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The Anatomy of Spectacle

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

Anti-fashion

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

New York Doesn’t Exist

But the images survive forever. Postcard from a residency.

5 December Esben Weile Kjær

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

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Storm Over Greenland’s National Gallery

“They have approved a building without considering what it is actually supposed to contain,” says Nivi Christensen on the forthcoming museum in Nuuk.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Fewer artists and a deeper focus make the 16th Gwangju Biennale a rare, organic experience.

The Art of Defeat

Bonniers Konsthall develops Peter Weiss’s novel The Aesthetics of Resistance into an exhibition, but its core theme – class struggle – is conspicuously absent.

In the Breakers

Kirsten Ortwed has spent a lifetime pushing sculpture to the edge. On the Danish isle of Bornholm, her art fits in almost suspiciously well.

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All articles by Esben Weile Kjær

The Anatomy of Spectacle

Anti-fashion

New York Doesn’t Exist

5 December Esben Weile Kjær

Recently published

Storm Over Greenland’s National Gallery

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

The Art of Defeat

In the Breakers

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Storm Over Greenland’s National Gallery

The Art of Defeat

In the Breakers

Mythologies

La Grande Bouffe

Dora Budor’s Small Moments of Tenderness

The Misanthrope Who Came in from the Cold

The Word for Summer Is Surface

Autumn Reflections

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