Early Access: LISTE Art Fair shot by Dan Solbach

Tobias Madison, /Moon Unit/, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick

Tobias Madison, Moon Unit, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick

Julian Nguyen, /New World Order/, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick

Julian Nguyen, New World Order, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick

Mathis Altmann, /Exitprise/, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick  

Mathis Altmann, Exitprise, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick
 

Mikael Brkic, /The Forecast (Smoking)/, 2016, vi vii

Mikael Brkic, The Forecast (Smoking), 2016, vi vii

Kulisek/Lieske, /299 792 458 m/s (viii)/, 2016, vi vii

Kulisek/Lieske, 299 792 458 m/s (viii), 2016, vi vii

Edgardo Aragón, /Mesoamericana (new grand civilization)/, 2016, mor charpentier, Paris  

Edgardo Aragón, Mesoamericana (new grand civilization), 2016, mor charpentier, Paris
 

Sebastian Black, /Reading Places/, 2016, Clearing  

Sebastian Black, Reading Places, 2016, Clearing
 

Flavio Merlo, /Untitled/, 2016, Ellis King  

Flavio Merlo, Untitled, 2016, Ellis King
 

Lucie Stahl, /Claim/, 2016, dépendance  

Lucie Stahl, Claim, 2016, dépendance
 

Stuart Middleton, /Caged red fox (silver morph) at a fur farm in Finland/, 2016, Carlos/Ishikawa  

Stuart Middleton, Caged red fox (silver morph) at a fur farm in Finland, 2016, Carlos/Ishikawa
 

Tobias Kaspar, /Untitled/, 2016, Silberkuppe  

Tobias Kaspar, Untitled, 2016, Silberkuppe
 

Darja Bajagic, /I'm just glad Satan loves me/, 2016, Carlos/Ishikawa  

Darja Bajagic, I'm just glad Satan loves me, 2016, Carlos/Ishikawa
 

Georgia Gardner Gray, /Science (Ötzi the Iceman)/, 2016, Croy Nielsen  

Georgia Gardner Gray, Science (Ötzi the Iceman), 2016, Croy Nielsen
 

Olga Balema, /Europa: Integrationspolitik/, 2016, Croy Nielsen  

Olga Balema, Europa: Integrationspolitik, 2016, Croy Nielsen
 

Brendan Fowler, /Danielle/, 2016, Mathew  

Brendan Fowler, Danielle, 2016, Mathew
 

Mark van Yetter, /The Retired Idealist/, 2016, Bridget Donahue  

Mark van Yetter, The Retired Idealist, 2016, Bridget Donahue
 

Liz Craft, /Spider Woman VI (High Heels Sneskers)/, 2016, Sam Pulitzer, Untitled, 2012, Real Fine Arts  

Liz Craft, Spider Woman VI (High Heels Sneskers), 2016, Sam Pulitzer, Untitled, 2012, Real Fine Arts
 

Yuji Agematsu, /Zip; 10-01-12~10-31-12/, 2012 & /Zip; 11-01-12 ~ 11-30-12/, 2012, Real Fine Arts  

Yuji Agematsu, Zip; 10-01-12~10-31-12, 2012 & Zip; 11-01-12 ~ 11-30-12, 2012, Real Fine Arts
 

Urs Fischer, /Beyoncé by Urs Fischer/, 2016, Garage Magazine  

Urs Fischer, Beyoncé by Urs Fischer, 2016, Garage Magazine
 

Florian Germann, /emf / untitled/, 2016, Gregor Staiger  

Florian Germann, emf / untitled, 2016, Gregor Staiger
 

Vittorio Brodmann, /Barking Up a Tree/, 2016, Gregor Staiger  

Vittorio Brodmann, Barking Up a Tree, 2016, Gregor Staiger
 

Nicolas Ceccaldi, /Les chemins de la honte/, 2016, House of Gaga  

Nicolas Ceccaldi, Les chemins de la honte, 2016, House of Gaga
 

Kaya, /S is for Spreaderbar (Chamberbag Computer Face)/, 2016, Deborah Schamoni  

Kaya, S is for Spreaderbar (Chamberbag Computer Face), 2016, Deborah Schamoni
 

Jesse Darling, /Domestic Terror 1/, 2016, Arcadia Missa  

Jesse Darling, Domestic Terror 1, 2016, Arcadia Missa
 

Luca Beeler, Cédric Eisenring, Carmen Tobler, /RATZ FATZ ZAUBER WAS—Fairs and Fairy Tales/, 2016, Kunsthalle Zürich at LISTE Art Fair  

