From Kharkiv to Moscow
Sergey Bratkov’s exhibition at Kohta in Helsinki is a sophisticated slap in the face.
Review
Dope Money
Det Kosmiske Hierarki takes Freetown Christiania’s local currency outside the commune. The result is also a song of freedom.
Zero G Aesthetics
Eddie Figge and Agnieszka Polska reach stratospheric heights in the basement of the Workers’ Education Association in Stockholm.
The Labours of Daniel Birnbaum
The curator and critic’s new book of collected writings neglects his role as champion of blockbuster shows.
Marcel, ma belle
No one interested in Duchamp – no, no one interested in art – no, no one with a heart – should miss Marcel Duchamp at the MMK in Frankfurt.
We Are the Ones Who Make History
The main exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale is an effective and timely problematisation of the hierarchies in art.
The Human Tragedy
Uffe Isolotto’s morbid blockbuster of an exhibition in the Danish Pavilion is first and foremost about a longing for feedback.
Beauty and War
The 59th Venice Biennale was not a great year for the pavilions – until Ukraine stole the show.
Indigenous Monument
The Sámi Pavilion is a historical recognition of indigenous soveregnity, and a surprisingly traditional approach to the idea of a pavilion.
Living It Up
ARS22 has been publicly accused of spreading a load of hot air, but turns out to be a convincing show about our longing for meaning, community, and spirituality.
Complexity Needs Limits
The third instalment of The Hannah Ryggen Triennial prompts the question of society’s technical justification.
GAY In All Caps
In Every Ocean Hughes’s first major solo exhibition in the Nordic countries, the transition between life and death is not sharp but fluid.
