Riikka Stewen Archives - Kunstkritikk

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Human and Animal Ecospheres

Human and Animal Ecospheres

Olga Chernysheva’s work shown at Kohta in Helsinki conveys both maxims to live by and ephemeral encounters with minuscule events.

Checkpoint Helsinki Receives Makeover

Checkpoint Helsinki Receives Makeover

Artistic director of Checkpoint Helsinki, Paul O’Neill, relaunched the organisation as a curatorial agency with plans to commission longer-term and durational projects.

Touching Fragments of History

Touching Fragments of History

The Finnish photographer Heli Rekula translates a geographical journey into a narrative about the trauma experienced by Carelians after the Second World War.

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The Misanthrope Who Came in from the Cold

The Misanthrope Who Came in from the Cold

Matias Faldbakken’s memorial to the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway makes security its aesthetic point.

Antipopulist Front

Antipopulist Front

In Vienna, Mumok’s new director Fatima Hellberg is quietly reshaping how we move through the museum. And how the museum moves through us.

Whales Are Not Singing Anymore

Whales Are Not Singing Anymore

In Oslo, Cecilia Vicuña presents two monumental collective works about the struggle for life in the sea.

Ghost Projector

Ghost Projector

The past haunts the present through the apparatuses that make our images in Lap See Lam’s exhibition at Henie Onstad Art Center.