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Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju lets me into her studio with a smile and a buoyant mood. “I know it’s hard but I really hope/you have a good day” reads a cutout quote on her door. She offers me a glass of sparkling water, makes sure her hair looks alright in a vanity mirror and flaunts her perfectly-sized leather couch that’s good for chilling but just a little too small to sleep on...

Foundwork has revealed the jury and the application details for the 2026 edition of its annual Artist Prize, inviting contemporary rising and mid-career artists working across all media to participate. The artist selected as this year’s honoree will be awarded an unrestricted grant of $10,000 as well as individual studio visits with all five jury members. Their practice will ...

Jos Näpflin: ‘Labile Stabilität’ Opening Reception: Tuesday, Sept. 8; 6–8:30pm Exhibition: Sept. 9–Oct. 24, 2026 ninahorvitz.com/jos-napflin Leonhardtstraße 11, 14057 Berlin, click here for map Program: Sept. 9–13, 2026 berlinartweek.de/berlin-art-week-garten Kulturforum, Matthäikirchplatz 6, Berlin, click here for map Group Show: ‘Kreuzberg. Kunst und Migration seit 1960’ Op...

As the conditions of life become increasingly precarious, the idea of necessity is continually negotiated and fought for. The fourth Biennale Matter of Art, ‘Necessary Wishes,’ proposes its titular concept as a form of practice—a demand, speculation, prayer or refusal through which other possibilities might be rehearsed. Instead of treating art as an autonomous object that re...

This article is part of our feature topic Performativity. While the terms “performativity” and “performance” are not exactly synonymous, they point to similar modes of expression, by which the act of doing something is privileged over signs or signification. The term “performativity” was first introduced by theorist J. L. Austin in his 1955 book ‘How to Do Things with Words.’...