Reviews The Oslo Biennale, Which Will Unfold Across the City Over Five Years, Reimagines What Public Art Can Be The inaugural edition of the biennale highlights ephemeral art in a changing city. By Hili Perlson, May 28, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions Crushed by Debt, the Biennial of Australian Art Has Folded With Dozens of Artists Still Awaiting Payment The event was intended to draw tourists to a small Australian town. By Hili Perlson, May 17, 2019
Politics A Polish Museum Censored a Feminist Artist’s Phallic Work. Then a Banana-Eating Army of Protesters Stepped In Prominent figures including Claire Bishop and Paulina Ołowska have signed an open letter admonishing the museum. By Hili Perlson, Apr 30, 2019
On View Berlin Gallery Weekend Is More Macho Than Usual This Year, So Here Are 5 Solo Shows by Women Artists to Watch The much-emulated and wildly successful event in the German capital is not without its controversies. By Hili Perlson, Apr 24, 2019
On View As the Far Right Rises in Germany, a New Bauhaus Museum Reflects on the Nazi Policies That Led to the School’s Closure The new museum celebrates the legacy of the school, but does not overlook the long shadow cast by the Nazis who forced its founders into exile. By Hili Perlson, Apr 8, 2019
Art World The New Ocean Space Center in Venice Puts Art and Science at the Center of a Growing Concern: Rising Sea Levels The inaugural exhibition is a solo show by Joan Jonas, who worked with researchers to prepare new work. By Hili Perlson, Mar 26, 2019
Galleries A Rash of Art Gallery Closures Has Plagued Berlin. But a New Crop of Dealers Think They Have the Solution Millennial gallerists and art-market veterans alike are finding fresh ways to do brick-and-mortar business. By Hili Perlson, Mar 21, 2019
Art Fairs In a Climate of Political Uncertainty, Collectors Look for Safe Investments at ARCO Madrid Amid political instability, collectors are buying less provocative works. By Hili Perlson, Mar 1, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions Germany Is Planning a Blowout 100th Birthday Celebration for the Bauhaus. Here Are the Events Not to Miss Dozens of exhibitions, projects, and initiatives across Germany aim to rewrite the history of the era-defining movement. By Hili Perlson, Jan 7, 2019
Art World ‘A Pair of Socks Can Be Made Into High Fashion Using Intellect’: Virgil Abloh on Why Streetwear Is the Readymade Art of Our Time We caught up with the art and design polymath ahead of his talk at this year's Design Miami. By Hili Perlson, Dec 6, 2018
Art World China Begins Exporting Private Museums, Starting With a New Satellite Space in Berlin One of China’s Biggest Property Developers Launches the Times Art Center Berlin With Plans to Expand. By Hili Perlson, Dec 4, 2018
Art World Smeared as ‘Disaster Tourism,’ documenta 14 Tried to Revive Athens’s Post-Crisis Art Scene. It May Have Worked There is a silver lining to Adam Szymczyk’s exhibition for the Greek capital as new spaces open and the number of younger collectors grows. By Hili Perlson, Nov 20, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions At the Athens Biennale, Artists Fight Against Social Media and Fake News With an Unlikely Weapon: Nuance Plus, four artists in the show to watch. By Hili Perlson, Oct 30, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions Artist Candice Breitz Called Out a Düsseldorf Museum for Its Male-Dominated Show. More Than 1,000 People Agreed With Her Olafur Eliasson and Trevor Paglen joined critics of the NRW-Forum's gender-imbalanced show. By Hili Perlson, Sep 26, 2018
Reviews Biennials Have Been Accused of Being Too Unwieldy—So the Busan Biennial Hired an Editor Instead of a Curator Jörg Heiser's debut biennial is (perhaps unsurprisingly) tightly edited and well argued. By Hili Perlson, Sep 19, 2018