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Pause: Evelyn Taocheng Wang: “What is he afraid of” at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art ★★★★

By Jessica Philbrick As a part of KW’s Pause series, Evelyn Taocheng Wang (born 1981 in Chengdu, CN) presents their first solo show in Berlin, curated by Maurin Dietrich and Cathrin Mayer.  “What is he afraid of?” is a stamp for Wang’s position as an artist working with ideas surrounding identity and how one’s body… Read More Pause: Evelyn Taocheng Wang: “What is he afraid of” at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art ★★★★

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The Lange Nacht der Museen through the eyes of a woman

By Kaitlynn Buchbaum  A wooden bust of Mary, her eyes carved murky. Visible pearls of transparent gel slide down her face, leaving trails of the story that drove her to mourning. This image, of a vulnerable Christian woman, turned out to be emblematic of so many of the other images, sculptures and paintings that I encountered… Read More The Lange Nacht der Museen through the eyes of a woman

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Look but don’t touch: why sex clubs like Kitkat can be considered safe spaces

By Miriam Partington  The sound of thumping techno and culturally permissible sex parties has, in recent years, become synonymous with Berlin’s image. Beyond gay clubs and femme parties is a whole new world of sexual liberation. People of all kinds of sexual orientation can gather to indulge their fantasies in clubs designed specifically for sex,… Read More Look but don’t touch: why sex clubs like Kitkat can be considered safe spaces

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