Articles of ‘Mike Nelson’

The Baltic Artists Award 2017

The Baltic Artists Award 2017

By Michele Robecchi
In contrast with other art prizes featuring multiple artists, the Baltic Artists Awards has only winners. The four finalists (José Dávila, Eric N. Mack, Toni Schmale and Shen Xin) all received an artist’s fee, a budget to create new work, and a 13-weeks exhibition at the Baltic Art Centre [...]



PUSH TO FLUSH / The Rhetorics of Nationalism

PUSH TO FLUSH / The Rhetorics of Nationalism

(On Venice Biennale’s ILLUMInations)
By Paco Barragán
For people in Venice that aren’t necessarily so well informed in art matters, “ILLUMInazioni - ILLUMInations” might make them think of a kind of light show…
Obviously the title is not very bright and shining. To be more precise: this contradictio in terminis in the title is a cheap, lamentable boutade. [...]