Mitch Speed is a writer based in Berlin, Germany.
A major retrospective of the artist’s hard-to-define work evidences her shapeshifting nature
Featuring more than 50 years of work, the artist’s survey at Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, builds on his idiosyncratic system of shapes and symbols
A flaws-and-all reappraisal of the late New York art critic
Mitch Speed picks the best gallery shows to see in the German capital
At Tanya Leighton, Berlin, the artist’s labour-intensive portraits suggest an art historical fever dream
Part memoir, part literary portrait, the author’s new book on Berlin goes beyond familiar narratives of the German capital
At Galeria Plan B, the artist aims to symbolically transform visitors into a state of extraordinary openness
At Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, the two artists find common ground in sculptures, drawings, paintings and prints that evoke the unknown
The artist’s installation at Barbara Wien, Berlin, leaves things pleasingly open to interpretation
In the time of COVID-19, the artist's pulmonary pangs at ChertLüdde, Berlin, feel uncomfortably prescient
Like Vivian Maier’s photography, Christina Hesselholdt’s novel embraces digression and relishes humanity in its multiplicity
The artist’s montages, at David Lewis, New York, are elegant but cryptic reflections on belonging and complicity
With over 100 works, ‘Straying from the Line’ brings together superb work under the rubric of anti-essentialism
Amy Fung’s new essay collection is an infuriated breakup letter to the art world
The 16th edition of the festival peddles a political cinematography of hope, honesty and humility
A retrospective at S.M.A.K., Ghent, explores the origins of the artist’s reduced visual language
An exhibition at Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv, timed to coincide with the Yalta European Strategy conference, reminds of the corruptibility of culture
An exhibition across both Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi and Eden Eden, Berlin, shows how the artist leans into the history of painting
Needling, absorptive works animate a biennial in the midst of murky socio-political circumstances
Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, Germany
