Contemporary art’s rhetoric of doom has become a comfortable cliché, as the scramble for relevance turns resistance into a risk-free, legible aesthetic.
A glossy promise hovers just beyond the frame at the artist-run space Antics in Stockholm.
In 2026, Isa Genzken’s assemblages appear as luminous icons. Beauty becomes an anchor when the world refuses to cohere.
Art critic Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl recalls this year’s magical Narnia moments.
Stockholm’s Gallery Weekend let it all hang out.
Relational aesthetics goes dark at Bonniers Konsthall.
Goldin+Senneby are known for their brainy conceptualism. At Accelerator in Stockholm they have created their most personal exhibition yet.
Irony gives way to sincerity in Anne Imhof’s spectacular performance at Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Kunstkritkk’s Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl on this year’s wildest shows in Stockholm.
In Ann-Sofie Back’s Stockholm retrospective, fashion and death go hand in hand.
As curator of GIBCA 13, Christina Lehnert promises to confront the present head-on.
Fresh 90s nonchalance at Paris Internationale and Martine Syms at Lafayette Anticipations.
Showcase images always feature a pair of hands presenting something to us, often another image.
What does it mean to be important in the art world? Marie Karlberg’s Stockholm show answers the question, one oversized business card at a time.
The feminist exhibition No Master Territories at Kunstnernes Hus unfolds as an open research project that can be extended and reconfigured through new voices.
Strong reactions from European leaders to Russia’s participation in this year’s biennial. Danish minister open to boicott.
