Magazine
The Independent Space Index Festival held its 2026 edition from 29 to 31 May, once again uniting dozens of self-organized art spaces across Vienna for a dense weekend of exhibitions.
With the curator of the group exhibition, Melanie Bühler, on masculinity as a system that operates almost invisibly through all of us, regardless of how we identify in terms of gender.
If city Ljubljana still isn’t on your radar, that should probably change. We’ve been traveling there every once in a while for years now, and it’s incredible to see how much the city has evolved.
Comics have long since established themselves as an independent artistic language—far beyond entertainment. In its summer exhibition, Galerie Gugging shows its link to Art Brut.
In a world at a tipping point, where the desire for the destructive and ruinous is once again being celebrated quite openly, reality seems to be increasingly perceived through the filter of one’s own emotions.
Three decades after his death, Absalon’s video works resonate with a force that never stops surprising. In a parallel exhibition by Amir Yatziv, an AI-based character interacts with visitors.
Von Juni bis September 2026 lädt die Berlin Summer University of the Arts am Berlin Career College der Universität der Künste Berlin zu über 30 internationalen Workshops ein.
Guests such as Nadia Piet, Calum Bowden, and Shumon Basar shared insights, followed by workshops, discussions, and a diverse program featuring keynotes, and installations.
Galleries were joined by 16 institutions and 6 artist-run spaces, bringing the festival’s total participant count to 39 venues. This is the biggest the festival has ever been.
Camilla Gurgone transforms situations into ambiguous spaces where the boundaries between presence and simulation, and individual and collective experience remain constantly unstable.
Exhibitions
Comics have long since established themselves as an independent artistic language—far beyond entertainment. In its summer exhibition, Galerie Gugging shows its link to Art Brut.
