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Minor keys “come alive in the quiet tones, the lower frequencies, the hums, the consolations of poetry.” This year’s 61st Venice Biennale preserves the curation of Koyo Kouoh after her sudden passing in May 2025. In a world that is loud, frenzied and unstable, Kouoh’s curatorial vision looked for pockets of intimacy within the noise, shedding light on artists in unrecognized ...

For its 22nd edition this year, Gallery Weekend Berlin will see 50 participating galleries open their doors to the public and present more than 80 artistic positions and exhibitions at 65 locations, from May 1st to 3rd, 2026. In addition to the main event, gallery spaces, museums and institutions all across the city will also be opening new exhibitions and hosting performance...

Barbara Loftus: ‘Eine Enterbung’ Artist Talk & Book Launch: Wednesday, Apr. 22; 7pm Exhibition: Mar. 27–May 25, 2026 hal-berlin.de/eine-enterbung Lützowplatz 9, 10785 Berlin, click here for map Andreas Fux: ‘Out in Ost-Berlin’ Film Screening & Artist Talk: Wednesday, Apr. 22; 7pm Part of ‘QUEERE KUNST IN DER DDR?’ Exhibition: Mar. 28–June 28, 2026 ngbk.de/queere-kunst...

This article is part of our feature topic Abjection. Sun pours into Dafna Maimon’s Kreuzberg studio on a spring day in March, as we greet each other and prepare for our conversation about the role of the abject in her practice, which encompasses a wide range of media, including painting, video, installation and performance. Just as I’m about to sit down on a wooden chair at h...

The skeletons of collapsing buildings; shifting licks of light on water; insubmissive deathbed portraiture. Wandering through ‘Persistence of Vision’ at Gropius Bau, I feel fizzy. Peter Hujar’s photography, mostly taken in 1970s and 80s New York, is occupied with the intensity of impermanence. It seeks out a startling kind of liveliness, the sort that comes when subjects are ...