Esben Weile Kjær Archives

The Anatomy of Spectacle

In Paris, everything sparkles in a fascinating and terrifying way.

Cindy Sherman’s five decades of collaborations with the fashion world demonstrate her fascination with the elusive nature of fashion photography.

But the images survive forever. Postcard from a residency.

Nostalgia, pop, and angel wings. Artist Esben Weile Kjær picks out some memorable art from 2022.

Many of the pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale manage to transcend the outdated structure of national representation.

Transgressive creatures in the Nordic Pavilion.

At the Danish Pavilion in Venice, the fertility crisis is displaced by an avalanche of sleek Scandinavian smut.

The Antwerp Six exhibition reveals fashion as a system and presents the dilemmas that all creatives face today.