TAIATEOTWAWKI
States of emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic offer opportunities for developing new visions – for art institutions, too. Here’s a workshop for anyone to use.
Commentary
Isolated Cultural Workers of the World, Unite!
The next great international struggle of our time should be for a universal basic income.
A Brief Critique of Everything Existing
Decolonising means changing the fundamental material relations that define our lives.
Beyond the Edge of Our Skin
What could the art world learn from coronavirus? Reflections of a nomadic art globetrotter in her quarantine in Tuscany.
Adding Trauma to Trauma
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, preparations to tear down the iconic Y-blokka in Oslo continue. That can’t possibly be good for our democracy or our public health.
How Can Criticism Grow Stronger?
In my last words as editor, I will articulate the role of art criticism in four main points – and say something about how it can get even better.
The World in Fragments
With global politics poised at several precipices at once, the international art scene seems preoccupied with globalism and transgeographic exchange this spring.
Spring Alliances
While Danish museums celebrate record-high visitor numbers, others want to shut down the Ministry of Culture. In a way, the two are connected. Also, institutional collaborations have become the order of the day.
New Gender Order
Have women artists ever been as prominent as in Sweden during the spring of 2020?
A Season of Acceleration
‘Out with the old’ might be Norwegian art’s motto this spring, which will see numerous changes to buildings as well as directors – and plenty of experiments with new technology.
Decolonising Art Criticism
So far, the discussion on decolonisation in the art world has been centred on institutions. What if we instead turned our attention to the conditions for critical debate?
The Actually Actual
Haus der Kunst is a bit of a time suspend in Oslo, an enclave where the beer is cheap and unending, and the small things like smoking inside actually mean something.
