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DJs, concerts and audio installations are a growing part of the art world. Are institutions trying to capitalize on a lucrative industry, or is the music masking a bigger contradiction?
DJs, Konzerte und Audioinstallationen spielen in der Kunstwelt eine immer größere Rolle. Versuchen die Institutionen, aus einer lukrativen Branche Kapital zu schlagen, oder verschleiert die Musik einen größeren Widerspruch?
Monopol Magazine, 16 October 2026
Revista do Colóquio, 26 June 2026 (Republication in Portuguese)
The catalogues and press statements for most co‑curated biennials present a vision of perfect harmony among the team in charge. But differing perspectives are no bad thing.
Ocula, 27 May 2026
The artist behind @freeze_magazine takes in the thrills and spills of a too-sunny Gallery Weekend Berlin. Plus! a ranking of the best gardens for an apero.
Spike Art Magazine, 6 May 2026
Consensus Aesthetics: The Political Economy of Agreement in Contemporary Art
Paletten Art Journal #343–344 2026 (Republication)
Cem A. diagnostica el clima institucional actual de suave alineamiento moral, en el que el arte apunta hacia la política sin la dificultad de ser político, proponiendo la empatía estratégica como una posible salida.
Arteinformado, 18 February 2026 (Republication in Spanish)
Consensus Aesthetics isn’t a style so much as a climate: an atmosphere of aestheticised values, soft moral alignment, and benign radicalism that is expressed mainly through institutional programming across the art world’s global mainstream. It’s art that looks right, sounds right, aligns with institutional values, and circulates easily, gesturing toward politics without the difficulty of being political.[1] It flourishes under certain material conditions – global funding bodies, institutional precarity, liberal internationalism – and flatters progressive ideals while remaining structurally conservative.
Ibraaz, 12 January 2026
There’s no clear path to a successful career in the art world—no matter how you define success. Here are slower, stranger ways to navigate it.
Artnet News, 16 July 2025