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Different worlds
Different worlds Witnessing this scene, I felt a slight sense of vicarious embarrassment. Photo of the week: Fête des Couleurs, Aigle, Switzerland 2025
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Fête des Couleurs
Fête des Couleurs Connect 4 connects 2. Photo of the week: Jeu de connexion, Fête des Couleurs, Aigle, Switzerland 2025
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Candyfloss
Candyfloss A Festival of Colours, Fête des Couleurs – not the Hindu festival of Holi, but a multicultural festival celebrating everyone’s heritage. Photo of the week: Candyfloss, Fête des Couleurs, Aigle, Switzerland 2025
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam The Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam, and Amsterdam in the Hortus Botanicus. Photo of the week: Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2025
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Models
Models Over the past few months, I have shown you a selection of contemporary artworks that caught my eye – usually in a positive way – at the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale. There were more, and still more that didn’t particularly appeal to me, but I think that’s enough for now.And what better way to conclude…
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The peephole
The peephole In 2011, Alexander Yuzef created an installation comprising several small black boxes, in which two eyes gaze at you through a rectangular peephole. On either side of the peephole is a mirror positioned at a 45° angle. If you move slightly in front of the box, you can see the reflections of what…
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Fragmented Memories
Fragmented Memories In his Fragmented Memories, Abul Kalam Azad brings together memories from different years in layered images. The memories are personal, ancestral and also political. They overlap and influence one another. This results in intriguing images in which the years intertwine and there are no clear-cut timelines.I think you could compare it to dreams;…
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Painting grass
Painting grass Painting grass is what Priti Vadakkath does with great dedication, filling canvases, each several metres long. This is what she has to say about it: “The Shola Grasslands series is a continuing body of work directly inspired by the vast landscape of Udumbanchola, Idukki, (Kerala), where I live and work on my farm.…
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Parliament of Ghosts
Parliament of Ghosts Ibrahim Mahane first developed the concept of Parliament of Ghosts in his hometown of Tamale, Ghana. He has since staged it in various locations, including Manchester (2019) and the Venice Biennale in 2023, adapting it each time to the political and economic history of the city. Partly coinciding with a version staged…
