Prazzle (2025)

18/06/2025

“Carpoolers” by photographer Alejandro Cartagena documents the daily commute of construction workers in Mexico to work in the beds of pickup trucks.

Between 2011 and 2012, photographer Alejandro Cartagena stood on a pedestrian bridge over Highway 85 in Monterrey, Mexico, each morning to photograph these images.

Through this series, Cartagena exposes the realities of workers who travel long distances for modest wages, drawing attention to broader socioeconomic issues and the labor often hidden behind urban expansion.

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18/06/2025

From 2008 to 2017, Dutch artist Willem Popelier () collected all 427 of Barack Obama’s () weekly video addresses, selecting one still image from each. These stills were meticulously layered one by one and filmed in the process resulting in a video projection displayed on an interactive table in the installation ”Your Weekly President“.

First developed in 2012, the early version of the work earned Willem Popelier the C/O Berlin Talent Award and a nomination for the prestigious Prix Pictet () the same year. ”Your Weekly President“ is currently on view at C/O Berlin () through September 17, 2025, as part of the group exhibition Documentary in Flux.

Now presented in its final form, through layered stills and an interactive display, the installation allows you to experience all 427 of Obama’s presidential weekly addresses simultaneously, or flip through eight years of political history with a simple turn of a k**b. You’re invited to sit, reflect, and read meticulously filed transcripts of each speech unfolding a rhetoric and worldview that, today, feel both distant and uncanny.

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17/06/2025

At this year’s in Switzerland, the human body emerges as both subject and symbol in the work of a bold new generation of artists. Through mediums ranging from textiles and collage to painting and installation, these artists explore what it means to live, resist, and remember through the body. According to the official list by Art Basel editorial for its Swiss edition, drawing from its .awards, here are some emerging artists to look out for, and of course some recommendations from us! https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/emerging-artists-to-look-out-for-at-art-basel-switzerland-2025

Romeo Mivekannin - Booth U61, presented by Galerie Barbara Thumm

Sagarika Sundaram - Booth U27, presented by: Alison Jacques

Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju - Booth M16, Presented by: PSM Gallery, Germany

Felix Shumba - Booth M4, presented by: Jahmek Contemporary Art

Ebun Sodipo - Booth M9, presented by: Soft Opening, United Kingdom,

Justin de Verteuil - Booth R18, presented by: Sies + Höke, Germany

Armineh Negahdari - Booth M3
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Alexandra Metcalf - Booth M8
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Sana Shahmuradova Tanska - Booth M12 ,
Gunia Nowik Gallery, Booth M12

16/06/2025

A few weeks ago, Tuesday, 27 May 2025, Vladimir Tretchikoff’s ”Lady from the Orient“ sold for nearly R31.9 million at Strauss & Co’s () evening sale in Johannesburg, setting a new global record for the artist. While headlines gleamed with numbers, the sale reveals a deeper shift: growing recognition of artistic value that extends beyond the walls of critical acclaim.

This sale surpasses Tretchikoff’s previous record for Chinese Girl, which sold for £982,050 (approx. US $1.5 million) in March 2013. At today’s rate, Lady from the Orient achieved roughly 17% more, an emphatic sign of renewed interest and rising market value.

Born in 1913 in Petropavlovsk, Russia, Vladimir Tretchikoff lived a life shaped by upheaval, travel, and constant reinvention. His family fled the Russian Revolution, eventually settling in Shanghai, where Tretchikoff began his career as a commercial artist. During World War II, he was captured by Japanese forces and interned in Java. After the war, he made South Africa his home in 1946, a country that would deeply influence both his life and artistic legacy.

Tretchikoff’s mass appeal, once a point of derision, is now central to his resurgence. We may very well be witnessing a “Tretchikoff renaissance,” not just in market value but in cultural importance. No longer confined to the label of “kitsch,” Tretchikoff is increasingly seen as a cultural icon, an artist whose fine art helped democratize visual art for a global audience.

🔗 Read Article: https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/r319-million-and-a-new-legacy-vladimir-tretchikoffs-lady-from-the-orient-world-breaking-record-at-johannesburg-auction

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15/06/2025

In honour of , we spotlight Hero, Father, Friend, an ongoing project by Ghanaian photographer Carlos Idun-Tawiah.

The series invites viewers to reflect on the vital and often misrepresented role of Black fathers in their sons’ lives. A tribute to Idun-Tawiah’s own late father, and inspired by the absence of photographs of them together, this poignant fictional archive imagines tender moments of fatherhood: from bus rides to home-cooked meals, acts of care that are intimate, everyday, and quietly heroic.

”Hero, Father, Friend“ was awarded the Getxophoto Festival prize and selected for the Open Programme at Fotofestiwal Łódź. The project is currently on view at Lianzhou Foto Festival in China, and will travel to exhibitions in Bilbao and Łódź later this summer.

Carlos Idun-Tawiah has previously received the Contemporary African Photography Prize, the BJP OpenWalls Arles Prize, and the People’s Choice Award at the Palm Photo Prize, and was a 2023 Spotlight Awardee at the Belfast Photo Festival.

