Not another article about Kyiv as the new Berlin? No, or, well, not really! . . . On the occasion of the Future Generation Art Prize, a $100k award sponsored by Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk, A...
The second edition of Zurich Art Weekend provided some foreplay ahead of Art Basel. Alex Scrimgeour runs us through Zurich's standout shows, where he spotted painted angels, art games, vagina dentatas...
The contemporary has ousted the timeless in art today. Fashion, by contrast, has always operated in a different, tighter bond with the timely, anticipating the next season, channeling the zeitgeist. I...
Two private institutions dominate the contemporary art scene in Kyiv. In the centre of town is the PinchukArtCentre, currently showing Ukrainian artists under 35. On the other side of town is Izolyats...
In the latest issue of Spike, Alexander Scrimgeour reviewed the Athens instalment of Documenta, teasing out the asymmetry of the exhibition’s framing and looking for – and finding – a few hard-hitting...
The art world often seems to vacillate between money-fuelled complacency and a politics that is merely for show. London-based curator and activist Ben Vickers stands outside this dichotomy as an inspi...
