Decoding global art exhibitions
Critical perspectives that make exhibitions more meaningful, and show why they matter within the wider cultural world.
Caroline Monnet – Frieze London Art Fair 2026 
Maurizio Cattelan – Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany 
Rothko – Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy 
Mike Nelson – Tate Britain, London, UK 
Ugo Rondinone – Sadie Coles, London, UK 
Annie Albers – Tate Modern, London, UK 
Shao Fan – White Cube, London, UK 
Chiharu Shiota – Blain|Southern London, UK 
Phyllida Barlow – Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Encounters
A visual record of exhibitions, shaped through direct encounters with artworks and spaces.
Reviews
Essays and critical reviews of exhibitions, written by Eva M. Sanchez and invited contributors.
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The poetry of everyday life
Read more: The poetry of everyday lifeWhat can poetry do in times of political violence and ecological destruction? At Whitechapel Gallery, Cecilia Vicuña explores how fragile materials, collective memory and everyday encounters can become acts of poetry and resistance.
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Liturgies of the uncanny
Read more: Liturgies of the uncannyMaurizio Cattelan’s NIGHT at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie brings history, power, memory and belief into an unsettling encounter with the past.
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When cinema was a weapon
Read more: When cinema was a weaponZineb Sedira revisits the political cinema of Algeria and the wider Global South in the 1960s and 1970s, when film became a means of resistance and collective imagination. At Tate Britain, her immersive reconstruction raises a contemporary question: can cinema still inspire collective action?
Art Guides
A global survey of exhibitions revealing cultural and market patterns across regions. By covering museum, gallery, and biennial programmes, it tracks how art travels, where it lands, and what that reveals about the institutions and contexts receiving it.
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