Primrose, pervotsvet in Russian (literally meaning “first color”), gives its name to this expansive exhibition spanning over a century of experimentation with color photography, which in Russia—as in the rest of Europe—really took off in the 1860s.
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In contrast to the stilted, familiar and rather cold vision of the continent that came across in ‘Europe: Ancient Futures’, here was a Mitteleuropa in the true sense of the word, one that welcomed others and thrived on the cross-breeding of cultural influences. Continue reading Letter from Graz
“Poems I Will Never Release 2007–2017,” a traveling retrospective dedicated to the late Chiara Fumai, follows its debut in Geneva with this staging in the artist’s home country. Continue reading Chiara Fumai
Sex, Lies, and Videotape – the title of Steven Soderbergh’s Palme d’Or-winning 1989 film – sums up Wolfgang Stoerchle’s artistic journey charted in this intriguing solo exhibition. The presentation at Macro is a showcase for editor Alice Dusapin’s extensive research dedicated to this eccentric, well-loved, and yet somewhat forgotten figure of the Californian art scene in the 1970s. Continue reading Wolfgang Stoerchle
At the heart of an exhibition that explores how the internet and social media have altered and, in some ways, trivialised our experience of love and intimacy, there is a nostalgic longing for closeness, physical presence and romance that harks back to a more analogue era. Continue reading Modern Love
Roman Holiday this was not, although I could not resist sticking my hand inside the Bocca della Verità, which my Roman friend and I had all to ourselves, as tourists keen to relive the famous scene from the 1953 American classic starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck were for once in short supply. Continue reading Letter from Rome
Paljassaare means “naked island.” The peninsula visible across the water from Kai was called that because there used to be no trees on it (and not on account of its nudist beach). It is now densely wooded in places, and home to numerous bird species that inspired the exhibition’s soundscape Continue reading Leviathan: the Peljassaare Chapter
Spread over three gallery spaces, each painted a different primary color in keeping with Kent’s own bold chromatic range, “Joyful Revolutionary” focuses on her silkscreen production during the 1960s, charting the increasingly political turn of the artist’s work. Continue reading Corita Kent
For those familiar with their respective practices, the pairing of Mihkel Ilus and Paul Kuimet for a duo show at one of Estonia’s most established contemporary art venues was not an obvious choice, and it was something of a curatorial gambit. Continue reading Mihkel Ilus and Paul Kuimet
Conversation Pieces 