Luca Beeler, Cédric Eisenring, Carmen Tobler, RATZ FATZ ZAUBER WAS—Fairs and Fairy Tales, 2016, Kunsthalle Zürich at LISTE Art Fair
 

Catherine Biocca, /White Onyx/, 2016, Jeanine Hofland

Catherine Biocca, White Onyx, 2016, Jeanine Hofland

Hans-Christian Lotz, /Untitled/, 2016, David Lewis  

Hans-Christian Lotz, Untitled, 2016, David Lewis
 

Jean-Marc Appriou, 2016, Jan Kaps  

Jean-Marc Appriou, 2016, Jan Kaps
 

Magnus Andersen, /Something Forever Forever Something/, 2016, Neue Alte Brücke  

Magnus Andersen, Something Forever Forever Something, 2016, Neue Alte Brücke
 

Ned Vena, /Control 14, 2016/, Project Native Informant  

Ned Vena, Control 14, 2016, Project Native Informant
 

Anna Hulačová, /Easter Warrior/, 2011, hunt kastner  

Anna Hulačová, Easter Warrior, 2011, hunt kastner
 

Liz Craft, /Word Bubble (Face II)/, 2016, Truth and Consequences  

Liz Craft, Word Bubble (Face II), 2016, Truth and Consequences
 

Tobias Spichtig, 2016, Galerie Bernhard  

Tobias Spichtig, 2016, Galerie Bernhard
 

Tobias Madison, Moon Unit, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick

Julian Nguyen, New World Order, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick

Mathis Altmann, Exitprise, 2016, Freedman Fitzpatrick
 

Mikael Brkic, The Forecast (Smoking), 2016, vi vii

Kulisek/Lieske, 299 792 458 m/s (viii), 2016, vi vii

Edgardo Aragón, Mesoamericana (new grand civilization), 2016, mor charpentier, Paris
 

Sebastian Black, Reading Places, 2016, Clearing
 

Flavio Merlo, Untitled, 2016, Ellis King
 

Lucie Stahl, Claim, 2016, dépendance
 

Stuart Middleton, Caged red fox (silver morph) at a fur farm in Finland, 2016, Carlos/Ishikawa
 

Tobias Kaspar, Untitled, 2016, Silberkuppe
 

Darja Bajagic, I'm just glad Satan loves me, 2016, Carlos/Ishikawa
 

Georgia Gardner Gray, Science (Ötzi the Iceman), 2016, Croy Nielsen
 

Olga Balema, Europa: Integrationspolitik, 2016, Croy Nielsen
 

Brendan Fowler, Danielle, 2016, Mathew
 

Mark van Yetter, The Retired Idealist, 2016, Bridget Donahue
 

Liz Craft, Spider Woman VI (High Heels Sneskers), 2016, Sam Pulitzer, Untitled, 2012, Real Fine Arts
 

Yuji Agematsu, Zip; 10-01-12~10-31-12, 2012 & Zip; 11-01-12 ~ 11-30-12, 2012, Real Fine Arts
 

Urs Fischer, Beyoncé by Urs Fischer, 2016, Garage Magazine
 

Florian Germann, emf / untitled, 2016, Gregor Staiger
 

Vittorio Brodmann, Barking Up a Tree, 2016, Gregor Staiger
 

Nicolas Ceccaldi, Les chemins de la honte, 2016, House of Gaga
 

Kaya, S is for Spreaderbar (Chamberbag Computer Face), 2016, Deborah Schamoni
 

Jesse Darling, Domestic Terror 1, 2016, Arcadia Missa
 

Luca Beeler, Cédric Eisenring, Carmen Tobler, RATZ FATZ ZAUBER WAS—Fairs and Fairy Tales, 2016, Kunsthalle Zürich at LISTE Art Fair
 

