic Culture Festival opened with a call to think outside of the national frameworks that have organised history writing in the Nordic countries.
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Second-Hand Ellipsis (To Think With One’s Hands 3)
The reason the work was effective was that I thought that I did not read the text that I had to read in order to understand the work.
One… Two… Three…
Are we seeing a ketchup effect? Two years after #MeToo arrived, Denmark discusses equality and gender quotas in typically haphazard fashion, but at a new level.
Painting In a Time of Global Warming
Merike Estna’s paintings at Moderna Museet Malmö are inviting, strange, and genuinely convinced of their own vanity.
Open Call for the Danish Pavilion
The Danish Arts Foundation changes its procedure: now, artists can apply to represent Denmark at the 2021 Venice Biennale.
Desiring the Other
Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin asks how we might carry on the legacy of the avant-garde in a postcolonial context. But who the hell is Hubert Fichte?
Pied Piper in the Funhouse
Like a giant daddy figure, Carsten Höller tosses us around, making us all giddy and dizzy. The entire set-up relies heavily on our willingness to take on the role of gullible children.
Action in Solidarity With the Protests in Chile
In connection to the opening of an exhibition with Swedish-Chilean art at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, the artists organized an action in support of the ongoing protests in Chile.
– I don’t see the new director calling me every other day
Partnership between Kunsten in Aalborg and Louisiana in Humlebæk will make Poul Erik Tøjner responsible for programming at both venues. The job as director in Aalborg is posted anew.
A Little Bit Unholy
Even in its struggle against kitsch, pop music is a flypaper for our memories. Can art be the same?
An Argument for Cooperation
In his new book, Jonas Ekeberg gives a panoramic overview of the Nordic art world and explains why the art scene failed to counteract the right wing’s dismantling of the Nordic institutions.
Theory as Dystopia Industry (To Think With One’s Hands 2)
If everyone knew that control society was being realized, then why did panic not erupt?
