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The Possibility of a Palais. Michel Houellebecq goes art
(Paris.) Palais de Tokyo is always worth a visit, and this summer even more so if you’re a tourist stressed out from running around Paris...
Christian Hain
Aug 3, 2016


“Old MacKrause had a farm...” Bernie Krause and The Great Animal Orchestra at Fondation Cartier
(Paris.) If by accident you have an inside contact from the secretive circle celebrating Fondation Cartier’s openings, please consider...
Christian Hain
Jul 27, 2016


Rear Windows and Rockets from Lebanon - Josef Sudek vs. Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige at JdP
(Paris.) Not far from the river, set high on a hill overlooking Tuileries Garden, the Jeu de Paume was not forced to flee the Seine...
Christian Hain
Jul 19, 2016


The Grand Tour; Manifestations of Fair from Zurich to Basle
(Switzerland.) We went to Zurich for the latest edition of Manifesta, a Pan European Biennale that has been touring the continent for the...
Christian Hain
Jun 29, 2016


Ahoy Monumenta, fare you well! at Grand Palais
(Paris.) The Seine flooding this June threatened several museums along the river. The Louvre and the Orsay decided to close for a week,...
Christian Hain
Jun 10, 2016


JSC – Digital in Style
(Berlin.) There’s a new kid in town, one more collector to brag about his possessions. And great they are, that much we admit. The...
Christian Hain
Jun 8, 2016


Draw Bill 2 – No it is the Genius of William Kentridge at Martin-Gropius-Bau
(Berlin.) We knew beforehand what to write. We even had prepared some lines: “We cannot recommend anyone to visit Martin-Gropius-Bau as...
Christian Hain
May 27, 2016


Cowboys catch the German Mondrian - Adolf Fleischmann and Dieter Blum at Daimler Contemporary
(Berlin.) We came back for another show at Daimler Contemporary, and on second look we like Potsdamer Platz a lot better, not least since...
Christian Hain
May 17, 2016


Don’t Feed the Astronaut. No Hope for Basim Magdy at Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle
(Berlin.) And suddenly, there was the sun again. The long winter finally gone, spring has arrived in Berlin. The first week of May even...
Christian Hain
May 10, 2016


So much art, so many galleries... Berlin Gallery Weekend 2016
(Berlin.) There is no truly important art fair in Berlin, and at the same time, the city hosts the world’s largest art fair, with the...
Christian Hain
May 4, 2016


Exposing me – Private Exposure at me Collectors Room
(Berlin.) We trust you’ve all watched that first episode of the new Game of Thrones season. The day after, me Collectors Room opened its...
Christian Hain
Apr 29, 2016


Movables and Mimes – The Works of Erwin Wurm at Berlinische Galerie
(Berlin.) Some days, you just need a little fun in your life. Take last Thursday for example: I was tired. I had had to get up early to...
Christian Hain
Apr 21, 2016


Pump Up the Jam: Inflatable Art by Anthea Hamilton and Nicholas Byrne
(Berlin.) We visited Schinkel Pavillon again, and this time we’ve been prepared. The area still looks like a ground zero, if anything,...
Christian Hain
Mar 15, 2016


Manifest this! Julian Rosefeldt at Museum Hamburger Bahnhof
(Berlin.) At some point during a visit to European Manifesta Biennale, filmmaker-slash-artist Julian Rosefeldt was struck with an idea:...
Christian Hain
Mar 13, 2016


Stoner's Delight. Troglodytes and Forgeries at Martin-Gropius-Bau
(Berlin.) Today’s show is special: Martin-Gropius-Bau shows forgeries of unsigned works from unknown artists. Artists with a very...
Christian Hain
Mar 4, 2016
KW Institute Makes Sense (does it?)
(Berlin.) We will not stop visiting KW Institute, despite almost every Berliner telling us how much better it was years ago. True, their...
Christian Hain
Feb 26, 2016


That Pimpin’ Game’s BS. Blain Southern in Berlin. And an excellent show at Jiri Svestka Gallery
(Berlin.) Should you happen to have an abandoned industrial site or two in your real estate portfolio – located in or around some...
Christian Hain
Feb 20, 2016


Visions, woodcuts and a Rhino: Albrecht Dürer and William Kentridge at Kulturforum
(Berlin.) Kulturforum is the name given to a cultural hotchpotch some hundred metres off Potsdamer Platz. There, in a no man’s land...
Christian Hain
Feb 12, 2016


Drip it like it’s Po’ock. Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle Invites (a) Mural
(Berlin.) 11 a. m., the end of November, and winter’s come to Berlin. Through icy winds we carve our way to Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle...
Christian Hain
Nov 25, 2015


Block the System. The Rene Block Collection at NKBV and Berlinische Galerie
(Berlin.) True, we’ve been talking about Guns’n’Roses lately, and reading today’s headline, those of you still in early nineties mode...
Christian Hain
Oct 22, 2015
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