Catherine Biocca, White Onyx, 2016, Jeanine Hofland

Hans-Christian Lotz, Untitled, 2016, David Lewis
 

Jean-Marc Appriou, 2016, Jan Kaps
 

Magnus Andersen, Something Forever Forever Something, 2016, Neue Alte Brücke
 

Ned Vena, Control 14, 2016, Project Native Informant
 

Anna Hulačová, Easter Warrior, 2011, hunt kastner
 

Liz Craft, Word Bubble (Face II), 2016, Truth and Consequences
 

Tobias Spichtig, 2016, Galerie Bernhard
 

Dan Solbach wandered through LISTE with his phone camera and selected some highlights for Spike.

Dan Solbach (1987, Copenhagen) is a graphic designer working mostly on artists’ books and exhibition catalogues. He lives in Basel and Berlin.

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Still from Jeamin Cha, Nameless Syndrome , South Korea, 2022. &copy; Jeamin Cha

Still from Jeamin Cha, Nameless Syndrome, South Korea, 2022. © Jeamin Cha

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Kenneth Anger (left) and Tav Falco (right) in conversation at the 2006 Viennale. Photo: Wolfgang Thaler

Kenneth Anger (left) and Tav Falco (right) in conversation at the 2006 Viennale. Photo: Wolfgang Thaler

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Mak2, Home Sweet Home: Love Pool 6 , 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas in three parts, each: 205 x 122 cm; overall: 205 x 366 cm. All images courtesy: the artist and Peres Projects

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: Love Pool 6, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas in three parts, each: 205 x 122 cm; overall: 205 x 366 cm. All images courtesy: the artist and Peres Projects

8-Bit Intimacies

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North Face x Gucci linen puffer from a campaign shot in Iceland, 2021. Courtesy: Gucci. Photo: Jalan and Jibril Durimel

North Face x Gucci linen puffer from a campaign shot in Iceland, 2021. Courtesy: Gucci. Photo: Jalan and Jibril Durimel

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Xiyadie, Sorting sweet potatoes (Dad, don't yell, we're in the cellar sorting sweet potatoes), 2019, papercut with water-based dye and Chinese pigments on Xuan paper, 140 x 140 cm. All images courtesy: the artist

Sorrows and Delights

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The Many Fathers of Success: Ei Arakawa

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View of &ldquo;My eyes like shovels.&rdquo;&nbsp;Courtesy: the artists and Hua International, Berlin

View of “My eyes like shovels.” Courtesy: the artists and Hua International, Berlin

GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN 2023

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Nile Koetting, Cherry script , 2023, e ink display animation, 9.5 x 12 x 2 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Parliament, Paris

Nile Koetting, Cherry script, 2023, e ink display animation, 9.5 x 12 x 2 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Parliament, Paris

User Error: The ghost in the machine

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OMA, Hermitage Guggenheim, Las Vegas, The Venetian Resort Hotel, Solomon. R. Guggenheim Foundation, archival materials, 2000&ndash;01, and Flick House, Zurich, commissioned study, archival materials, 2001. All photos: Nelly Rodriguez

OMA, Hermitage Guggenheim, Las Vegas, The Venetian Resort Hotel, Solomon. R. Guggenheim Foundation, archival materials, 2000–01, and Flick House, Zurich, commissioned study, archival materials, 2001. All photos: Nelly Rodriguez

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Portrait of Ulysses Jenkins, 2022. &copy; Harry Gamboa Jr. Photo: Harry Gamboa Jr.

Portrait of Ulysses Jenkins, 2022. © Harry Gamboa Jr. Photo: Harry Gamboa Jr.

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