Faces in the Crowd at The Whitechapel Art Gallery
There is much to see and enjoy at the exhibition "Faces in the Crowd. Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today" at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Marc Newson at the Design Museum
Mark Newson is one of today's most celebrated designers. He is famous for his fluid, blob like designs, such as the Lockheed Lounge chair, the Orgone chair and the Embryo chair, all of which have a seemingly timeless futuristic quality to them.
Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials
As I entered the Turbine Hall I could hear a voice shouting somewhere from above "Think think think think think think think think think". It seized me by the throat. For a moment I was frozen in my steps. There was no escaping. It felt as if I was thrown against a wall. Shivers ran down my spine.
Edward Hopper at the Museum Ludwig
Some of Hopper's paintings have become icons of 20th century art. This is perhaps one of the greatest honours that can be conferred upon an artist, but the omnipresence of his work in the form of posters and coffee mugs also makes it difficult to approach the original paintings with an open mind.
Guy Bourdin at FOAM
Why go to a photography exhibition when you can also view the photos in a book, a magazine or on your screen?
Alvis Hermanis: By Gorki
"By Gorki" by Alvis Hermanis is fascinating theatre. It is at once moving, funny and relevant. I was captivated from beginning to end.
Holland Animation Film Festival 2004
Every other year the Holland Animation Film Festival shows a selection of some of the best independent animation films of the past two or three years as well as a number of retrospectives and thematic programs. Here are some personal highlights of this year's festival.
Frank Castorf: Endstation Amerika
Somehow everything fits together in "Endstation Amerika" by Frank Castorf. Stage design, text, music, acting. This is why I go to the theatre.
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection at the Hamburger Bahnhof
It's been awhile since I spent half a day at an exhibition of contemporary art without feeling exhausted and wishing I could stay longer. At 13,000 square meters the Friedrich Christian Flick collection at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin is about as large as the Documenta in Kassel.
Frank Castorf: Forever Young
It doesn't happen often that I go and see the same play twice. In Frank Castorf's stage productions there is usually so much going on that going to see it twice is almost required to take it all in.
Forced Entertainment: Bloody Mess
It is funny. Very funny. Very very funny. But after a while it gets boring. Very boring. But then it gets funny again. Very funny. So funny that you have to laugh. This is what you do when things are funny, especially when they are very funny, not to mention when they are very very funny.