Spike inaugurates a new format, where galleries, curators, and art are judged by glyphs, through 18 categories that would be equally at home in gourmet guides, aesthetic treatises, or poetry. Think Aristotle meets Roger Ebert, sprinkled with a little lighthearted pizzazz. Quantitative assessment of beauty can turn out to be the ultimate reverie.

The first installment of Spike’s Five-Star Review is a roundup of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2022, starting with

. Stick around for more: we will publish two reviews each day until the end of the week.

Introducing Five-Star Reviews

The “Like” button may have ruined the internet, but its cousin, the five-star rating, might just save art reviews. Spike’s new format might yet resolve the false choice between Doors and Dostoyevsky.