Beyond Bearable: Hokusai at the British Museum

I’d like to begin by stating, paradoxically, that a good exhibition at The British Museum is a bad show. In Continue reading →

Where can we find our contemporary heterotopias? IV

A letter arrives to the “partially recognised” country of Abkhazia. A friend writes a letter and waits. An answer arrives Continue reading →

Fernando Ortega: Nota Rosa (Pink Note)

Situated in a verdant corner of Parque Chapultepec, Mexico City’s largest green space, Museo Tamayo is hidden amongst the surrounding foliage, Continue reading →

Where can we find our contemporary heterotopias? III

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria Continue reading →

Curating in the Dark Dank (Part II)

Introduction The intentions for the Constellation project held in the Undercroft Gallery, Norwich, outlined in Curating in the Dark (Part Continue reading →

10facts: What happened in the art world in April

1. Campbell’s Soup, Wanted Seven of a set of 10 iconic Campbell’s Soup paintings by Warhol have been stolen from Continue reading →

October 5th 2015, Amsterdam – The Waag Society

What is needed far more than new facts is a fundamentally new vision of history[1] (I. van Sertima, 2003) On Continue reading →

Curating Intangible Heritage – Popular Music in Museums The Case of Brazilian Museum Cais do Sertão

In 1993, a seminal research on popular music in museums stated that ‘although music is probably the most thriving and Continue reading →