Something Is Rotten
Drawing its title from Hamlet, this series examines a contemporary art field marked by institutional expansion, market pressures, and a waning shared purpose.
The End Is Nigh…ish
Contemporary art’s rhetoric of doom has become a comfortable cliché, as the scramble for relevance turns resistance into a risk-free, legible aesthetic.
Dancing Around an Estate
The major museums in the Nordics are reaching out to expand their audiences like never before. But who is keeping contemporary art and history alive?
Eat Your Phone, Amen!
How do we hold onto what is materially sacred in a time that worships the cloud?
Spiritual Disarmament
Pure hypocrisy: Denmark’s Minister for Culture praises art and culture in the fight against AI while the budget for the National Collection of Photography is slashed.
Consolation Prize
Will poverty save us? A dispatch from Helsinki.
Career Confinement
With the birth of the dealer-critic-system in 1870s France, criticism shifted its focus from the artwork to the artist. It’s been all downhill from there.
Time to Mobilise
The enemies of culture and the arts haven’t just rallied, they’re gaining ground.
