Ireland’s pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, situated in the Arsenale, presents ‘Dreamshook’ by Isabel Nolan, curated by Georgina Jackson with The Douglas Hyde. Inspired by the work of the 11th-century figure Aldo Manuzio (also known as Aldus Manutius), an Italian printer and creator of the enchiridion, a precursor to the modern paperback book, Nolan investigates the moral qualities of…
Music as Material and Metaphor at Hamburger Bahnhof
This article is part of our feature topic Scale. The focus on music in this year’s programming at the Hamburger Bahnhof is indicative of a larger trend that has been going on for a number of years, but has really picked up momentum in the last 15 or so. Just as music festivals, such as Maerzmusik, have been looking to strategies from galleries and museums to break through the audience-performer…
Highlights from the 2026 Venice Biennale
Last weekend, the Biennale of Art officially opened in Venice. The national pavilions and main exhibition, curated by Koyo Kouoh under the theme ‘In Minor Keys,’ are also accompanied by a rich selection of collateral exhibitions and events across the city. Below are some of the highlights that we’ve selected for the coming Biennale months. Gabrielle Goliath: ‘Elegy’ Exhibition: May 5-July 31…
Letter from the Editor: Scale
This article is part of our feature topic Scale. Returning from last week’s preview of the Venice Biennale, the question of scale is on my mind. In recent years, biennials have had a tendency to downplay themselves, opting for curatorial themes that emphasize slowing down, practicing care, attuning to the microbial or microcosmic, to the local and communal. As world politics and climate…
The Week May 11–17, 2026
Artist Talk: Tuesday, May 12; 7pm Exhibition: May 1–16, 2026 huawangstudio.com Lottumstraße 14, 10119 Berlin, click here for map Nazanin Noori: ‘BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME’ Opening Reception:Wednesday, May 13; 6pm Exhibition: May 14, 2026–Apr. 25, 2027 klosterruine.berlin/behold-god-in-all-that-exists-in-his-name Klosterstraße 73a, 10179 Berlin, click here for map…
‘In Minor Keys’ – Views from the 61st Venice Biennale of Art
The 61st Venice Biennale of Art, which opens to the public on May 9th, asks visitors to attune to the quiet and tender moments, through Koyo Kouoh’s curatorial concept ‘In Minor Keys.’ Across multiple venues, including the Giardini, Arsenale and peripheral pavilions throughout the city, artists are addressing this theme with projects that range from architectural interventions to durational…
Shame Parade: An Interview with Bugarin + Castle
At this year’s Venice Biennale of Art, the collateral exhibition ‘Scotland + Venice: Bugarin + Castle,’ curated by Morven Gregor of Mount Stuart Trust, will present the artist duo’s new work, ‘Shame Parade.’ With this show, Bugarin + Castle offer a queer and trans reimagining of historical public shaming rituals—like rough music, charivari and scampanate—where spectacle, sound and costume were…
Gallery Weekend Recap: Schöneberg
We made a well-sequenced Gallery Weekend route through Schöneberg, dressed only slightly differently than usual to feel like tourists and well-prepared to experience the once-per-year saturation of openings along with the buzz that surrounds them. Each neighborhood takes on the feel of a festival, with galleries scattered within a 10-minute walking distance of one another.
Gallery Weekend Recap: Kreuzberg
As sure as the seasons change, Gallery Weekend is here again. The day begins by emerging out of a May 1st-induced hangover, slapping on the SPF 50 and heading out the door, Red Bull in hand. It’s 1PM, the U7 is doing me dirty and I’m already behind schedule. The annual ritual of making ambitious plans to visit no less than 20 galleries in one day is quickly abandoned, as I begin refining my…
Gallery Weekend Recap: Mitte
Gallery Weekend arrives, fleeting as the falling cherry blossom that nestles into the cracks of the pavements in Mitte. Lit up in the sunshine, the galleries along Linienstraße bustle with eager visitors. As I head along the street to Eigen + Art, I pass a group discussing an acquaintance who “looks for investment everywhere, whether it’s art or property or crypto.” Outside the gallery…