Water cartographies
We don’t just have a close relationship with water: we are water. 70% of our bodies and 71% of the planet are water, but only 2% is freshwater. Water is a finite resource that circulates, regenerates, and transforms, but cannot be created. The natural cycle can no longer keep pace with global demand: if in […]
A*LIVE 2025: “Bodies of Evidence” with Adam Broomberg & Ido Nahari
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025, 19:30 h Location: MACBA, Auditorio Meier, Barcelona The lecture “Bodies of Evidence” with Adam Broomberg & Ido Nahari analyzes the circulation and functioning of violent images of past and present genocides. From Gaza to Namibia, Nahari and Broomberg review the visual techniques of demonization and glorification in war imagery to […]
The legacy of those who paved the way for us
Matthew Lopez’s play The Inheritance is about different generations of gay men in New York City: those of today and those of yesterday, those who fought for their rights and against AIDS and its stigmatization. The legacy referred to in the title is “that of history, community and self.” In recent months we have lost […]
Cindy Sherman and Mika Rottenberg at Hauser & Wirth Menorca
There is frequent discussion around how different players in the art ecosystem are redefining their roles and working models. Hauser & Wirth stands out in this regard—not only as one of the most influential galleries on the global art scene, but also for how it has developed each of its spaces in distinct ways, incorporating […]
LUX. A journey through the imagery of light
Light permeates myths, revolutions, and landscapes, an ancient symbol of knowledge and transformation. Electricity saw it spread to the rhythm of cities, shaping ways of life and dreams. In art, light reveals and reinvents the world. This online exhibition commission by the Xarxa de Museus d’Art de Catalunya invites you to explore imaginary world of […]
Tomorrow is the question
In June 2020, Berlin’s legendary techno club Berghain, closed during the pandemic, reopened to present the Studio Berlin exhibition, featuring work by 117 artists living in the city. One of them, Rirkrit Tiravanija, presented an installation outside the building with the phrase “Morgen ist die Frage” [Tomorrow is the question]. Four years later, this phrase […]
Making visible for change?
Making visible for change? About institutional critique, institutionalized critique and constituent practices
A*LIVE: Radical Cuteness
The 11th edition of A*LIVE, the multi-layered, transversal and expansive public event programme of A*DESK in collaboration with the Museu de l’Art Prohibit, on 6/11/2024 at 7:30 p.m. In the ongoing debate about access to knowledge, censorship, fake news, distraction tactics, screen dependency, and the decline in critical thinking, A*LIVE 2024 delves into the concept […]
Montse Badia, the shared present
Montse Badia, the shared present (Interview Montse Frisach) MONTSE BADIA Montse Badia (Barcelona, 1965) is an independent curator and co-founder and director of the digital platform A*DESK. She studied Art History at the University of Barcelona and took part in the De Appel Curatorial Program in Amsterdam. She works in museums and art centres, […]
Montse Badia, el present compartit
Montse Badia, el present compartit (Entrevista Montse Frisach)
