In Their Own Right
Greenland’s art scene has arrived. Shamans assist the curators, and the world’s first-ever national gallery devoted to the art of an Indigenous People is taking shape in Nuuk.
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Can the Subaltern Build a Museum?
Two new art institutions in Almaty, Kazakhstan, are redefining the city’s role as a Central Asian contemporary art hub squeezed between Moscow and Beijing.
Hybrid Happenings in the Russian Borderlands
The invasion of Ukraine began during this year’s Barents Spektakel. In one fell swoop, much of the festival’s programme took on a very different significance than planned.
Precarious Communities
The 22nd Biennale of Sydney is a highly located and physical exhibition experience which, after being open for just 10 days, can only be accessed online.
Just a Building
In his day, Erling Viksjø, architect of the Oslo Government District, was called a “bulldozer” and an “enemy of culture.” Today, his own legacy is facing demolition.
There Is a New Girl in Town
Set against an iconic cinematic backdrop depicting the streets of New York, the Frieze Los Angeles art fair has every opportunity to juggle with the artificial, the commercial, the superficial – and Hollywood.
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.
Modern Death Masks
Curator Frank Wagner and artist David Wojnarowicz were part of communities that we should not forget. Exhibitions at KW and Between Bridges in Berlin make sure we don’t.