15/06/2025

Melissa Joseph’s () work doesn’t shout, but it resonates. Rooted in memory and shaped by care, the artist’s pieces are made of soft materials like felt and fabric, yet they carry the weight of history, identity, and quiet defiance. A second-generation American and daughter of South Asian and Irish ancestry, Melissa’s art gently closes the gap between personal and political, with a solid reflection on diasporic life, domestic labor, and the invisible histories that shape who we are.

Her solo public installation “Tender” is now on view at the Brooklyn Museum () through October 2025. Also on view is a 50-by-50-foot mural at UOVO’s Bushwick facility, commissioned as part of her 2025 UOVO Prize. The mural expands on the exhibition’s themes by bringing Joseph’s contemplative work into an urban public setting. And if you’re in Berlin, is presenting their first collaboration and exhibition, “no words”, on view until June 21, 2025.

In our conversation, we discuss the relationship between material and meaning, the ethics of remembrance, and what it means to remain slow and sincere in an art world that often demands spectacle.

🔗 Link in bio to read the full conversation

14/06/2025

We also introduced a new feature called “How to Start a Collection” to help educate people on what collecting really means. I personally lead guided tours for artworks under €1,000 to show that collecting isn’t only for the elite. It’s my way of saying, “You don’t need to be rich to start.”

For Oliver Lähndorf (), art has never been about prestige, it’s always been about people. As the long-standing Fair Director of the Affordable Art Fair Germany, he’s spent more than a decade breaking down the invisible walls around the art world and building something more joyful, more generous, and more human in their place.

Now, with Berlin in its second year, Lähndorf is expanding that ethos to a new audience. He’s not just bringing art to the city. he’s planting pools, building bookshelves, and making space for conversations. His mission is clear: to make art feel like it belongs to everyone, and we had a super insightful chat all about this.

🔗 Link in bio to read the full conversation
Conducted by , written and edited by Ann Austin

🗓️: Plan your visit: This year, the fair runs from 12th - 15th June, 2025 in Berlin and 13 - 16th November, 2025 in Hamburg.

13/06/2025

: Hamburger Bahnhof’s () East Cabinet transforms into ”Adijatu Straße“, a fictional Berlin U-Bahn stop reimagined by Nigerian-born, New York-based artist Toyin Ojih Odutola (), as part of her first solo exhibition in Germany from June 13, 2025 – January 4, 2026. The exhibition features roughly 25 large-scale figurative drawings on paper and canvas, executed in ink, charcoal, pastel chalk, and ballpoint pen .

Drawing on her West African upbringing and experiences in the American South, Ojih Odutola crafts narrative portraits that explore social and political dynamics through her signature focus on skin, light, and darkness . As visitors step into the exhibition, a sonic tapestry unfolds: announcements echo overhead from the imaginary U22 line, voiced by the artist’s cousin, anchoring the space in an evocative blend of fact and fiction.

The exhibition launches during Hamburger Bahnhof’s Open House weekend (June 13–15) and coincides with the debut of this year’s Berlin Beats open-air DJ series. A catalogue produced by Silvana Editoriale Milano will accompany the show. It’s curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, with assistance from Emily Finkelstein.

🔗 https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/toyin-ojih-oditolas-fictional-u-bahn-adijatu-strae-arrives-at-hamburger-bahnhof

13/06/2025

The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art opens its doors from today June 13, 2025, running through September 14, 2025, promising three months of exciting contemporary art across multiple venues in Germany’s capital. Under the curatorial vision of Zasha Colah, with Valentina Viviani serving as Assistant Curator, this edition continues the Biennale’s tradition of presenting bold artistic and political positions that challenge conventional boundaries.

The 13th edition will unfold across four carefully selected venues that reflect Berlin’s diverse cultural landscape. The KW Institute for Contemporary Art serves as a cornerstone location, alongside Sophiensæle and the prestigious Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.

🔗 Learn more https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/whats-on-13th-berlin-biennale-leads-a-season-of-shows-at-kw-sophiensle--hamburger-bahnhof

12/06/2025

Yucatan II (2023) is a large-scale mixed media piece by Linda Männel (), created using ink and yarn on canvas. The work was inspired by the artist’s residency in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, where she encountered the dense beauty of the jungle and the impact of Western influence on the region’s fragile ecosystem. In response, Männel chose to let the embroidered threads extend beyond the canvas, visually mimicking the untamed growth of climbing plants and symbolizing nature’s resistance to containment.

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12/06/2025

In Wunderbild, transforms Deichtorhallen Hamburg () into a visceral landscape of color, fabric, and form that resists categorization on view from June 5 to September 14, 2025.

Known for her monumental spray-painted works, Grosse pushes her practice even further in this immersive exhibition, marking a bold new chapter in her career. The Berlin-based artist is internationally acclaimed for her site-specific paintings that defy conventional boundaries between canvas, architecture, and landscape.

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