Art Blogger of the Week: A.D. Coleman in New York, USA

Art Blogger of the Week: A.D. Coleman in New York, USA

It was Andres Zervigon, professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, who told me about A.D. Coleman's blog. Both Andres Zervigon and A.D. Coleman are historians of photography - a field I myself …

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Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Art Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 5

Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Art Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 5

Ignacio Szmulewicz is an art writer in Santiago, Chile. We met on Twitter and ended up writing each other letters about art writing. This week Ignacio wrote me a letter asking some mystical questions.…

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 Three Excitements in an Overall Likeable Berlin Art Week

Three Excitements in an Overall Likeable Berlin Art Week

“Is there any controversy going on?” a Canadian art critic asked me on her way to Berlin. "Na, not really", I said. And indeed, the whole Berlin Art Week turned out to be a nice event. Everythi…

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Art Blogger of the Week: Sokari Ekine in Haiti and beyond

Art Blogger of the Week: Sokari Ekine in Haiti and beyond

When I discovered the blog Black Looks by Sokari Ekine I was disappointed: I arrived too late. Black Looks stopped just a year ago, in August 2014, and had been going on since 2004. The damn thing abo…

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Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 4

Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 4

Ignacio Szmulewicz is an art writer in Santiago, Chile. We met on Twitter and ended up writing each other letters about art writing. You can read the former ones here . Dear Ignacio, Your…

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Berlin Art Week: Get The Party Started!

Berlin Art Week: Get The Party Started!

Christine Sun Kim with friend flashing their VIP bracelets at the entrance of the Monopol party Berlin Art Week is a party from the beginning to the end. Where the art comes in, that is still to be s…

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Take Me! Me! Me! Me! How Contemporary Art Can Bring About A Bad Mood

Take Me! Me! Me! Me! How Contemporary Art Can Bring About A Bad Mood

Okay, admittedly, I was in a slightly bad mood before I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art this morning. But the art on show made it significantly worse. I’m talking about the exhibition that …

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Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Art Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 3

Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Art Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 3

Ignacio Szmulewicz is an art writer in Santiago, Chile. We started writing each other letters about art writing. Last week I asked him if he has a  kind of image that visualizes his writing process. You…

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Art Blogger of the Week: Layla Leiman in Johannesburg, South-Africa

Art Blogger of the Week: Layla Leiman in Johannesburg, South-Africa

I caught Layla Leiman at the right moment: last week she became the editor-in-chief at the South-African creative showcase Between 10and5 . This means that her blogger time might get scarce, which is …

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Poetry and Art: Agnes Martin at the Tate

Poetry and Art: Agnes Martin at the Tate

There's nothing that grips the mind  more than good art - and like love, it does so in a way that goes beyond words. That's how my travelling partner and I felt after seeing the Agnes Martin show …

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Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Art Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 2

Open Letters: A Correspondence with Chilean Art Writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, 2

Ignacio Szmulewicz is an art writer in Santiago, Chile. We met the 21st century kind of way, on Twitter, where we "follow" each other. Curiosity at first, followed by sympathy and, not long aft…

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