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Precariousness and homogenization. Contradictions of the curatorial present

Recently, curator Àngels Miralda published in Frieze magazine (February 2026) the article Who Killed the Independent Curator?, a text that takes me back to the early 2000s (not without a certain feeling of vertigo) when, in the context of the Curatorial Program of the De Appel Foundation in Amsterdam, the figure of the international independent […]

Obedience protocols. The State of Data in “Firma,” by Paula Artés

“Unveiling the structures of power and control through photography” is the leitmotif of Paula Artés’s work. Starting with a background in photography, her practice has progressively shifted its focus toward the research process, incorporating methodologies from critical and political analysis. In the systems she examines, she identifies mechanisms of power and control that operate from […]

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 […]

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

Notes on the representativeness of Catalan creation in the international scene

The twenty-five years that separate 1999 from 2024 constitute a period of time that has radically changed everything. The Internet and digitization have transformed the world we live in: how we move, how we relate, how we travel, how we communicate, how we receive and disseminate information. The world of art is not left out. […]