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Time is Money is Art: "Cash on the Wall(s)" of Berlin Volksbank Foundation Kunstforum
Christian Hain
  • Mar 16

Time is Money is Art: "Cash on the Wall(s)" of Berlin Volksbank Foundation Kunstforum

(Berlin.) Who in and out of the artworld would deny that we live in decidedly materialist times? It's not different in Berlin than...
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In Space and Art, Nobody Can Hear You Scream - A Gigern-tesque Alien Invasion of Schinkel Pavillon
Christian Hain
  • Feb 11

In Space and Art, Nobody Can Hear You Scream - A Gigern-tesque Alien Invasion of Schinkel Pavillon

(Berlin.) Day-to-day being confronted with the apalling ugliness of Berlin, how many times have we not mentally quoted James Cameron's...
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Meditation and Medication: Damien Hirst in Paris
Christian Hain
  • Feb 10

Meditation and Medication: Damien Hirst in Paris

written in October 2021 (Paris.) For various reasons, getting into the mood proved kind of hard when I visited Damien Hirst's first ever...
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He "didded" it again, one last(?) time: The Arc de Triomphe wrapped by Christo & Jeanne-Claude
Christian Hain
  • Feb 7

He "didded" it again, one last(?) time: The Arc de Triomphe wrapped by Christo & Jeanne-Claude

written in October 2021 and first published on newartexaminer.net (Paris.) You know how it is when a close relation has passed away:...
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Back to the Woods: Christiane Löhr at Haus am Waldsee
Christian Hain
  • Jul 24, 2021

Back to the Woods: Christiane Löhr at Haus am Waldsee

(Berlin.) Mother Nature is a busy person(-inifaction) taking care of many things, from microscopic life forms regulating the...
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Corona and Art, still/again
Christian Hain
  • Mar 24, 2021

Corona and Art, still/again

This text was written in February 2021. An abridged version has first been published in print by the New Art Examiner. "Life is finite."...
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Berlinale 2021 - Day 5: NACAB, Hippie Teachers 'mkay?, and Fin
Christian Hain
  • Mar 6, 2021

Berlinale 2021 - Day 5: NACAB, Hippie Teachers 'mkay?, and Fin

The first scenes of Alonso Ruizpalacios' Una película de policías ("A Cop Movie") feel very conventional, as the camera takes us on a...
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Berlinale 2021 - Day 4: From Iran to Kinky Japan
Christian Hain
  • Mar 5, 2021

Berlinale 2021 - Day 4: From Iran to Kinky Japan

First of all, let's ignore that elephant, well: bear, in the room. This year is different: Not only that Berlinale streamed online, or...
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Berlinale 2021 - Day 3: Hung(a)ry For Some Light. Childish, Dead Serious, and Georgia On My Mind
Christian Hain
  • Mar 4, 2021

Berlinale 2021 - Day 3: Hung(a)ry For Some Light. Childish, Dead Serious, and Georgia On My Mind

1. Children's TV or Magical Realism, both? Petite Maman ("Little Mommy") is yet another French movie in Berlinale's selection. Also yet...
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Berlinale 2021 - Day 2: Seabirds, Porn, and the Chronicle of a Massacre Foretold
Christian Hain
  • Mar 4, 2021

Berlinale 2021 - Day 2: Seabirds, Porn, and the Chronicle of a Massacre Foretold

1) The Natural Light is very dark Wintertime in Hungary, or Russia, Ukraine, some place in that vast region, we (ignorantly) like to call...
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Not quite Netflix-and-chill, but: Berlinale-and-chilly-weather outside. A Different Festival
Christian Hain
  • Mar 3, 2021

Not quite Netflix-and-chill, but: Berlinale-and-chilly-weather outside. A Different Festival

(Berlin.) Originally scheduled for February when it had to be postponed for the well known circumstances, Berlinale, the Berlin Film...
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J.S. presents... J.S. - Jeremy Shaw Takes Julia Stoschek Collection on a Trip Back to the Future
Christian Hain
  • Nov 17, 2020

J.S. presents... J.S. - Jeremy Shaw Takes Julia Stoschek Collection on a Trip Back to the Future

first published on newartexaminer.net (Berlin.) It’s all very confusing indeed, and I don’t mean that virus thing, no: even before that...
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“It Wasn’t Us” – It’s Katharina Grosse, and a Great Installation at Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof
Christian Hain
  • Nov 17, 2020

“It Wasn’t Us” – It’s Katharina Grosse, and a Great Installation at Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof

first published on newartexaminer.net (Berlin.) Quite unexpectedly, a visitor’s first thought upon entering Katharina Grosse’s single...
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Building Bridges, Among Other Things: Art and Architecture at Haus am Waldsee
Christian Hain
  • Jul 31, 2020

Building Bridges, Among Other Things: Art and Architecture at Haus am Waldsee

(Berlin.) Remember that movie The Cabin in the Woods? It got kind of a cult following among horror/comedy fans, but rest assured:...
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Un-/Veiled: Art In the Time of Corona. A Christo & Jeanne-Claude Retrospective at Palais Populaire
Christian Hain
  • Jul 27, 2020

Un-/Veiled: Art In the Time of Corona. A Christo & Jeanne-Claude Retrospective at Palais Populaire

first published on newartexaminer.net This text has been written before the artist's passing in May. (Berlin.) Since early May, Berlin...
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Nigeria to Berlin: With Otobong Nkanga at Martin Gropius Bau
Christian Hain
  • Jul 22, 2020

Nigeria to Berlin: With Otobong Nkanga at Martin Gropius Bau

(Berlin.) Entering Otobong Nkanga's show at Gropius Bau, we step right into a Zen-like stone garden, feeling anxious if this is indeed...
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MG’s Back: Lee Mingwei at Martin Gropius Bau
Christian Hain
  • Jun 10, 2020

MG’s Back: Lee Mingwei at Martin Gropius Bau

(Berlin.) Having been closed for nearly two months “on account of the current situation”, Martin Gropius Bau reopened in May, extending...
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Not BGW, But Just Another Gallery Weekend in Berlin
Christian Hain
  • May 13, 2020

Not BGW, But Just Another Gallery Weekend in Berlin

(Berlin.) This first weekend in May was supposed to host Berlin Gallery Weekend 2020 which, of course fell victim to the “virus crisis”....
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Italy is under quarantine? Come to Berlin, See Raphael at Gemäldegalerie, AND Kupferstichkabinett!
Christian Hain
  • Mar 14, 2020

Italy is under quarantine? Come to Berlin, See Raphael at Gemäldegalerie, AND Kupferstichkabinett!

(Berlin.) Throwback to November 2019, the weather in Berlin was the same as now, Wuhan only a city in China, and you could sip a Corona...
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“Monet, Monet, Monet, must be funny...” Places At Barberini Museum, Potsdam
Christian Hain
  • Mar 7, 2020

“Monet, Monet, Monet, must be funny...” Places At Barberini Museum, Potsdam

(Potsdam.) The Barberini invited, and everybody came. We’ve hardly seen an art related press conference in Berlin that crowded before, so...
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