Opinion
When a Palestinian Artist Asserts Her Own Humanity
Basma al-Sharif’s screening at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf was met with threats and a smear campaign, proving the point of her films on separation and displacement.
Germany
Opinion
On Curating Carnage
By draping the tattered banner of feminism and anti-racism over state machinery, a German publication parrots liberal talking points that demonize the Palestinian cause.
Opinion
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
News
Swifties Are Flocking to this German Museum
The Museum Wiesbaden said it saw a surge in visitors hoping to glimpse the artwork that may have inspired Taylor Swift's latest music video.
Opinion
The Twisted Logic of Documenta’s “Artistic Freedom”
The consensus of the German art world is aligned with the status quo of the State of Israel: Anything goes, except Palestine.
Art Review
Shu Lea Cheang’s Art of Hacking
Cheang is concerned with the ways technology enables commodification and control, from communication to nourishment to sex.
Art
The Artist Bending Modernism Toward Mysticism
Marina Perez Simão systematizes nature’s motifs and distills them into interlocking volumes and color bands in paintings as cerebral as they are sensuous.
News
Fareed Armaly Rejects German Prize, Citing “Disturbing Trend of Censorship”
The artist and curator turned down the Käthe Kollwitz Prize from the Academy of the Arts, citing the German state’s crackdown on advocacy for Palestinian rights.
News
Documenta Adopts Widely Criticized Definition of Antisemitism
The embattled organization’s new code of conduct effectively stifles scrutiny of the Israeli state.
Art
Surrealism’s Legacy of Antifascist Activism
A show at Munich’s Lenbachhaus museum is an urgent study in the meaningful art-political networks that stressed solidarity and unity over isolation.
Art
Sheila Hicks’s Faith in the Latent Power of Materials
An invigorating survey of mostly recent works by the American artist at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is a feast of rhythmic form and pulsating color.
News
Berlin Senate to Slash Arts and Culture Budget
A controversial proposed cut of over €130 million to the cultural budget in the new year has left arts organizations scrambling.