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Tom Burr, Atlas II , 2022 (detail). Plywood and aluminium panel, black and white photographs, safety orange fabric, plastic sleeves, steel push pins, tacks.  Installation view, Galerie Neu, 2022, Berlin. Courtesy: Tom Burr; Galerie Neu, Berlin. Photo: Stefan Korte

Tom Burr, Atlas II, 2022 (detail). Plywood and aluminium panel, black and white photographs, safety orange fabric, plastic sleeves, steel push pins, tacks.  Installation view, Galerie Neu, 2022, Berlin. Courtesy: Tom Burr; Galerie Neu, Berlin. Photo: Stefan Korte

Five-Star Review: Tom Burr

Tom Burr’s new solo exhibition at Galerie Neu is more discourse-friendly and hopeful than well lit. 

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Anna Witt Soft Destructions, 2022 Mixed media HD video installation Dimensions variable   Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

Anna Witt, Soft Destructions, 2022. Mixed media HD video installation, dimensions variable. Courtesy: the artist and Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

Five-Star Review: Anna Witt

Anna Witt's solo exhibition at Galerie Tanja Wagner is a site-specific installation that served as the stage for a series of live performances by professional ASMR artists during Gallery Weekend 2022.

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View of Ser Serpas, ”HEAS BANGER BOOGIE”, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2022. Courtesy: the artist and Schiefe Zähne, Berlin. Photo: Cedric Mussano

View of Ser Serpas, ”HEAS BANGER BOOGIE”, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2022. Courtesy: the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin

Five-Star Review: Ser Serpas

The solo show on view at Barbara Weiss is composed of items found discarded on the streets of Berlin

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Matthias Groebel, L1095 , 1995. Acrylic on canvas, 95 x 95 cm

Matthias Groebel, L1095, 1995. Acrylic on canvas, 95 x 95 cm

Five-Star Review: Matthias Groebel

The solo show of computer-robotic-assisted paintings by Cologne artist Matthias Groebel at Schiefe Zähne, Berlin 

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Leila Hekmat, Glory Ad Undulating Undies, 2021, Digital collage printed on silk/ viscose velvet, 405 x 132 cm

Leila Hekmat, Glory Ad Undulating Undies, 2021. Digital collage printed on silk/viscose velvet, 405 x 132 cm

Five-Star Review: “In the Company Of”

A group show at Eden Eden in Berlin, with Renate Bertlmann, Ellen Cantor, Vaginal Davis, Meret Oppenheim, Gina Pane, Carol Rama, among others. 

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Sanya Kantarovsky,  Spirits , 2022. Oil on canvas, 200.4 x 260.3 cm

Sanya Kantarovsky, Spirits, 2022. Oil on canvas, 200.4 x 260.3 cm

Five-Star Review: Sanya Kantarovsky

The solo show by Sanya Kantarovsky at Capitain Petzel, Berlin

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Exhibition view

Exhibition view, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, 2022

Five-Star Review: Trisha Donnelly

The first installment of Spike’s new criticitism format Five-Star Review is a roundup of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2022. Here we judge Trisha Donnelly at Galerie Buchholz. 

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Exhibition view; Photo by Mizuki Tachibana

View of Joan Jonas, ”Past Thought Revised”, Heidi Gallery, Berlin, 2022.
Photo: Mizuki Tachibana

Five-Star Review: Joan Jonas

The first installment of Spike’s new criticitism format Five-Star Review is a roundup of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2022. Here we judge Joan Joans at Heidi Gallery.