Transparency in the Art World

Transparency in the Art World

“In the summer of 2015, Adrian Piper wrote me an email. She offered to sell her work The Probable Trust Registry... As to the price tag, Piper wrote that the piece would cost a mere fraction of one of …

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ğ – the soft g: an exhibition with a gesture

ğ – the soft g: an exhibition with a gesture

Exhibition view. Photo: Sven Gutjahr ğ – the soft g is the title of a new exhibition at the Schwules Museum in Berlin, curated by Emre Busse and Aykan Safoğlu. It’s a beautiful title that intrigues…

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There's No Underwear in Space

There's No Underwear in Space

Wearing decent brands in the 1980s/1990s had its meaning. “These indicated that you would probably go to college,” poet Eileen Myles writes in Chelsea Girls , “drive a sports car, have a career and go t…

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Three Ways to R.I.P. for Artists

Three Ways to R.I.P. for Artists

It didn't really work out that way, but Andy Warhol wanted "Figment" to be written on his grave tomb. A figment is "a thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in t…

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