reviews 14.12.12 Vincent van Velsen
The delayed opening show of Mike Kelley in the Stedelijk Museum is big, very big and it offers a lot. A photo report.
reviews 15.06.12 Maaike Lauwaert
'Seeing your gallerist at work is like hearing your parents having sex’, John Baldessari once commented on the awkwardness of visiting art fairs. Maaike Lauwaert visits Art Basel and Liste and connects her observations to three striking quotes.
reviews 03.06.12 Domeniek Ruyters
Manifesta 9 shows a different approach from earlier editions. The choice of an extraordinary location has not changed - in this case the large Waterschei mining complex in Genk, Belgium. New is the way contemporary art is accessibly embedded in the cultural heritage of the location, the mining industry. In an interview in Metropolis M no. 3, curator Cuauhtémoc Medina explains the context of the exhibition. The issue also gives a concise history of Manifesta 1 - 9.
news 09.05.12 Jolien Verlaek
After an eight-year renovation full of drama, including a three-year delay, a bankrupt construction company, budget exceedings by millions of euros's - to name but a few - the beautiful, new (empty) Stedelijk Museum opens its doors to the press.
reviews 01.05.12 Maaike Lauwaert
Photo report on the 7th Berlin Biennale. Maaike Lauwaert explains why it's a disappointing edition.
reviews 09.04.12 Jolien Verlaek
Seth Siegelaub withdrew from the New York art scene in the early seventies. In relative seclusion, he started collecting textiles from all corners of the world. Part of his extensive collection is now shown in public for the first time in Raven Row in London.
previews 02.04.12 Jolien Verlaek
For Beaufort 04 artist Lucy McKenzie has curated a project that spectacularly transformes the facade of the Mu.ZEE in Ostend to the building's original function: a department store. Check the first photo's here.
reviews 20.10.11 Domeniek Ruyters
The curators of the Istanbul Biennial have tried something different this year, and yet at the same time quite common: one exhibition at one location.
reviews 16.10.11 Alexander Mayhew
This year's Frieze Art Fair raises the question: did we only come here for decoration, for art for art’s sake?