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‘Feed me not’ is an exhibition, that brings together a diverse group of artists and designers questioning the relationship to materials, information and emotions that we are confronted with beyond our personal choice. Maurice Mbikayi, Mask …
With vibrant colours and an extraordinary visual language, the artist Aïda Muluneh focuses on the unequal distribution of existential resources such as water, food and education, the abuse of power and human rights and the …
On the Edge of Past Future: Aïda Muluneh at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany Read Article
John Akomfrah (b. 1957) creates thoughtful video works of haunting audiovisual intensity. He tells of radical changes and crises of the present and past on characteristic large-format screens. John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea (Detail), 2015. Three …
John Akomfrah at SCHRIN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt, Germany Read Article
Kunsthalle Mainz presents ‘Unextractable: Sammy Baloji Invites’ with artists: Sammy Baloji, Nilla Banguna, Jackson Bukasa & Dan Kayeye & Justice Kasongo, Sybil Coovi Handemagnon, Fundi Mwamba Gustave & Antje Van Wichelen , Franck Moka, Hadassa Ngamba, Isaac Sahani Dato, Georges Senga, Julia Tröscher. Sammy Baloji, Tales …
Unextractable: Sammy Baloji Invites at Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany Read Article
CCA Berlin presents ‘A CERTAIN DEATH/THE SWAMP‘, featuring newly commissioned works by artist Jota Mombaça. This marks Mombaça’s first expansive institutional solo exhibition in Germany. Jota Mombaça, waterfall, 2023. Still. Courtesy of the artist. Apocalyptic ruptures haunt. Traces of …
A Certain Death/The Swamp: Jota Mombaça at CCA Berlin Read Article
‘Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island‘ is the first major retrospective of Cuban-American artist Coco Fusco (b. 1960, US). For more than three decades, she has been a key voice in discourses on racial representation, feminism, …
The disintegration of the liberal-capitalist post-war order which seemed firmly established after 1989 also left its mark on the art of this society. This is precisely where ‘Illiberal Lives’, the current exhibition at the Ludwig Forum …
Illiberal Lives at Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany Read Article
Zineb Sedira’s ‘Dreams Have No Titles‘ marks the international debut of the artist’s project for the French Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, which is being shown at Hamburger Bahnhof for the first time in Germany. Zineb …
Debra Cartwright spent her childhood in her mother’s gynaecology practice. She sifted through the pages of anatomy books and doodled on images of female body parts while she waited for her mother to finish attending …
Phantasmatic Figures: Debra Cartwright at Bode Gallery, Berlin, Germany Read Article
The inaugural exhibition of Ronewa Art Projects, at the Potsdamer Straße gallery space, welcomed its first visitors on the evening of January 26, 2023. The duo show ‘Kimvuka (Together)’, featuring Nú Barreto and Yvanovitch Mbaya, …
‘Kimvuka (Together)’ at Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin, Germany Read Article
