There seems to be no limit to fantasy in the oeuvre of Marc Chagall (1887–1985). He is regarded as one of the most idiosyncratic artists of modernity. The Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is now dedicating an extensive exhibition to the painter in Germany for the first time in fifteen years.
The Brazilian artist Igor Vidor knows the effects of German arms deliveries from personal experience. In his video work “A Praga” (2020), he confronts the sleepy town of Oberndorf am Neckar, home to Heckler & Koch, with the deadly consequences of arms exports.
The Brazilian artist Igor Vidor knows the effects of German arms deliveries from personal experience. In his video work “A Praga” (2020), he confronts...
Collaborative, liberating, resistant: The SCHIRN presents photographs by the artist Gauri Gill in the first major survey of her work.
In Aernout Mik’s videos, we encounter bodies that resemble mere shells that have lost their actual purpose. Freed from all abstract goals, they become...
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There seems to be no limit to fantasy in the oeuvre of Marc Chagall (1887–1985). He is regarded as one of the most idiosyncratic artists of modernity....
Collaborative, liberating, resistant: The SCHIRN presents photographs by the artist Gauri Gill in the first major survey of her work.
In Aernout Mik’s videos, we encounter bodies that resemble mere shells that have lost their actual purpose. Freed from all abstract goals, they become...
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Collaborative, liberating, resistant: The SCHIRN presents photographs by the artist Gauri Gill in the first major survey of her work.
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Lil Nas X’s masterful use of the internet shows how to fight discrimination with astuteness, queerness and art historical references.
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The Brazilian artist Igor Vidor knows the effects of German arms deliveries from personal experience. In his video work “A Praga” (2020), he confronts...
How do we acquire language? In her filmic oeuvre Eva Giolo explores the acquired use of language with an explicitly feminine interpretation.
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Philipp Gufler's video work “Lana Kaiser” is a tribute to the DSDS star Daniel Küblböck, but at the same time it offers a complex discourse on the...
