Q/A Asad Raza

What would Édouard Glissant fight for?

by Asad Raza

"The idea of a community that lacks or eliminates relation is a profound misunderstanding of a community. It is an ineffable and untouchable climate; like the sea that connects the islands of an archipelago, it is a context." (Asad Raza)

– This text appears in Spike Art Quarterly #56. You can buy it in our online shop –

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Jenny Holzer, Truisms: All things are delicately interconnected, 1977–79 Electronic sign, Installation view Dupont Circle, Washington, DC, 1986. Photo © 1986 Jenny Holzer, Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Jenny Holzer, Truisms: All things are delicately interconnected, 1977–79 Electronic sign, Installation view Dupont Circle, Washington, DC, 1986. Photo © 1986 Jenny Holzer, Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Essay: New Localism

The endless circuit of global fairs, exhibitions, and biennials once kept the art world perpetually in motion, but Corona has put a stop to all of this, blocking the easy paths to jetsetting. Is that necessarily a bad thing? Or can we find solace and community in our own backyards, with only glimpses of goings-on abroad from our overly Zoom’ed sofas? By JEPPE UGELVIG

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Filmmaker, artist, and former CEO of Hood By Air Leilah Weinraub; all photos © Quentin Belt

Death Notice for After Party

With heavy hearts, Spike and Jordan Richman announce the death of the art world's dearly beloved After Party.

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Shoveler Duck from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars

Shoveler Duck from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars

The Downward Spiral: Animals

For his first column of the new year, Dean Kissick finds solace and good omens in ornithology. The future looks not altogether unpromising.

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Emanuel Layr, Henrikke Nielsen, Sophie Tappeiner; Photo by Katharina Gossow

Emanuel Layr, Henrikke Nielsen, Sophie Tappeiner; Photo by Katharina Gossow

INTERCONTI WIEN: A Boutique Art Fair opens in Vienna

With the country still in lockdown, three Vienna galleries – Emanuel Layr, Croy Nielsen, and Sophie Tappeiner – came up with a new format for an art fair set in the conference halls of a popular hotel in the Austrian capital.

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Surface Noise

BOTTEGA VENETA has found a means to offer a runway show in a bag, complete with photobooks, and a soundtrack on green vinyl.

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Installation View “what fruit it bears” December 4 – January 15, 2021 Peres Projects, Berlin

Installation View “what fruit it bears”, Peres Projects, Berlin; front: Vojtech Kovarik, Laocoon, 2020, Acrylic, spray paint and sand on canvas, 220 x 200 cm

New Fauves

“what fruit it bears” at Peres Projects, Berlin

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Patrick Panetta, Café Durban , 2020 HD Video and sound 00:04:05 Edition of 3

Patrick Panetta, Café Durban, 2020, HD Video and sound, 00:04:05 min.

Daata Art Fair

COLIN LANG spent a few hours at the Daata Art Fair and thinks you should too!

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Still from Ingmar Bergman,  The Seventh Seal , 1957

Still from Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal, 1957

THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: 2020

DEAN KISSICK reviews a long year.

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All images, Stills from Flavio Mogherini, The Pyjama Girl Case, 1977 , 103 min. (Zodiac Produzioni)

All images, Stills from Flavio Mogherini, The Pyjama Girl Case, 1977, 103 min. (Zodiac Produzioni)

Falling Out: Yellow PJs

COLIN LANG’s on the trail of Gialli, the Italian mystery/horror b-genre that spawned classics like The Pyjama Girl Case (1977). Timely or not, it’s a riot.

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Coco Mademoiselle Perfume by Seth Bogart

Coco Mademoiselle Perfume, Ceramics by Seth Bogart

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE KAITLIN PHILLIPS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

The holidays are upon us once again, and for this month’s column, KAITLIN PHILLIPS’s forty closest friends have the perfect thing in mind. Links included and you should definitely open them all!

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