The 80s. Fashion, Design and Graphic Design in France
For a flashback to the 80s this exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is not to be missed.
Boris Mikhailov: Ukrainian Diary
Boris Mikhailov: Ukrainian Diary is the biggest retrospective of Mikhailov's work to date and includes some 800 photographs, ranging from experimental and conceptual work to documentary photography.
The Best Books of 2022
The best fiction, best general non-fiction, best biography, philosophy and history books, best graphic novels, the best art and photography books and the most disappointing books that I read this past year.
Emigre Magazine Archive
I was delighted to discover that the full run of legendary graphic design magazine Emigre is available online. It brought back a lot of memories and gave me the same jolt of inspiration as when I first discovered the magazine as a student.
Further Reading
Between abstraction and representation. Life. Death. This moment of June. Revisiting Art nouveau. Rethinking Alzheimer's. The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt. Piet Mondriaan. Claude Shannon. Bruno Latour. And more.
Mauritshuis Revisited
The Mauritshuis is one of my favourite museums. It houses many iconic masterpieces from the 16th and 17th century. An exhibition with highlights from the Frick Collection in New York was a good reason for another visit.
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
I finally had a chance to visit the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. It is an amazing building and tremendous fun. I'll definitely visit again if I get a chance.
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
The exhibition "Tim Walker: Wonderful Things" was organized by London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, which invited Walker to create a series of photographs inspired by its archive. It is a wonderful immersive exhibition and a journey into the imagination.
Les Choses. Une Histoire de la Nature Morte
The Louvre has organized a monumental and magnificent survey of the way artists have represented things from antiquity to the present day.
Maya Ruiz-Picasso, Daughter of Pablo
This wonderful exhibition at the Musée Picasso explores the relationship between Maya and her father Pablo and includes the portraits Picasso made of her as a child and a wealth of drawings, photographs and archival documents.
Botanischer Wahnsinn
Botanischer Wahnsinn at the Kröller-Müller Museum is a fascinating, intellectually demanding exhibition, which presents a selection of works by artists who examine the world of plants in a multiplicity of ways.
Further Reading
Ten simple rules for structuring papers. The physics of nothing. The Disunited States. Mental illness is not in your head. Horizontal gene transfer. Animal vocalization. The awfulness of open office spaces. Wolfgang Tillmans. Svetlana Alexievich. And more.