Critique

A Series of Discordant Arguments

Jamaica Biennial 2017

A Series of Discordant Arguments

Despite featuring a few strong works, the Jamaica Biennial 2017 lacks in curatorial…

Narimane Mari, Le fort des fous, 2017, vidéo numérique, ​vue de l'installation, Ballhaus, Cassel, documenta 14, photo: Fred Dott

Critique documenta 14

« Détruire les hiérarchies en son être »

Le message retentissant de la documenta 14 à Kassel est que nous devons…

Arthur Jafa, Dreams are Colder than Death (Still), 2013. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome.

Seeking a new form of Black subjectivity

Love is the Message

Anchored in Kanye West’s gospel-inspired track Ultralight Beam, the award-winning video of Arthur…

Installation view 'Kolmanskop Dream' by Pascale- Marthine Tayou, ifa galerie Berlin, Detail ©  Elsa Guily

L’histoire du « fantôme colonial »

Rejoindre le Temps

C’est une joyeuse agressivité ambiancée par l’œuvre sculpturale de Pascale Marthine Tayou qui…

 Kemang Wa Lehulere, Broken Wing, 2016. Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, 2017. Installation view. Photo: Mathias Schormann

Review: Bird Song

Évaluer les traumatismes personnels et collectifs

« Artiste de l’année » 2017 de la Deutsche Bank, Wa Lehulere présente actuellement sa…

Mark Bradford, Tomorrow Is Another Day. Venice Biennale, US Pavilion, 2017. Photo: Joshua White. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.

Venice Biennale 2017

Counting bodies: It’s not just about the maths

Since its opening in 1930, it's time to take stock of the US…

Through the window of the Boat of History. The Parliament of Bodies, Documenta 14. Photo by and courtesy of Nikos Doulos*

Documenta 14: Athens

In The Surrounds of History

Jota Mombaça recently moved to Athens for observing the multiple events surrounding Documenta…

EJ Hill, An Arrangement of Perpetuities, 2017

Venice Biennale 2017

Viva Africa Viva?

Does the label “African” at events like the Venice Biennale finally expire? The…

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Venice Biennale 2017

Kenya is Another Country

In this essay, artist and writer Neo Musangi takes a look back at…

Sammy Baloji, Tales of the Copper Cross Garden: Episode I, 2017, various materials, EMST—National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, documenta 14, photo: Stathis Mamalakis

Documenta 14 Athens

Why Art Needs to Keep Engaging with the Social

Under the ambitious title "Learning from Athens", this year's Documenta tries to face…

Sonia Boyce’s We move in her way. Photo: George Torode; Courtesy: the artist and ICA, London

Review: Sonia Boyce at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

Recouping the remains

In Sonia Boyce's latest presentation, the realms of power and space are closely…

Vue du parvi de la grande halle de la Villette, photographie de Alexis Peskine, Le radeau de la méduse, King Baana 2016. Photo © Elsa Guily

Afriques Capitales: Écrire la ville

Quand la ville fabrique son propre langage

Dans le cadre de la deuxième édition du festival pluridisciplinaire 100 % consacré cette…