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The Knight at the Crossroads
Claus Michaletz Preis & KVOST Stipendium 2025 As part of Berlin Art Week, KVOST presents Georgian artist David Apakidze (*1998). Apakidze is this year’s KVOST grant holder and recipient of the 2025 Claus Michaletz Prize. The exhibition is part of the “Featured” section of ///
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MAKING MEMORIES. THE DANGERS OF NOSTALGIA: INTERVIEW WITH HENRIKE NAUMANN
Strongly influenced by her upbringing in the former GDR, Henrike Naumann isbest known for creating large-scale installations using second-hand furniture. Invited to showcase her work at the Ivano-Frankivsk Drama Theater for the 2023 edition of the Kyiv Biennial, the show’s final outcome was different ///
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Lesia Pcholka and Uladzimir Hramovich: In bureaucratic terms, we are nobody to each other
Lesia Pcholka and Uladzimir Hramovich: In bureaucratic terms, we are nobody to each other Lena Prents and Jakob Racek conducted this interview in the run-up to the exhibition Fernbeziehungen (Long-distance Relationships) at KVOST. During the exhibition, Lesia (LES) and Uladzimir (ULA) are going to celebrate ///
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Larisa Crunţeanu
An interview by the curator Sandra Teitge with the artist Larisa Crunţeanu. You recently had a show at alpha nova & galerie futura in Berlin entitled to slip, to slide, to glitch – a sort of duett with artist Sonja Hornung, curated by Katharina ///
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RAPESEED
An interview by art historian and curator Monika Branicka with the artist Magdalena Ciemierkiewicz You’re having your first solo exhibition in Germany at KVOST in Berlin (Kunstverein OST) on the occasion of receiving the Claus Michaletz Preis scholarship and award. What’s the exhibition about? ///
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The Need for Creating a Glossary
Yulia Ellyas and Anastasiia Omelianiuk from the Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary in conversation with Sandra Teitge - The Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary is a compilation of concepts from de- and post-colonial theories, featuring examples specific to the Ukrainian context. The first edition of this glossary will ///
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KRЁLEX ZENTRE DOES NOT EXIST!: Two parallel monologues between Krëlex zentre and Ulrike Gerhardt
Krёlex zentre is a paranormal institution (parastitution) first made appearance in 2012 between Almaty and Bishkek. A nomadic art project in the genre of fake institutions, it builds on cultural traditions of inter-mixed earthly diasporas, their inclusive aesthetics and queer cosmo-politics. Working under the ///
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Dealing with Difficult Pasts: Interview with Margaret Tali
Margaret Tali is a researcher, writer, editor and curator. Originally from Estonia, she is now living between Tallinn and Rotterdam. Her is related to contemporary and modern art, memory and trauma, practices of curating and narrating cultural difference.